This article is about the Italian political party active in 1998–2007. For for its predecessor, see Democratic Party of the Left.
Democrats of the Left
Democratici di Sinistra
Secretary
Massimo D'Alema (first)
Piero Fassino (last)
President
Massimo D'Alema
Founded
14 February 1998; 26 years ago (1998-02-14)
Dissolved
14 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-14)
Preceded by
Democratic Party of the Left
Merged into
Democratic Party
Headquarters
Via Palermo 12, Rome
Youth wing
Youth Left
Membership (2007)
615,414[1]
Ideology
Social democracy
Political position
Centre-left
National affiliation
The Olive Tree (1998–2007)
The Union (2004–2007)
European affiliation
Party of European Socialists
International affiliation
Socialist International
European Parliament group
Party of European Socialists
Colors
Red
Politics of Italy
Political parties
Elections
The Democrats of the Left (Italian: Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.[2][3][4] Positioned on the centre-left,[5] the DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of the PDS with several minor parties. A member of The Olive Tree coalition, the DS was successively led by Massimo D'Alema, Walter Veltroni, and Piero Fassino, and merged with Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy and a number of minor centre-left parties to form the Democratic Party in October 2007.[6]
^"Ds: Tutti i numeri del quarto congresso". Corriere della Sera. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^André Krouwel (2012). Party Transformations in European Democracies. SUNY Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-4384-4483-3. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^Marcus E. Ethridge; Howard Handelman (2009). Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science. Cengage Learning. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-495-57048-6. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^Donald F. Busky (2002). Communism in History and Theory: The European Experience. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-275-97734-4. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
^Pietro Castelli Gattinara (2016). "Appendix 2". The Politics of Migration in Italy: Perspectives on Local Debates and Party Competition. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-317-24174-4.
^Donatella M. Viola (2015). "Italy". Routledge Handbook of European Elections. Routledge. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7.
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