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This appears to be an interesting thing, but then I don't know Italian politics. Looks like a merger of leftist and centrist parties.
Italy's centre-left hopes to strengthen grip on power with new party Italy's centre-left is hoping to strengthen its tenuous grip on power by re-inventing itself, starting with the consolidation of its two largest parties into a new, reformist Democratic Party. The former communist Democrats of the Left (DS) and the smaller centrist Daisy party led by Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli are both holding their congresses this week, and they plan to announce the merger at the weekend. The brainchild of Prime Minister Romano Prodi, the Democratic Party (PD) is being billed as both a forward-looking strategy for the centre-left and a cure for Italy's chronic political instability. The new party should have "the ambition of opening a new democratic phase in Italy," Prodi said as the Daisy party opened its congress in Rome on Friday. I also ran across these pictures at Yahoo today.  Italian DS Democrats of the Left party secretary Piero Fassino, left, and Howard Dean, president of U.S. Democratic Party, acknowledges cheers from delegates at the end of the three-day DS national congress, in Florence, Italy, Saturday, April 21, 2007. Years after dropping 'Communist' from its name and the hammer and sickle from its symbol, Italy's largest leftist party has embarked on a new course that is expected to lead to its merger with a centrist party. The overwhelming majority of delegates are expected to approve plans for their party to merge with the pro-centrist, pro-Vatican Margherita party, and create a new formation to be called the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)  Italian DS Democrats of the Left party secretary Piero Fassino, left, shares a word with Howard Dean, president of U.S. Democratic Party, at the end of the three-day DS national congress, in Florence, Italy, Saturday, April 21, 2007. Years after dropping 'Communist' from its name and the hammer and sickle from its symbol, Italy's largest leftist party has embarked on a new course that is expected to lead to its merger with a centrist party. The overwhelming majority of delegates are expected to approve plans for their party to merge with the pro-centrist, pro-Vatican Margherita party, and create a new formation to be called the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) I don't know Italian politics, so not really saying much. Just found it interesting. |
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