Democrats of the Left
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Democrats of the Left
Democratici di Sinistra |
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| Former Secretaries |
Massimo D'Alema Walter Veltroni Piero Fassino |
| President | Massimo D'Alema (1998–2007) |
| Founded | 14 February 1998 |
| Dissolved | 14 October 2007 |
| Preceded by | Democratic Party of the Left |
| Merged into | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Via Palermo 12, Rome |
| Youth wing | Young Left |
| Membership (2007) | 615,414 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation |
The Olive Tree (1998–2007) The Union (2005–2007) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| European Parliament group | Party of European Socialists |
The Democrats of the Left (Italian: Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democraticpolitical party in Italy.
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, in October 2007 DS merged with Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy and a number of minor centre-left parties to form the Democratic Party.
The DS was successively led by Massimo D'Alema, Walter Veltroni and Piero Fassino.
The DS developed from the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), which in turn was a reshaping of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) into a democratic-socialist party. Under the leadership of Massimo D'Alema, the PDS merged with some minor centre-left movements (Labour Federation, Social Christians, Republican Left, Unitarian Communists, Reformists for Europe and Democratic Federation) at a national convention on 13 February 1998. The DS' symbol lacked the hammer and sickle, which was present in the PDS' one and was instead replaced by the red rose of European social democracy as used by the Party of European Socialists (PES).
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