2012 Sammarinese General Election
General elections were held in San Marino on 11 November 2012. The 60 seats in the Grand and General Council were up for grabs. The elections were held using the majority bonus system. The previous election, held in 2008, provided the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party with the largest single parliamentary group. The Party of Socialists and Democrats, although winning more votes than the former, became the main opposition party. However, for the 2012 elections, the two parties decided to run together, under the banner of the coalition San Marino Common Good. They were joined by the Popular Alliance. Meanwhile, the remaining major parties formed the coalitions Agreement for the Country and Active Citizenship, politically placed in the center and on the left, respectively. Coalitions and parties The incumbent Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) is leading a coalition called San Marino Common Good. It was contested by another coalition under the banner Agreement f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2008 San Marino General Election
Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican president .... In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD), Popular Alliance (San Marino), Popular Alliance (AP) and United Left (San Marino), United Left (SU), AP left the coalition and the cabinet fell down. The PSD tried to form a narrow-majority coalition with SU and Sammarineses for Freedom (SpL), but two dissenting members of PSD left their party and formed Arengo and Freedom (AL), leaving the proposed coalition without a majority in Parliament. Due to the new electoral law passed earlier in 2008 which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Active Citizenship
Active citizenship or engaged citizenship refers to active participation of a citizen under the law of a nation discussing and educating themselves in politics and society, as well as a philosophy espoused by organizations and educational institutions which advocates that individuals, charitable organizations, and companies have certain roles and responsibilities to society and the environment. Active citizens may be involved in public advocacy and protest, working to effect change in their communities. Description Active citizenship can be seen as an articulation of the debate over rights versus responsibilities. If a body gives rights to the people under its remit, then those same people might have certain responsibilities to uphold. This would be most obvious at a country or nation-state level, but could also be of wider scope, such as the Internet (netizen) or Earth (global citizenship). The implication is that an active citizen fulfills both their rights and responsibili ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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General Elections In San Marino
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank scal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Civic 10
Civic 10 ( it, Movimento Civico10) was a political party in San Marino. It has been described as left-leaning and populist, and also advocated for e-democracy and a basic income. History The party was established on 30 July 2012 and contested the 2012 general elections as part of the Active Citizenship alliance. It received 6.7% of the vote, winning four seats. The party was pro-European, and supported the positive of San Marino joining the European Union in the 2013 referendum. The party contested the 2016 general election as a member of the Adesso.sm, winning 9.3% the vote and – due to the majority bonus system The majority bonus system (MBS) is a form of semi-proportional representation used in some European countries. Its feature is a majority bonus which gives extra seats or representation in an elected body to the party or to the joined parties with ... – gaining six seats. In the 2019 general election, the party was a component of the Libera San Marino all ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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United Left (San Marino)
United Left ( it, Sinistra Unita, SU) was a left-wing political party in San Marino. It was founded as a coalition on 2 August 2006, by the Sammarinese Communist Refoundation, formed by those who did not agree with the transformation of the Sammarinese Communist Party into the Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party in 1992, and the Left Party, a split from the Party of Democrats in 2005. Its Italian counterpart was Left and Freedom. In the Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2006, the alliance won 8.67% of the votes cast and took five seats. The United Left was part of the governing coalition that governed San Marino from 2006 to 2008 along with the Party of Socialists and Democrats and the Popular Alliance of Sammarinese Democrats for the Republic until tensions between itself and the latter caused the coalition to disintegrate. For the 2008 general election United Left was part of the Reforms and Freedom electoral coalition which won 25 seats out of 60 in the Grand and Gen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sammarinese Union Of Moderates
The Sammarinese Union of Moderates ( it, Unione Sammarinese dei Moderati, USDM) was a centre-right, Christian-democratic, national-conservative political coalition in San Marino. It was founded on 21 February 2008 and consisted of the Christian-democratic Sammarinese Populars and the national-conservative Sammarinese National Alliance, after a new electoral law introduced a threshold of 3.5% (both parties were below that threshold in the 2006 general election). In the 2008 general election Sammarinese Union of Moderates ran within the centrist Pact for San Marino coalition. The electoral coalition won 35 seats out of 60 in the Grand and General Council in the Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2008 Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the ... gaining 54.22% of the national ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Union For The Republic (San Marino)
The Union for the Republic ( it, Unione Per la Repubblica, UPR) was a centrist, Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. The party was formed on 4 March 2011 by a merger of the Centre Democrats (DdC) and Euro-Populars for San Marino The Euro-Populars for San Marino ( it, Europopolari per San Marino, EPS) was a Christian democratic political party in San Marino. It emerged in September 2007 as a split from the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS). It held 5 seats out ... (EPS). During the Sammarinese election of 2012 the party ran as part of the losing Agreement for the Country alliance, obtaining 5 seats. The party formed a coalition with the Popular Alliance for the Sammarinese election of 2016 and following their electoral success, the two parties created a new party, Future Republic. References External linksOfficial website 2011 establishments in San Marino 2017 disestablishments in San Marino Centrist parties in Europe Christian democratic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Socialist Party (San Marino)
The Socialist Party ( it, Partito Socialista, PS) is a moderate Social democracy, social-democratic political party in San Marino. The party was founded on 30 May 2012 as a merger of the New Socialist Party (San Marino), New Socialist Party and Sammarinese Reformist Socialist Party. During the Sammarinese general election, 2012, Sammarinese election of 2012 the party joined the unsuccessful centrist coalition of the Agreement for the Country, even if the party itself obtained quite good results gaining 7 seats. The party has been characterized as "friendly" by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Ossetia), Foreign Minister of South Ossetia. Electoral history References {{Sammarinese political parties 2012 establishments in San Marino Political parties established in 2012 Political parties in San Marino Pro-European political parties in San Marino Social democratic parties in Europe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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We Sammarineses
We Sammarineses ( it, Noi Sammarinesi, NS) is a conservative-liberal political party in San Marino. In the 2006 general election NS won 2.5% and 1 out of 60 seats and stood in opposition to the 2006-2008 governing coalition of the Party of Socialists and Democrats, Popular Alliance and United Left. In the 2008 general election the party participated within the Freedom List that won 1,317 votes (6.28%) and got 4 seats. At time, the Freedom List was part of the centre-right Pact for San Marino coalition. The electoral coalition won 35 seats out of 60 in the Grand and General Council in the 2008 Sammarinese parliamentary election gaining 54.22% of the national vote and a governmental majority of 5, becoming the new government of San Marino. As a result, Noi Sammarinesi which itself gained a few seats and a small percentage of the national vote as part of the coalition and as part of the Freedom List. In 2011 the Pact for San Marino government collapsed, causing the disbandmen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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RETE Movement
The RETE Movement ( it, Movimento Civico Rinnovamento – Equità – Transparenza – Ecosostenibilità, lit=Renewal – Equity – Transparency – Eco-sustainability Civic Movement) is a political party in San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an .... History The party was formed by several activist groups involved in the environmental, civic rights and arts.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press It contested the 2012 general elections, receiving 6.3% of the vote and winning four seats. Prior to the 2016 general elections the party joined the Democracy in Motion alliance, going on to win eight of the alliance's nine seats. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |