The Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (''Partito Progressista Democratico Sammarinese'', PPDS) was a

democratic socialist Democratic socialism is a left-wing political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers' self-management withi ...

political party in

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

. Its Italian counterpart was the

Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left ( it, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, PDS) was a democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party ...

. The party was formed in 1990 as the successor to the

Sammarinese Communist Party The Sammarinese Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Sammarinese, abbreviated PCS) was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino. It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organi ...

. In 1992 some hard-liners who did not accept the abandonment of communism left to form the

Sammarinese Communist Refoundation Sammarinese Communist Refoundation ( it, Rifondazione Comunista Sammarinese, RCS) was a communist political party in San Marino. It was a member of the European Left. History It emerged in 1992 when the old Sammarinese Communist Party evolved ...

. On 25 March 2001 the PPDS merged with two minor groups, the

Ideas in Motion Ideas in Motion ( it, Idee in Movimento, IM) was a left-wing political party in San Marino. History The party was established in 1998 by Alessandro Rossi as a successor to the Democratic Movement, which had won two seats in the 1993 elections ...

and the

Socialists for Reform Socialists for Reform ( it, Socialisti per le Riforme, SR) was a political party in San Marino. History The party was formed in December 1975 when the Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party split into two; the more left-wing faction ...

, into the

Party of Democrats The Party of Democrats ( it, Partito dei Democratici, PD) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its counterpart in Italy was the Democrats of the Left. The PD had its origins in Sammarinese Communist ...

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