Socialist Party New PSI
Partito Socialista - Nuovo PSI
Italian National Party
Leader	Gianni De Michelis
Founded	January 20, 2001
Headquarters	Via di Torre Argentina, 47 00186 Rome
Coalition	House of Freedoms
Political ideology	Social Democracy (official), Centre-right
Official newspaper	The most referring one is L'Avanti, shared with SDI, other main socialist party of Italy.
Website	http://www.nuovopsi.com
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The Partito Socialista – Nuovo PSI (NPSI) is a small Italian party which professes a social-democratic ideology and claims to be the successor to the old Italian Socialist Party, which was disbanded after the judiciary tempest of the early 1990s (see Mani Pulite). The party is affiliated with the ruling right-of-centre House of Freedoms coalition, led by Silvio Berlusconi, who also was a close friend of Bettino Craxi. The party's headquarters is in Rome. 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. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Mani pulite (Italian for clean hands) was a nationwide Italian police investigation into political corruption held in the 1990s, following the scandal of Banco Ambrosiano in 1982, which implicated mafia, Vatican Bank and P2. ... This article is about the minor party founded by Ross Meurant in 1994. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ... A coalition is an alliance between entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... Bettino Craxi Bettino Craxi (born Benedetto Craxi in Milan, Italy on February 24, 1934, died in Hammamet on January 19, 2000) was an Italian politician. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ...

The party's members are often former followers of Bettino Craxi, whom they often portray as a victim of political persecution, notwithstanding the many convictions he received on corruption charges. The party leader is Gianni De Michelis, former minister of foreign affairs in a number of Italian governments, and formerly a close ally of Craxi. After a disputed congress Bobo Craxi also claimed to be the leader of the party. However, on 25 Jan 2006 the Tribunal of Rome decided that Gianni De Michelis is the official leader of NPSI, a ruling that promped the quick departure of Bobo Craxi with a few supporters. Bettino Craxi Bettino Craxi (born Benedetto Craxi in Milan, Italy on February 24, 1934, died in Hammamet on January 19, 2000) was an Italian politician. ... Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in... Vittorio Craxi, commonly known as Bobo Craxi, (born in Milan on 6 June 1964) is an Italian politician, son of Bettino Craxi, He is the new leader of Nuovo PSI since the Vth Congress, confirmed by a judicial decision of December 31, 2005. ... Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in... Vittorio Craxi, commonly known as Bobo, (born in Milan on 6 June 1964) is an Italian politician, son of Bettino Craxi, Formerly a prominent member of the Nuovo PSI, has left the party in late January 2006 after the rejection, by a judicial court, of his claim of having being...

National elections

Three PSNI members were elected to the Chamber of Deputies and one to the Senate on the House of Freedoms Ticket in the parliamentary election of 2001, and three NPSI members currently hold cabinet office in the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi: Stefano caldoro, Giovanni Ricevuto and Mauro Del Bue. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This is a list of Prime Ministers of Italy. ... (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ...

Deputies elected to the parliament with support of Forza Italia: Forza Italia is an Italian political party. ...

• Vittorio Craxi, son of Bettino Craxi ;
• Vincenzo Milioto ;
• Chiara Moroni,

Elected to Senate : Vittorio Craxi, commonly known as Bobo Craxi, (born in Milan on 6 June 1964) is an Italian politician, son of Bettino Craxi, He is the new leader of Nuovo PSI since the Vth Congress, confirmed by a judicial decision of December 31, 2005. ...

• Franco Crinò

European elections

From June 2004 election, there are two NPSI MEPs, both non-Inscrits, having campaigned on a joint ticket together with the smaller Unità Socialista, known as Socialists United for Europe — 665 771 votes(2,0 %) elected from Mezzogiorno: Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. ... Non-Inscrits (English: Non-Attached; the English name is also official, but the French name is prevalent even in English texts) are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the political groups. ... The Partito Socialista Nuovo PSI is a small Italian socialist party. ... The Mezzogiorno or Southern Italy is the area of Italy south of Rome. ...

• Gianni De Michelis, former minister foreign of Italy;
• Alessandro Battilocchio, the youngest MEP, elected with only 9 504 votes.

