Say Left (''Dì Sinistra'') was a
democratic-socialist
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faction within the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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, a
political party in Italy
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. Its leader was
Vincenzo Vita.
It was founded in April 2007 by those
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
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 ...
who supported the motion of
Fabio Mussi
Fabio Mussi (born 22 January 1948) is an Italian politician, formerly Minister of University and Research in the Prodi II Cabinet. A former member of the Italian Communist Party and then Democrats of the Left, he became a lead founding member ...
at the party last congress, but decided not to follow their leader in the
Democratic Left and to participate to the foundation of the Democratic Party instead.
During the
election for the Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007, Say Left took part to the list named
To the Left
To the Left (''A Sinistra'') was a social-democratic and democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party, a centre-left political party in Italy.
It was founded as an electoral list for the election for the Constituent Assembly of the D ...
, along with
Democrats, Laicists, Socialists and other groups. On 5 July 2005 it merged into the faction, which became a united social-democratic and democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party.
External links
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