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Encyclopedia > Communist Refoundation Party (Italy)
Communist Refoundation Party
Partito della Rifondazione Comunista
Italian National Party
Leader Fausto Bertinotti
Coalition The Union
Political ideology Eurocommunism, Anti-globalization
Official Newspaper Liberazione
Website http://www.rifondazione.it
See also Politics of Italy

Political parties in Italy
Elections in Italy Image File history File links Rifondazione_comunista. ... Fausto Bertinotti Fausto Bertinotti (born on 22 March 1940 in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan) is an Italian politician and leader of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista. ... LUnione (The Union in English) is a Italian left-wing coalition of parties. ... Eurocommunism was an attempt in the 1970s by various European communist parties to widen their appeal by embracing public sector middle-class workers, new social movements such as feminism and gay liberation, rejecting support of the Soviet Union, and expressing more clearly their fidelity to democratic institutions. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2, 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum (see birth of the Italian Republic). ... Political parties in Italy are organized into two dominant political coalitions. ... Elections in Italy gives information on election and election results in Italy. ...

The Communist Refoundation Party (Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) is an Italian reformed communist party. Eurocommunism was an attempt in the 1970s by various European communist parties to widen their appeal by embracing middle-class themes, rejecting unquestioning support of the Soviet Union and express more clearly their fidelity to the democratic institutions. ...


It has members in the European Parliament who sit in the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group. The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ...


It was formed in 1991 when the Italian Communist Party split in two: the Democratic Party of the Left, led by Achille Occhetto, and the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, originally headed by Armando Cossutta. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo of the Italian Communist Party The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921... The Democratic Party of the Left (Italian: Partito democratico della Sinistra, or PdS) was the evolution in a social-democratic direction of the Italian Communist Party, or PCI. It was founded by Achille Occhetto, last secretary of the PCI and first of the PdS. The logo of the PdS consisted... Achille Occhetto (born 1936) is an Italian political figure. ... Armando Cossutta Armando Cossutta (Milan, 2 September 1926) is a Italian communist politician. ...


It is currently headed by Fausto Bertinotti, and it views itself as the party representing the anti-globalization movement in the Italian political scene. Fausto Bertinotti Fausto Bertinotti (born on 22 March 1940 in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan) is an Italian politician and leader of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista. ... Globalization (or globalisation) is a modern term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. ...


Nichi Vendola, one of the young leaders of this party, has been just elected (April 2005) president of the Apulia region. Nicola Vendola (born 26 August 1958 in Terlizzi, Bari), commonly known as Nichi, is a Italian politician and President of the Apulia region. ... Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. ...


Electoral results

Year Elections Votes % Seats
1992 Chamber of Deputies 2.202.574 5,6% 35
Senate of the Republic 2.163.317 6,5% 20
1994 Chamber of Deputies 2.334.029 6,0% 39
Senate of the Republic - - 18
1994 European elections 1.991.977 6,1% -
1996 Chamber of Deputies 3.215.960 8,5% 35
Senate of the Republic - - 11
1999 European elections 1.330.341 4,3% 4
2001 Chamber of Deputies 1.867.712 5,0% 11
Senate of the Republic 1.705.733 5,0% 4
2004 European elections 1.971.700 6,1% 5

1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Flag of Italy Political parties of Italy
House of Freedoms

Download high resolution version (1200x800, 1 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. A.S. Roma A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union... Political parties in Italy are organized into two dominant political coalitions. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right-wing party alliance, composed of Forza Italia, National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale), Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC), Socialist Party New PSI (Nuovo PSI); the small PRI and Northern League (Lega Nord), led by national media tycoon... Image File history File links Logo_House_Of_Freedoms. ...

