The Sunflower

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The Sunflower (Italian: Il Girasole) was a political alliance of two Italian leftist parties for the 2001 general election, namely:

• Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)
• Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani)

It was founded to benefit from the proportional list system employed; however, they received too few votes to benefit from their alliance (they did manage to enter parliament on the common list of the Olive Tree, however), and it was disbanded soon afterwards.

The Union	Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left - Democracy is Freedom) - Communist Refoundation Party Minor: Rose in the Fist (Democratic Socialists - Italian Radicals) - Party of Italian Communists - Italy of Values - Federation of the Greens - Popular–UDEUR Micro: European Republican Movement - Democratic Republicans - Italian Democratic Socialist Party - United Consumers Regional: South Tyrolean People's Party - Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party - Valdotanian Renewal - Southern Democratic Party - Sardinia Project
House of Freedoms	Forza Italia - National Alliance - Union of Christian and Centre Democrats - Northern League Minor: Christian Democracy for the Autonomies - Movement for Autonomy - Pensioners' Party - Tricolour Flame - Social Action Micro: New Italian Socialist Party - Italian Republican Party - Liberal Reformers Regional: Sardinian Reformers - Sardinian People's Party - Sardinian Democratic Union - New Sicily
Others	Micro: Italian Associations in South America - Middle-of-the-Road Italy - Italians in the World Regional: Valdotanian Union - Edelweiss Aosta Valley - Autonomist Federation - Union for South Tyrol - The Libertarians - North-East Project Complete list