The Liberal Socialists (''Liberalsocialisti'', LS) were a
regionalist social-democratic
Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...
political party based in
Sicily.
The party was founded in 1998 by
Salvo Andò
Salvatore "Salvo" Andò (born 13 February 1945) is an Italian academic and politician. He was the minister of defence between 1992 and 1993.
Early life and education
Andò was born on 13 February 1945. His father was a politician, Biagio Andò. ...
and other former leading members of the late
Italian Socialist Party (PSI).
In the
2001 regional election, the party garnered 1.0% of the vote and elected a regional councillor.
In the 2003 provincial elections, the party elected provincial councillors in the
provinces of Catania,
Messina
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,
Palermo
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,
Agrigento and
Caltanissetta.
In 2003, the party was merged into the
Italian Democratic Socialists
The Italian Democratic Socialists ( it, Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI) were a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socia ...
(SDI).
In 2010, Andò and other former Liberal Socialists formed the Socialist Clubs, a network of local social-democratic clubs in Sicily.
References
Defunct social democratic parties
Political parties in Sicily
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