Labour Democratic Party

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The Labour Democratic Party (Partito Democratico del Lavoro) was a progressive party founded in 1943 by some former members of the Italian Reform Socialist Party, formed by those Socialists who wanted to cooperate with the Liberal political guard who governed Italy from the days of Giovanni Giolitti. Leading members of the party were Ivanoe Bonomi, Meuccio Ruini and Enrico Molè.

After having fought the 1946 general election within the National Democratic Union (composed basically by Benedetto Croce's Italian Liberal Party and by pre-Fascist leading conservative-liberal politicians, such as Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Francesco Saverio Nitti), most members joined the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, of which Bonomi was honorary chairman from 1947 until his death in 1951.

 

Historical Italian political parties (active parties: simple version, in 2007)

Communist: Communist Party of Italy, Italian Communist Party, Organisation of Communists of Italy (Marxist-Leninists), Proletarian Unity Party, Proletarian Democracy, Movement of Unitarian Communists Socialist and social-democratic: Italian Socialist Party, Italian Reform Socialist Party, United Socialist Party (1922), Labour Democratic Party, Italian Socialist Workers' Party, United Socialist Party (1949), Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, Unified Socialist Party, Democratic Party of the Left, Italian Socialists, Democrats of the Left Green: Green Lists, Rainbow Greens Social liberal: Action Party, Radical Party, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Union, Movement for Democracy – The Net, The Democrats, European Republicans Movement, Liberal: Italian Liberal Party, Union of the Centre, Liberal Party Centrist: Patto Segni, Italian Renewal, United Consumers, Southern Democratic Party, Middle-of-the-Road Italy, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Regionalist: Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol, Fronte Marco Polo, Sardinia Project, Sicilian Alliance Christian democratic: Italian People's Party (1919), Christian Democracy, Italian People's Party (1994), Christian Democratic Centre, United Christian Democrats, Christian Democrats for the Republic, Democratic Union for the Republic, European Democracy Conservative: Uomo Qualunque Front, Monarchist National Party, People's Monarchist Party, Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity, National Democracy Fascist and neo-fascist: National Fascist Party, Italian Social Movement–National Right Leftist coalition: Popular Democratic Front, Alliance of Progressives, Centre-left coalition:The Olive Tree, The Union, Rose in the Fist Liberal coalition: National Democratic Union, National Bloc, Republicans, Liberals, Reformers Centrist coalition: Pact for Italy, Pact of Democrats Centre-right coalition: Pole of Freedoms, Pole of Good Government, House of Freedoms Conservative coalition: National Bloc of Freedom Neo-fascist coalition: Social Alternative Liste civetta: For the Abolition of Scorporo, New Country