Ideas in Motion ( it, Idee in Movimento, IM) was a left-wing 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 established in 1998 by Alessandro Rossi as a successor to the

Democratic Movement A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution or organization or a country, in which all members have an equal share of power. Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities that differentiate ...

, which had won two seats in the 1993 elections.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press It contested the elections later that year in an alliance with the

Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party The Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (''Partito Progressista Democratico Sammarinese'', PPDS) was a democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Democratic Party of the Left. The party was formed in 1 ...

(PPDS) and the

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. The alliance received 18.6% of the vote, winning 11 of the 60 seats in the

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...

, becoming the third-largest faction. In 2001 it merged with the PPDS and Socialists for Reform to form the

Party of Democrats The Party of Democrats ( it, Partito dei Democratici, PD) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its counterpart in Italy was the Democrats of the Left. The PD had its origins in Sammarinese Communist Par ...

References

Defunct political parties in San Marino Political parties established in 1998 1998 establishments in San Marino Political parties disestablished in 2001 2001 disestablishments in San Marino {{SanMarino-stub