LeftDem

LeftDem SinistraDem

Leader	Gianni Cuperlo
Ideology	Democratic socialism Social democracy
Political position	Left-wing
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

LeftDem (Italian: SinistraDem), whose complete name is LeftDem – Open Field (SinistraDem – Campo Aperto), is a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

The faction was launched by Gianni Cuperlo, who lost the 2013 leadership election to Matteo Renzi, in June 2014, as an association open to Democrats, independents and members of other parties.^[1] In the following October the faction's assembly saw the participation, among others, of Sergio Cofferati and Stefano Fassina,^[2] who later left the party.

In the run-up of the 2017 leadership election LeftDem endorsed Andrea Orlando of Remake Italy for party leader.^[3]

References

External links

Official website

Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (Renziani Democratic Area–Franceschiniani Liberal PD) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Democratic Area–Fassiniani Socialists and Democrats Remake Italy Left is Change LeftDem NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Theo-Dems Lettiani–360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists (Liberal Left Rutelliani–Free Democrats Democratic Movement–Veltroniani) – Christian leftists (Olivists Democrats Really) – Social democrats and socialists (Reformist Alliance Democrats, Laicists, Socialists To the Left Say Left Left for the Country United to the Left Reformists and Democrats Democracy and Socialism Democrats in Network Change Italy Simply Democrats Make the PD Freedom and Rights Reformist Area Bersaniani Dalemiani Democratic Socialists)
Splits	Alliance for Italy (2009) Toward North (2010) European Republicans Movement (2010) Possible (2015) Future to the Left (2015) Democratic and Progressive Movement (2017)

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