Reforms and Freedom ( it, Riforme e Libertà) was a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

coalition of parties for the 2008 general election 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 ...

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Party of Socialists and Democrats The Party of Socialists and Democrats ( it, Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici, PSD) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International, and observer member of the P ...

Social democracy Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...

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Centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

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Social liberalism Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

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Sammarinese Communist Refoundation Sammarinese Communist Refoundation ( it, Rifondazione Comunista Sammarinese, RCS) was a communist political party in San Marino. It was a member of the European Left. History It emerged in 1992 when the old Sammarinese Communist Party evolved i ...

Communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a ...

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Left Party – Zona Franca Left Party – Zona Franca ( it, Partito della Sinistra – Zona Franca, PdS) was a democratic socialist political party in San Marino whose ideology and history are similar to those of the former party Democratic Left of Italy. PdL emerged in ...

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Christian left The Christian left is a range of left-wing Christian political and social movements that largely embrace social justice principles and uphold a social doctrine or social gospel. Given the inherent diversity in international political thoug ...

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Election results and summary

The electoral coalition won 25 seats out of 60 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 ...

in the

Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2008 Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the ...

gaining 45.78% of the national vote but failed to gain a governmental majority. As a result, the coalition became the opposition to the new government of the right-wing coalition of Pact for San Marino. After the political crisis of 2011, the alliance was disbanded, the

joining their ancient opponents into a government of national unity. Defunct political party alliances in San Marino