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List of political parties in Italy

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Several Political parties operate in Italy, and historically they have been even more than today. Not one party has ever had the chance of gaining power alone and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

However, since the 2008 general election, only five major parties are represented in Parliament. On one side the centre-right People of Freedom and Lega Nord support Berlusconi IV Cabinet, on the other side there is the centre-left opposition composed of the Democratic Party, which includes in its parliamentary ranks the Italian Radicals, and Italy of Values. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats is the only party outside the two big coalitions to be represented in Parliament, in an increasingly two-party system.

Other minor regional parties are represented in Parliament, notably the Movement for Autonomy, the South Tyrolean People's Party and the Valdotanian Union, while many other parties are active or represented at the regional level.

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[edit] History

Between 1945 and 1994 Italian politics was dominated by two major parties: Christian Democracy, which was the party of government, and the Italian Communist Party, the main opposition party. The other opposition party was the post-fascist Italian Social Movement. During its almost fifty years in government, Christian Democracy chose its coalition partners among four parties: the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party and the Italian Liberal Party.

Christian Democrats led the government consecutively for 46 but five years. Between 1983 to 1991 they steadily shared government with Socialists, Republicans, Democratic Socialists and Liberal altogether. These were the years when several Northern regional parties demanding autonomy organized themselves at the regional level. In 1991 they federated themselves into Lega Nord, which surprisingly became the fourth largest party of the country in the 1992 general election.

In 1992–1994 the political system was shaken by a series of corruption scandals known collectively as Tangentopoli and the subsequent police investigation called Mani pulite. These events led all the major parties of government to disappear. Consequently the Communists, who had gathered themselves in the Democratic Party of the Left in 1991, and the post-fascists, who launched National Alliance, gained strength. Following the 1994 general election media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi became Prime Minister at the head of a coalition composed mainly of three parties: its brand new party called Forza Italia (joined by many members of the five parties of government), National Alliance and Lega Nord.

Between 1996 and 2008, Italian political parties were organized into two big coalitions, the centre-right Pole of Freedoms (which was re-named House of Freedoms after the re-entry of Lega Nord in 2000) and The Olive Tree (re-named The Union in 2005) on the centre-left. The centre-left governed from 1996 to 2001 and again between 2006 and 2008, while the House of Freedoms was in government between 2001 and 2006.

In 2008, The Union ceased to exist, because the new-born Democratic Party decided to break the alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party and the other parties of the coalition, except Italy of Values and the Italian Radicals. In the centre-right, the foundation of Forza Italia and National Alliance merged to form The People of Freedom, which continued the alliance with Lega Nord.

[edit] Active parties

[edit] Major parties

More than 20% in the 2008 general election (or at least 200 MPs or 20 MEPs):

[edit] Medium parties

Between 4% and 20% in the 2008 general election (or at least 30 MPs or 5 MEPs):

[edit] Minor parties

Between 0.5% and 4% in the 2008 general election (or less than 30 MPs or 5 MEPs):

[edit] Micro parties

Less than 0.5% in the 2008 general election (or notable parties which did not take part to the election):

[edit] Regional parties

More than 1% in a previous regional election (or at least 2 regional deputies):

Aosta Valley
Piedmont
Lombardy
Alto Adige/Südtirol
Trentino
Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Emilia-Romagna
Liguria
Tuscany
Campania
Basilicata
Apulia
Sardinia

[edit] Parties of the Italians abroad

More than 15% in one constituency in the 2008 general election (or at least 1 MP):

[edit] Former parties

[edit] Coalitions

Having scored at least 15% in a general election (or at least 30 MPs):

[edit] Parties

Having scored at least 1% in a general election (or at least 5 MPs):

[edit] Regional parties

Having scored at least 1% in a regional election (or at least 2 regional deputies):

Aosta Valley
Piedmont
Liguria
Alto Adige/Südtirol
Trentino
Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Liguria
Molise
Campania
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicily
Sardinia

[edit] See also

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Emblem of the Italian Republic Flag of Italy Italian political parties (simple version, historical parties)
    Represented in the Italian Parliament or in the European Parliament Other allied parties and movements
Left Major: Democratic Party | Anticapitalist List (Communist Refoundation Party, Party of Italian Communists, United Consumers, Socialism 2000) | Left and Freedom (Movement for the Left, Unite the Left, Democratic Left, Federation of the Greens, Socialist Party)
Minor: Italian Radicals | Italy of Values
Micro: Democratic Union for Consumers Federation of Italian Liberals | Radicals of the Left | United Democratic Christians
Regional: Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party | South Tyrolean People's Party | Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Valdotanian Renewal, Lively Aosta Valley) | United Populars | Moderates for Piedmont Autonomists for Europe | Convergence for Friuli | Lega Alleanza Lombarda | Ladin Autonomist Union | Liga Veneta Repubblica | Venetian People's Unity | Union for Trentino | Loyal to Trentino |
Right Major: The People of Freedom | Lega Nord
Minor: Pole of Autonomy (The Right, Movement for Autonomy, Pensioners' Party, Alliance of the Centre, Lombardia Autonoma, Autonomist Trentino, S.O.S. Italy) Liberal Democrats
Micro: Italian Liberal Party Christian Democracy | Christian Extended Pact | No Euro Movement | Party of Social Democrats | United Pensioners | Libertarian Right | Movement for Italy | Federal Right
Regional: Federalist Alliance | North-East Project | Sardinian Reformers Fassa | Sardinian People's Party | Sardinian Democratic Union | New Sicily | United Valleys | Venetian People's Movement
Minor With MPs/MEPs: Union of the Centre (Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, White Rose, Christian Democratic Party, Party of Christian Democracy, Veneto for the European People's Party, Democratic Populars) | Tricolour Flame Social Movement | UDEUR Populars | Italian Associations in South America | Critical Left | For the Common Good (Citizens' Political Movement, Federation of Liberal Democrats, Humanist Party, Green Front) | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Associative Movement Italians Abroad
Regional: Autonomy Progress Federalism (Valdotanian Union, Edelweiss Aosta Valley, Autonomist Federation) | Union for South Tyrol | The Libertarians | Political Movement Ladins | Democratic Party of South Tyrol | South Tyrolean Freedom | Friuli Movement | Sardinian Action Party | Independence Republic of Sardinia | Southern Action League | Sardinia Nation | Red Moors | Movement for the Independence of Sicily | Lega Sud Ausonia | Ligurian Independentist Movement | Forum of the Venetians | Venetian Agreement | Venetian National Party
Other:
Christian democratic: Christian Democratic Refoundation | Italy of the Centre | Pact of Liberal Democrats | Protagonists for Christian Europe
communist: Italian Marxist-Leninist Party | Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party | Maoist Communist Party
fascist: New Force | National Social Front | Social Idea Movement
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Historical Italian political parties (active parties: simple version, in 2007)
Communist
Democratic-socialist and
social-democratic
Green
Social liberal
Conservative liberal
Centrist
Christian democratic
Conservative
Fascist and
post-fascist
Coalitions
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