The Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement (, PSU–IS) was a political party in
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...
.
History
The party was formed in 1975 when the
Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party split into two; one faction forming the Unitary Socialist Party and the other forming
Socialist Democracy.
[ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1681 ] The PSU received 11% of the vote in the
1978 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1978.
Africa
* 1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election
* 1978 Comorian legislative election
* 1978 Comorian presidential election
* 1978 Egyptian protection of national unity and social peace referend ...
, winning seven seats. It subsequently joined the governing coalition alongside the
Sammarinese Socialist Party
The Sammarinese Socialist Party (, PSS) was a socialist
Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of ...
(PSS) and the
Sammarinese Communist Party (PCS).
[Busky, Donald F. ]
Communism in History and Theory: The European Experience
'. Westport, Conn. .a. Praeger, 2002. p. 58
PSU sent three delegates to the congress of the
Socialist International
The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism, consisting mostly of Social democracy, social democratic political parties and Labour mov ...
in 1980; Pier Paolo Gasperoni, Emilio della Balda and Dominique Morolli.
Socialist affairs
'. Socialist International, 1981. p25 In the
1983 elections it won eight seats.
In the mid-1980s the party was renamed Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement. It won eight seats again in the
1988 elections, emerging as the third-largest party. It subsequently merged into the PSS.
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See also
* :Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement politicians
References
Socialist parties in San Marino
Defunct political parties in San Marino
Political parties established in 1975
1975 establishments in San Marino
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