Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left
Democratici di Sinistra
Secretary
  • Massimo D'Alema (first)
  • Piero Fassino (last)
PresidentMassimo D'Alema
Founded14 February 1998 (1998-02-14)
Dissolved14 October 2007 (2007-10-14)
Preceded byDemocratic Party of the Left
Merged intoDemocratic Party
HeadquartersVia Palermo 12, Rome
Youth wingYouth Left
Membership (2007)615,414[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliation
  • The Olive Tree (1998–2007)
  • The Union (2004–2007)
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
European Parliament groupParty of European Socialists
International affiliationSocialist International
Colors  Red
  • Politics of Italy
  • Political parties
  • Elections

The Democrats of the Left (Italian: Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.[2][3][4] Positioned on the centre-left,[5] the DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of the PDS with several minor parties. A member of The Olive Tree coalition, the DS was successively led by Massimo D'Alema, Walter Veltroni, and Piero Fassino, and merged with Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy and a number of minor centre-left parties to form the Democratic Party in October 2007.[6]

  1. ^ "Ds: Tutti i numeri del quarto congresso". Corriere della Sera. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. ^ André Krouwel (2012). Party Transformations in European Democracies. SUNY Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-4384-4483-3. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  3. ^ Marcus E. Ethridge; Howard Handelman (2009). Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science. Cengage Learning. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-495-57048-6. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. ^ Donald F. Busky (2002). Communism in History and Theory: The European Experience. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-275-97734-4. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. ^ Pietro Castelli Gattinara (2016). "Appendix 2". The Politics of Migration in Italy: Perspectives on Local Debates and Party Competition. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-317-24174-4.
  6. ^ Donatella M. Viola (2015). "Italy". Routledge Handbook of European Elections. Routledge. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7.
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