NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Italian Democratic Socialists

The Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI) is a small social-democratic party of moderate-left policies, heir of the old Italian Socialist Party, born in 1998 by the convergence of the Italian Socialists and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. The party leader is Enrico Boselli. Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Italian Socialists (Socialisti Italiani) was an Italian political party in existance from 1994 to 1998. ... The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, PSDI) was an Italian centre-left party. ... Enrico Boselli Enrico Boselli (born 7 January 1957 in Bologna) is an Italian politician, and leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists party. ...

In the 2004 European Parliament election, two SDI MEPs were elected on the Olive Tree ticket. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ...

The SDI is no longer part of the Olive Tree coalition, as it decided to found a joint socialist and libertarian list named Rose in the Fist together with the Italian Radicals. The Rose in the Fist is an Italian political federation of parties founded in 2005. ... Do not confuse the Italian Radicals with the Transnational Radical Party. ...

In the 2006 general election the list scored only 2.6%, much lesser than the electoral sum of the two parties before the alliace (Radicals alone took 2.3% in the 2004 European Parliament election). It seemed that the Radicals lost voters in their strongholds in the North to Forza Italia, while the Socialists lost ground in the South, where they are more radicated, to the Olive Tree parties (see electoral results of the Rose in the Fist). A general election for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy was held on April 9 and April 10, 2006. ... Forza Italia (Forward Italy) is an Italian party. ... For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ... The Rose in the Fist is an Italian political federation of parties founded in 2005. ...

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