To the Left

To the Left (A Sinistra) was a social-democratic and democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party, a centre-left political party in Italy.

It was founded as an electoral list for the election for the Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Party of 14 October 2007, comprising Livia Turco, Furio Colombo, Peppino Caldarola, the Democrats, Laicists, Socialists (Massimo Brutti, Sergio Gentili, Mauro Zani), Say Left (Vincenzo Vita, Giuseppe Giulietti, Augusto Battaglia) and some Liberal Socialists (Annamaria Carli, Giorgio Ruffolo).

The list, which was present in only 15 constituencies out of 29, scored 7.7% in the election, electing more than 300 delegates to the Assembly. Its strongholds are the cities and especially Turin (32.7%) and Rome (27.1%).^[1]^[2]

On 5 July 2008, the three groups cited before plus Left for the Country, a group of splinters from Democratic Left and the Party of Italian Communists, merged into the faction, which became a united social-democratic and democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party.

The members of To the Left included both supporters of Walter Veltroni (Veltroniani), notably Vincenzo Vita, and supporters of Massimo D'Alema (Dalemiani), including Livia Turco, who is also an active member of Reformists and Democrats.

References[edit]

^ [1] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Errore - PartitoDemocratico.it". www.partitodemocratico.it. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

External links[edit]

[1] [1] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Errore - PartitoDemocratico.it". www.partitodemocratico.it. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (People's Energy Reformist Base Democratic Energy Liberal PD AreaDem–Franceschiniani) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Piazza Grande Fassiniani Side by Side Left Wing Socialists and Democrats Future! European Democrats Democracy Europe Society Dem Labourites LeftDem NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Teodem Lettiani–360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists (Renziani–Back to the Future Always Forward Harambee Rutelliani–Free Democrats Liberal Left 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 Remake Italy Left is Change)
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