The Social Democrats (), officially Social Democracy (, SD), is a
social-democratic
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political party in Italy founded on 2 July 2022.
[National assembly of Social Democrats on 2 July in Rome - www.socialdemocratici.it]
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The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDI), also known as Italian Social Democratic Party, was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The longest serving partner in government for Christian Democracy, the PSDI was an important for ...
(PSDI), founded by Giuseppe Saragat
Giuseppe Saragat (; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1964 to 1971.
Early life
Saragat was born on 19 September 1898 in Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy, to Sard ...
and other reformist socialists on 11 January 1947.
Background
In 2001, Domenico "Mimmo" Magistro, one of the leading members of Social Democracy (SD), was the founder of another social democratic party, named The Social Democrats – Federalists for the Euromediterranean (''i Socialdemocratici – Federalisti per l'Euromediterraneo'', iSD) and active above all in Apulia
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. The iSD was founded after Magistro, secretary of the 2004 refounded Italian Democratic Socialist Party
The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDI), also known as Italian Social Democratic Party, was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The longest serving partner in government for Christian Democracy, the PSDI was an important for ...
from 2007 to July 2011, was replaced with Renato D'Andria by a tribunal in Rome as the legitimate national secretary of the party.
History
On 2 July 2022, the first national conference of the party took place, 75 years after the split of Palazzo Barberini, from the name of a palace in Rome where the foundation of the PSDI took place. In the national conference, Umberto Costi was appointed national secretary of the party, while Magistro, became honorary chairman.
In addition to several former activists from PSDI, the new party was joined by Antonio Matasso, leader of the Sicilian Socialist Party, which became the regional secretary of the party in Sicily
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. The members of the iSD come mostly from the PSDI but also from the Italian Socialist Party
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and the libertarian factions of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
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History
The PSIUP was formed on 12 January 1964 by a leftist section of ...
.
The party, which initially wanted to contest the 2022 Italian general election
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in a centre-left coalition
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enlarged to include the centrist
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parties, favours the autonomy of the regional sections and aims to promote a new Socialist Constituent. In the run-up to the 2022 general election, the party joined forces with Italia Viva
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and Carlo Calenda
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's Action
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, aiming to represent the left-wing of the Third Pole
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.
In the imminence of the 2024 European Parliament election
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, the orientation of the previous consultation is confirmed and the party joins the "United States of Europe
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" electoral list.
Ideology
The party adheres to the ideas of democratic socialism
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, liberal socialism
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, and social democracy
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. As a supporter of internationalism
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and pro-Europeanism
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, the party is committed to maintaining Italy in the geopolitical cadre of advanced liberal democracies
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.The Social Democrats for an Italy among the advanced democracies, always
official web site of the Social Democrats (Italy)
Leadership
*Secretary:
Umberto Costi (2022–present)
Election results
European Parliament
References
External links
Official website
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2011 establishments in Italy
Social democratic parties in Italy
Political parties established in 2022
Pro-European political parties in Italy