The Democrats
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| Democrats I Democratici |
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|---|---|
| Leader | Romano Prodi |
| Founded | February, 1998 |
| Headquarters | Piazza SS. Apostoli, 73 00186 Rome |
| Coalition | The Union |
| Political ideology | Centrism, Social liberalism, elements of Social democracy and Christian Democracy |
| Official newspaper | N/A |
| Website | http://www.Democraticiperlulivo.it |
| See also | Politics of Italy |
The Democrats (Italian language: I Democratici) is a former Italian party, launched by Romano Prodi in 1998.
When Romano Prodi was ousted from his post of Italian President of the Council of Ministers, he launched a new party with his fellows: Arturo Parisi, Antonio Maccanico and his Democratic Union, Italy of Values of Antonio Di Pietro (who left the party in 2000 and re-established an independent Italy of Values) and the so-called Movement of Mayors of Francesco Rutelli and Massimo Cacciari.
The party was led by Prodi until his nomination to the post of President of the European Commission in October 1999. Then the post of president of the party was given to his top-aide Arturo Parisi, who was also his successor as MP in Romano Prodi's Bologna's district.
The ideology of the party ranged from the Social Catholicism of Prodi and Parisi, to the liberalism of Maccanico or Rutelli. Anyway the Democrats joined the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party.
In 2000 the party joined the alliance, which later become a party, called Democracy is Freedom – Daisy and ceased to exist as an independent party in January 2002.
