Democratic Party (Italy)
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The Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Democratico) is a proposed political party in Italy. It is meant to be a merger of various party which were part of the L'Unione coalition in the 2006 general election. Its core will likely consist of the social-democratic Democrats of the Left and the centrist Democracy is Freedom – Daisy; other parties which might become part of the Democratic Party are Rose in the Fist (Italian Democratic Socialists and Italian Radicals), the European Republican Movement, Italy of Values and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. A number of disenchanted former members of the Federation of the Greens are also likely to join.
The foundation of the Democratic Party is called into question by various cases of infighting among the prospective members of the new party; the discussion on which European political party to join also seems to be far from solved, with some parties being in favour of the Party of European Socialists (e.g. the Democrats of the Left) and some in favour of the European Democratic Party (e.g. Democracy is Freedom – Daisy). While the party elites remain doubtful of the project,[1] the centre-left voters are strongly in favour of the project.[2] It is planned to come into being by the end of 2008, in time to contest the 2009 European Parliament election.[3]
The term Partito Democratico was first used in the Regional Council of Veneto, where the Democrats of the Left and Daisy form a joint parliamentary group called L'Ulivo – Partito Democratico Veneto (Olive Tree – Veneto Democratic Party).[4]
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