Simply Democrats () was a heterogeneous
faction within the
Democratic Party, a
political party in Italy
This is a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861.
Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy. Since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern alone; thus, partie ...
.
At the
2009 leadership election the group (whose main members included
Sergio Cofferati
Sergio Cofferati (born 30 January 1948) is an Italian trade unionist and politician. He was secretary general of CGIL from 1994 to 2002, mayor of Bologna for the Democrats of the Left from 2004 to 2009, and Member of the European Parliament (MEP ...
,
Rita Borsellino,
David Sassoli,
Debora Serracchiani
Debora Serracchiani (born 10 November 1970) is an Italian politician. Born in Rome, she is a member of Democratic Party, and was president of the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In 2016, she proposed and got the approval of a regional ...
and
Francesca Barracciu) supported the candidacy of
Dario Franceschini
Dario Franceschini (; born 19 October 1958) is an Italian lawyer, writer, and politician, member of the Democratic Party (PD), of which he briefly became leader in 2009. Franceschini served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and ...
, who eventually lost to
Pier Luigi Bersani
Pier Luigi Bersani (; born 29 September 1951) is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Italy's leading centre-left party, from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 ...
.
Serracchiani and
Giuseppe Civati
Giuseppe "Pippo" Civati (born 4 August 1975) is an Italian politician and publisher, former leader of Possible and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2018.
Biography Comunal and Regional experiences
Very close to Romano Prodi, ...
later organized a new faction composed mainly of middle-aged and young Democrats.
References
{{Democratic Party factions
Democratic Party (Italy) factions