United Socialists for Europe ( it, Socialisti Uniti per l'Europa) was an
electoral list
An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...
for the
2004 European Parliament election
The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but electe ...
composed of the
New Italian Socialist Party (NPSI) of
Gianni De Michelis and
Socialist Unity (US) of
Claudio Signorile.
The list gained 665,771 votes (2.0%), electing two MEPs, Gianni De Michelis and
Alessandro Battilocchio
Alessandro Battilocchio (born 3 May 1977 in Rome) is an Italian politician.
Biography
Battilocchio graduated in law from the LUISS Guido Carli and then in political science from La Sapienza University in Rome.
He served as Councilor for cultu ...
. In
Calabria
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the list gained 7.0%. In the
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
, the two NPSI members did not join any
political group, initially sitting as
Non-Inscrits
Non-Inscrits (; abbreviated NI; also non-attached members, abbreviated NA) are Members of the European Parliament (MEP) who do not belong to one of the recognised political groups.
These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a Europe ...
before later being admitted to the
PES Group in 2007.
After this experience NPSI remained part of the
House of Freedoms
The House of Freedoms ( it, Casa delle Libertà , CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi.
History
The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government and the Pole fo ...
coalition, while US joined 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 Soci ...
(SDI).
Defunct social democratic parties in Italy
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
Political parties with year of establishment missing
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