Liberal DS (''Liberal DS'') was a
social-liberal
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and
social-democratic
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faction within the
Italian Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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. Its leader is
Enrico Morando.
It was founded in 1998 as an internal faction of the
Democrats of the Left
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The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of t ...
. In 2001 its leader Morando was a candidate at the III party congress and scored 4.1% of the votes; since then the group supported the leadership of the new party leader
Piero Fassino.
On 10 April 2003 one of the leading members of the faction,
Michele Salvati, launched on
Il Foglio an "Appeal for the Democratic Party", calling for the formation of a new centre-left party comprising the parties of
The Olive Tree. Salvati is thus a precursor of the Democratic Party, whose foundation was strongly supported by Liberal DS.
On 6 March 2007 Enrico Morando launched a manifesto titled "In the Democratic Party for the Liberal Revolution",
http://www.dsonline.it/componenti/liberal/documenti/dettaglio.asp?id_doc=39920
/ref> recalling himself to the teachings of Piero Gobetti and in April the group enthusiastically supported the merge of the Democrats of the Left in the new party during their last party congress.
On 26 January 2008 Enrico Morando took part at the founding convention of a united social-liberal and social-democratic component within the Democratic Party, the Liberal PD
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. After that, Liberal DS merged with the new faction and was thus disbanded.
References
External links
Official website
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Political party factions in Italy
Liberalism in Italy