To the Left (''A Sinistra'') was a
social-democratic
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and
democratic-socialist faction within the
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, a
centre-left
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political party in Italy
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.
It was founded as an electoral list for the
election for the Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Party of 14 October 2007, comprising
Livia Turco
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,
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, the
Democrats, Laicists, Socialists (
Massimo Brutti
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,
Sergio Gentili
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,
Mauro Zani
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),
Say Left Say Left (''Dì Sinistra'') was a democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy. Its leader was Vincenzo Vita.
It was founded in April 2007 by those Democrats of the Left who supported the motion of Fabio Mus ...
(
Vincenzo Vita
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,
Giuseppe Giulietti,
Augusto Battaglia) and some
Liberal Socialists (
Annamaria Carli,
Giorgio Ruffolo
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).
The list, which was present in only 15 constituencies out of 29, scored 7.7% in the election, electing more than 300 delegates to the Assembly. Its strongholds are the cities and especially
Turin
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(32.7%) and
Rome
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(27.1%).
On 5 July 2008, the three groups cited before plus
Left for the Country, a group of splinters from
Democratic Left and the
Party of Italian Communists
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, merged into the faction, which became a united social-democratic and democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party.
The members of To the Left included both supporters of
Walter Veltroni
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(''
Veltroniani
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Apart the core group of ''Veltronian ...
''), notably Vincenzo Vita, and supporters of
Massimo D'Alema
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(''
Dalemiani Dalemiani referred to the followers of Massimo D'Alema, a former leading member of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy.
The ''Dalemiani'' were generally social democrats who want the party to join the Party of European Socialists. D'Al ...
''), including Livia Turco, who is also an active member of
Reformists and Democrats
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Background
It was founded in Ju ...
.
References
External links
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