In the European Parliament, the two PSNI members did not join any party group and are therefore sitting as Non-Inscrits. Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in... Alessandro Battilocchio Alessandro Battilocchio (born on 3 May 1977 in Roma) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central with the Socialist Party New PSI (successor to the old Italian Socialist Party), which has apparently not joined the Party of European Socialists so far and is... Party groups in the European Parliament combine the MEPs from European political parties, informal European political blocs, and independents. ... Non-Inscrits (English: Non-Attached; the English name is also official, but the French name is prevalent even in English texts) are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the political groups. ...

Regional Elections

After one year ofter the European success, the New PSI presents itself in the House of Freedoms coalition for the regional elections of april 2005. In Calabria the New PSI receives 5.4% it's highest regional gain. However the House of Freedoms looses 12 regions out of 14 forcing Silvio Berlusconi to have a reshuffle of his cabinet. In his reshuffle his nominates an esponent of the New PSI Caldoro minister. Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ... For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ...

Leading members

Leading members of the PSNI include Professor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Gianni De Michelis, Minister Stefano Caldoro and Chiara Moroni. Craxi was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from the Sicilian constituency of Trapani in the parliamentary election of 2001, while De Michelis and Battilocchio were elected to the European Parliament in 2004. Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in... Sicilian redirects here. ... Torre della Colombaia Trapani (2004 population 67,456) is a city in the west coast of Sicily in Italy. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The October 2005 congress

On October 21-23, 2005, a national congress was held in Rome in order to deliberate the new political line to be held by the party, particularly about the possibility to join the Union and thus leave the House of Freedoms. Union generally means an organization formed to conduct an activity. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ...

During the congress, which was characterized by a heated atmosphere and several contestations and controverses, Bobo Craxi, who supported a "socialist unity" together with the Italian Radicals and the Italian Democratic Socialists inside the Union and an immediate retirement from the Berlusconi government, challenged incumbent leader Gianni De Michelis, who instead asked the congress to delay such a decision. Vittorio Craxi, commonly known as Bobo, (born in Milan on 6 June 1964) is an Italian politician, son of Bettino Craxi, Formerly a prominent member of the Nuovo PSI, has left the party in late January 2006 after the rejection, by a judicial court, of his claim of having being... Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani) is an Italian political group that describes itself as a liberal, liberista and libertarian political movement. ... 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. ... Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in...

De Michelis received support from Battilocchio, Chiara Moroni, one of the 4 members of the Italian parliament for the party and daughter of a former leading socialist member who committed suicide in the early 1990s during the Mani Pulite scandal, and the minister Stefano Caldoro, whereas Craxi, another deputy, gained support from the other two members of parliament and powerful Calabrian leader Saverio Zavettieri. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ...

In the end, De Michelis majority unrecognized the congress, declaring it had never been officially opened, and abandoned it with all of his supporters leaving the only Craxi supporters pretending to elect their candidate as "new party's leader". Later, the Tribunal of Rome, after a Craxi request, closed the contest in favor of the party leader.

Road to the 2006 general election

The Craxi's faction, which abandoned the party immediately after the verdict of annulment of the last congress, is now part of The Union and organized in a very small party named The Socialists; however the party faces tough odds, after Bobo Craxi refused to join the Rose in the Fist alliance between Italian Radicals and Italian Democratic Socialists. LUnione (The Union in English) is an Italian left-wing coalition of parties. ... The Socialists (Italian: I Socialisti) is a minor Italian political party, born in February 7, 2006, as split of the Socialist Party New PSI wing favourable to a political alliance with The Union and an immediate discontinuance to the ties with the House of Freedoms. ... Vittorio Craxi, commonly known as Bobo, (born in Milan on 6 June 1964) is an Italian politician, son of Bettino Craxi, Formerly a prominent member of the Nuovo PSI, has left the party in late January 2006 after the rejection, by a judicial court, of his claim of having being... The Rose in the Fist is an Italian political federation of parties founded in 2005. ... Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani) is an Italian political group that describes itself as a liberal, liberista and libertarian political movement. ... 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. ...