Forza Italia - National Alliance - Democrats' Centre Union - Northern League
Socialist Party New PSI - Italian Republican Party
The Union

Forza Italia is an Italian political party. ... National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN) was created in 1994 by Gianfranco Fini, the former Youth Front leader of the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) that was formed in 1946 by supporters of the executed dictator Il Duce Benito Mussolini, Italys former fascist leader. ... The Democrats Centre Union or Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione Democratici di Centro or Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro) is a political party in Italy formed by a merger of the former Centro Cristiano Democratico and Cristiani Democratici Uniti parties. ... The Northern League (Italian: Lega Nord) is an Italian political party that advocates autonomy for a part of Northern Italy they call Padania (see the article for usage of the name). ... The Partito Socialista – Nuovo PSI is a small Italian party which professes a socialist ideology and claims to be the successor to the old Italian Socialist Party, which was disbanded after an impressive series of corruption scandals of the early 1990s (see Mani Pulite). ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Italian political parties ... LUnione (The Union in English) is a Italian left-wing coalition of parties. ... Image File history File links Logo_unione. ...

Left-Wing Democrats - Daisy-Democracy is Freedom - Communist Refoundation Party
Party of Italian Communists - Popular-UDEUR - Italian Democratic Socialists
Federation of the Greens - Italy of Values - European Republican Movement
Italian Socialist Democratic Party
Alternativa Sociale

The Left-Wing Democrats (Italian: Democratici di Sinistra) are the main Italian left-wing political party, part of the Ulivo electoral coalition. ... Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (full name in Italian: Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita: Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy) is a political party in Italy. ... The Party of Italian Communists (Italian: Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, also translated into English as Italian Communists Party) is a political party in Italy. ... The Popular-UDEUR (Italian: Popolari-UDEUR) is a small centrist political party in Italy, led by Clemente Mastella. ... The Italian Democratic Socialists (Italian: Socialisti Democratici Italiani), or SDI, is a small social democratic party of moderate-left policies, heir of the old Italian Socialist Party and led by Enrico Boselli. ... The Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is the Italian Green Party. ... Italy of Values (Italian: Italia dei Valori, also known as Lista Di Pietro) is a liberal party and anti-corruption political movement in Italy, headed by former magistrate and Mani Pulite campaigner Antonio Di Pietro. ... The European Republican Movement (Italian: Movimento Repubblicani Europei) of Italy is a small center left liberal party, part of the Olive Tree coalition and the ALDE group in the European Parliament. ... The Italian Social Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, often shortened to , PSDI) was founded in 1952 by the union of two parties: the Unitarian Socialist Party and the Workers Socialist Party. ... Alternativa Sociale is an Italian far right political party. ... Image File history File links Alternativa_Sociale. ...

Azione Sociale - Fiamma Tricolore - Forza Nuova - Fronte Sociale Nazionale
Regional Sardinian Action Party - Sardinia Nation - South Tyrolese People's Party
Union for South Tyrol - Valdotanian Union
Others Federation of Italian Liberals - Italian Radicals - Pensioner's Party
Historical Christian Democracy - Italian Communist Party - Italian Socialist Party
Italian Social Movement - Democratic Party of the Left - Italian Liberal Party
Democratic Alliance

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Communist Refoundation Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (423 words)
The Communist Refoundation Party (Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) is an Italian reformed communist party.
The Communist Refoundation Party leader until 2006 was Fausto Bertinotti (59.2% in last Congress), and it views itself as the party representing the anti-globalization movement in the Italian political scene.
In April 2006, Nichi Vendola, one of the young leaders of the party, was elected president of the Apulia region.
COMMUNIST REFOUNDATION PARTY (14457 words)
The first duty of the communist opposition is to work on the reconstruction of the awareness and trust of the labor movement into their capability of obstruction and insurgence against the dominating politics.
Instead it is necessary to regain and renovate a Gramscian concept of Party as an intellectual convention engaged in the class struggle for the leadership among the masses; a Party that orients its political culture, its organizational structure and its functions to the achievement of an anti-capitalistic project.
A Party, which is an intellectual assembly, engaged in the daily struggle of the bourgeois society for an alternative, cannot consider its internal democratic system as a limitation or as a formal, statute obligation.
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