The Republican Left ( it, Sinistra Repubblicana, SR) was a
social-liberal
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political party in Italy
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Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy, and since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern ...
.
In January 1994
Giorgio La Malfa returned to the leadership of the
Italian Republican Party
The Italian Republican Party ( it, Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895, the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy.
The PRI has old roots and a long hist ...
(PRI), replacing
Giorgio Bogi, and the party's national council decided to leave
Democratic Alliance (AD) – of which the PRI had been a founding member – and to enter the
Pact for Italy
The Pact for Italy ( it, Patto per l'Italia) was a centrist political and electoral alliance in Italy launched by Mario Segni and Mino Martinazzoli in 1994.
History
The alliance was composed of the Italian People's Party (PPI), the main successo ...
coalition. Therefore Bogi,
Giuseppe Ayala
Giuseppe Ayala (born May 18, 1945 in Caltanissetta) is an Italian politician and magistrate.
He was known as an "anti-mafia" magistrate, and served as "anti-Mafia" judge. He raised doubts about whether it was only the Mafia that was involved in ...
,
Libero Gualtieri and others left the PRI and launched the "Republican Left", which continued to be part of AD and joined the larger
Alliance of Progressives
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.
In February 1998 the SR was merged, along with the
Labour Federation, the
Social Christians
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, the
Unitarian Communists, the
Reformists for Europe and the
Democratic Federation, into the
Democratic Party of the Left
The Democratic Party of the Left ( it, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, PDS) was a democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, t ...
(PDS), thus founding the
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of th ...
(DS).
After that, the SR became an internal faction within the DS.
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