The Sunflower
This article is about the political alliance. For the book by Simon Wiesenthal, see The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness. For the character in the Conker series, see List of characters in the Conker series#The Sunflower.
| The Sunflower | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader |
Enrico Boselli, Grazia Francescato |
| Founded | 26 February 2001 |
| Dissolved | May 2001 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy, Green politics |
| National affiliation | The Olive Tree |
| Colors | Green and red |
|
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections | |
The Sunflower (Italian: Il Girasole) was an electoral alliance of two Italian centre-left parties for the 2001 Italian general election, namely:
- Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)
- Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI)
The Sunflower was founded to benefit from the proportional list voting system employed in the election; however, the member parties received too few votes to benefit from their alliance. They did manage to enter parliament via its participation on the Olive Tree list, however, so the electoral alliance was disbanded soon afterwards.
