Democrazia Solidale

Democrazia Solidale
Leaders Lorenzo Dellai
Andrea Olivero
Founded 4 July 2014
Split from Civic Choice
Ideology Centrism
Christian left
Christian democracy
Political position Centre-left
Chamber of Deputies
9 / 630
Senate
2 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Website
www.democraziasolidale.it

Democrazia Solidale (English: Solidary Democracy, Demo.S) is a centre-left Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The party's leader, Lorenzo Dellai, a former President of Trentino, has described Demo.S as a "Christian-social" party.[1]

Demo.S maintains solid relations with the Democratic Party and a number of minor parties/groups of the Christian left, notably including the Democratic Centre[1] (with which Demo.S forms a joint parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies named For Italy), the Christian Popular Union[2] (active mainly in Sardinia) and, in Trentino, the Union for Trentino.

History

Demo.S was formed in July 2014, following the split of the left-wing faction from the Populars for Italy. The party, led by Lorenzo Dellai, Andrea Olivero, Mario Marazziti, Mario Giro and Lucio Romano, re-affirmed the strategic (not just tactical) alliance with Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD), while the PpI considered it temporary and wanted to restructure the centre-right camp instead. At its start, the party counted eight deputies, two senators, one deputy-minister and one undersecretary.[3][4][5][6]

In December 2014 the party's two senators, Olivero and Romano, left For Italy, which was later disbanded, in order to join For the Autonomies, a miscellaneaous group composed of minor autonomist and/or centre-left parties.[7] In the meantime, the For Italy group of the Chamber of Deputies welcomed the two deputies of the Democratic Centre (CD). In September 2015 a ninth deputy, Maurizio Baradello, joined the party and the parliamentary group.[8][9]

In January 2016 the "For Italy" group changed its name to "Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre",[10] following a strengthening of the alliance with CD.[11] In February Giro, formerly an undersecretary, became deputy minister of Foreign Affairs; Giro was thus one of the party's two deputy-ministers, along with Olivero at Agriculture.[12]

Leadership

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.agenparl.com/roma-democrazia-solidale-dellai-interessati-a-nuova-rappresentanza-politica/
  2. ↑ http://www.democraziasolidale.it/#!Accordo-DemoSUpc-per-cattolicesimo-democratico-/c5g8/42D3F12E-C34E-4581-B726-04788203FAE0
  3. ↑ http://www.formiche.net/2014/07/05/popolari-mauro-olivero-democrazia-solidal/
  4. ↑ http://www.asca.it/news-Centro__nasce__Demo_S_Democrazia_Solidale___Dellai_Olivero_tra_promotori-1401895.html
  5. ↑ http://www.formiche.net/2014/07/09/popolari-senza-dellai-olivero-parla-mauro/
  6. ↑ http://www.formiche.net/2014/07/08/dellai-popolari-pd/
  7. ↑ http://temi.repubblica.it/espresso-open-politix/2014/12/08/olivero-cambia-gruppo-continua-la-diaspora-degli-ex-montiani/
  8. ↑ http://sceltacivicapiemonte.it/candidati/candidati-alla-camera-lista-piemonte-1/maurizio-baradello/
  9. ↑ http://www.lospiffero.com/cantina/politica-addio-vitelli-tira-i-remi-in-barca-22758.html
  10. ↑ http://www.camera.it/leg17/217?idlegislatura=17&idGruppo=2449&idGruppoMisto=&tipoVis=
  11. ↑ http://ildomaniditalia.eu/article/nasce-alla-camera-democrazia-solidale-centro-democratico
  12. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/01/28/news/governo_sottosegretari-132243596/
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