Italian People's Party (1919)
The Italian People's Party ( it, Partito Popolare Italiano, PPI), also translated as Italian Popular Party, was a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy inspired by Catholic social teaching. It was active in the 1920s, but fell apart because it was deeply split between the pro- and anti-fascist elements. Its platform called for an elective Senate, proportional representation, corporatism, agrarian reform, women's suffrage, political decentralisation, independence of the Catholic Church, and social legislation. History The Italian People's Party was cofounded in 1919 by Luigi Sturzo, a Sicily, Sicilian Catholic Church, Catholic priest. The PPI was backed by Pope Benedict XV to oppose the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). The party supported various social reforms, including the foundations of a welfare state, women's suffrage and proportional representation voting. In the 1919 Italian general election, 1919 general e ...
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Partito Popolare Italiano (Italia,1919-1926) - Logo
Italian People's Party may refer to: *Italian People's Party (1919), precursor of Christian Democracy, 1919–1926 *Italian People's Party (1994), the legal successor party of Christian Democracy, 1994–2002 {{disambig, political ...
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