On the contrary, Gianni De Michelis, who won the legal dispute for the symbol and the leadership of the NPSI on 25 January 2006, has forged an alliance with the Christian Democracy for the Autonomies of Gianfranco Rotondi and Publio Fiori. Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christian Democracy for the Autonomies (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana per le Autonomie), often referred to as New DC (Nuova DC), is a minor centrist political party founded in 2005 by former Democrats Centre Union MP Gianfranco Rotondi. ... Gianfranco Rotondi (born 25 July 1960 in Avellino) is an Italian politician, the current leader of the Christian Democracy for the Autonomies since June 2005. ...

The unpromising results

The alliance DC-PSI which wanted to revive the political cultures of the past received unpromising results. It gained 285.744 votes (0,7%)for the Chamber of Deputies and 190.724 0,6% for the Senate. Although having not passed the 2%-treshold it still elected 4 deputies since it was the party which received more votes under the 2% in its respective allaince (House of Freedoms). The elected candidates of the New PSI are Gianni De Michelis and Mauro del Bue; two more candidates have been promised a seat as candidates of Forza Italia. However the 2 candidates Chiara Moroni and Giovanni Ricevuto elected in Forza Italia have abandoned the party on the 3rd of May for motives which are not known. The Chamber of Deputies is the name given to the lower house of the bicameral legislatures of the following countries: It is also the name given to the unicameral parliaments of the following countries: Historically, the Chamber of Deputies (fr:Chambre des députés) was the lower house of... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ... Gianni De Michelis Gianni De Michelis (born on 26 November 1940 in Venezia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the NPSI, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament waiting for the acceptance of his partys request of membership in... Forza Italia is an Italian political party. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: May May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

Nonetheless the New PSI and it's 2 Mps form a joint parlamentary group with it's former ally the Christian Democracy for the Autonomies comprising 6 MPs in total, which make it a minimal force in Parliament. Christian Democracy for the Autonomies (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana per le Autonomie), often referred to as New DC (Nuova DC), is a minor centrist political party founded in 2005 by former Democrats Centre Union MP Gianfranco Rotondi. ...

Political parties of Italy
	The Union	House of Freedoms
Represented in Parliament	Federation of the Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left, Daisy—Democracy is Freedom, European Republican Movement) | Communist Refoundation Party | Rose in the Fist (Italian Democratic Socialists, Italian Radicals) | Party of Italian Communists | Italy of Values | Federation of the Greens | Popular-UDEUR | South Tyrolese People's Party | Autonomy Liberty Democracy	Forza Italia | National Alliance | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | LN/MpA (Northern League, Movement for Autonomy) | New DC/NPSI (Christian Democracy for the Autonomies, Socialist Party New PSI) | For Italy in the World with Tremaglia
Minor	Pensioners' Party | The Socialists | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Left-Wing Radicals | Federation of Italian Liberals | Federation of Liberal Democrats | United Democratic Christians | Consumers' List | New Party of Action | United Consumers | Party of Christian Democracy | Republicans for the Union (Democratic Republicans, Republican Democracy) | League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance | Project Sardinia | Veneto Front League	Social Alternative (Social Action, New Force, National Social Front) | Social Movement Tricolour Flame | Italian Liberal Party | Liberal Reformers | No Euro Movement | Italian Republican Party | Italy of the New | United Pensioners | Christian Extended Pact | CD - Shield with the Cross - Libertas | Environmental List-Ecological Democrats | Federalist Greens | S.O.S. Italy | New Sicily | Pact for Sicily | Unitalia
Regional	Aosta Valley Live | Die Freiheitlichen | Valdotanian Union | Ladins | Project Northeast | Sardinian Action Party | Independence-Republic of Sardinia | Sardinia Nation | Union for South Tyrol
Others	Fascism and Freedom Movement | For the South | Green Greens | Humanist Party | Internationalist Communist Party | Italian Association in South America | Italian Marxist-Leninist Party | Liberal Socialist Action Party | Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party | Moderate Italy | Monarchist Alliance | National Democratic Party | National Right-New ISM | North-East Project | Pact of Liberal Democrats | Social Idea Movement | Southern League
Historical	Christian Democracy | Italian Communist Party | Italian Socialist Party | Italian Social Movement | Democratic Party of the Left | Proletarian Democracy | Democratic Alliance | National Fascist Party