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Democratic socialismHTTP://WWW.PARTIES-AND-ELECTIONS.EU/ITALY.HTML>TITLE=ITALYFIRST=WOLFRAMDATE=2018,parties-and-elections.eu/italy.html" title="web.archive.org/web/20190327123459parties-and-elections.eu/italy.html">web.archive.org/web/20190327123459parties-and-elections.eu/italy.htmlaccess-date=2 April 2019, live, }}Eco-socialism| headquarters = via Arenula 29, Rome| international = | website = {{Official URL}}| country = Italy| native_name = Sinistra Italiana| leader1_title = Secretary| leader1_name = Nicola Fratoianni| leader2_title = President| leader2_name = Nichi Vendola| merger = Left Ecology Freedomand minor groups| youth_wing = Union of Young People of the LeftLeft-wing politics>Left-wingGreens and Left Alliance (since 2022) The Left (Italy)>The Left (2019) Free and Equal (2018–2019)| european = Party of the European Left (observer)European United Left–Nordic Green Left>GUE/NGL (2017–2019)S&D (2017–2019)Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of Deputies4hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}Senate of the Republic (Italy)>Senate3hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}| seats3_title = European Parliament0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}Composition of Regional Councils of Italy>Regional Councils4hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}| seats5_title = | seats5 = {{party colorborder=darkgray}} Red}}Italian Left (, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), dissidents from the Democratic Party like Future to the Left, and splinters from the Five Star Movement.Una nuova sinistra, non-una “cosa rossa”ilmanifesto.info/una-nuova-sinistra-non-una-cosa-rossa At its launch, SI included 32 deputies,WEB,www.camera.it/leg17/217?idlegislatura=17&idGruppo=2369&idGruppoMisto=&tipoVis=, Camera.it - XVII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi Parlamentari - Composizione gruppi Parlamentari, www.camera.it, who were soon followed by 8 senators (who formed a sub-group within the Mixed Group of the Senate in February 2016), and 2 MEPs. SI was officially formed as a full-fledged party in February 2017, after SEL had chosen to merge into it in December 2016.The party is led by Nicola Fratoianni. Notable founding members included Nichi Vendola (former leader of SEL), Loredana De Petris, Stefano Fassina, and Sergio Cofferati. In the aftermath of its founding congress, 18 deputies left the party, leaving it with 13 deputies, 8 senators and 2 MEPs: 17 deputies, led by former group leader Arturo Scotto, joined the brand-new Article One, while Laura Boldrini (President of the Chamber of Deputies) joined the Chamber’s Mixed Group. In late 2017, the party was a founding member of Free and Equal, a left-wing joint list for the 2018 general election, and more recently in 2022 founded the Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) with Green Europe.

History

Background

In June 2015, Stefano Fassina, a former deputy minister in the Letta Cabinet, left the Democratic Party (PD) over disagreements with Matteo Renzi, then PD leader and Prime Minister.Fassina dice addio al Pd: “Non ci sono le condizioni per continuare”www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/06/23/news/fassina_dice_addio_al_pd_non_ci_sono_le_condizioni_per_continuare_-117553037/ In doing this he was followed by his long-time ally {{ill|Monica Gregori|it}}.Fassina, addio al Pd: “Nuovo soggetto politico con Civati e Cofferati”www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/06/24/news/fassina_abbandona_il_pd_l_ho_lasciato_ieri_sera_in_un_circolo_di_periferia_-117591749/ In July, during a convention, Fassina launched Future to the Left (FaS), an incubator of a new left-leaning party, with other movements and breakaway groups such as Possible (Pos) and Left Ecology Freedom (SEL).In November, one senator (Corradino Mineo)Corradino Mineo lascia il gruppo Pd: “Contro di me inaccettabile processo sommario”www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/10/28/news/corradino_mineo_lascia_il_pd_conto_di_me_inaccettabile_processo_sommario_-126069901/ and three more deputies ({{ill|Alfredo D’Attorre|it}}, {{illm|Carlo Galli (politician)|lt=Carlo Galli|es|Carlo Galli|it|Carlo Galli (politico)}} and {{ill|Vincenzo Folino|it}})D’Attorre, Galli e Folino lasciano il Pd: “Non c’è più dialettica nel partito”www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/11/04/news/d_attorre_galli_folino_lasciano_il_pd-126619055/Pd: i deputati Galli, Folino e D’Attorre lasciano il partito. “Ora gruppo con Sel, ma non chiamateci ‘Cosa rossa’”www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/11/04/pd-i-deputati-galli-folino-e-dattorre-lasciano-il-partito-mutazione-genetica-in-casa-dem-ora-gruppo-con-sel/2188507/ left the party in protest against Renzi. D’Attorre, who holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies,Alfredo D’Attorre, ritratto del mite “secchione” travolto dal turborenzismowww.huffingtonpost.it/2015/11/03/dattorre-pd_n_8465780.html wrote a manifesto for a new “labour” party, which was signed also by the other five MPs and, which read: “The genetic mutation of the PD, born as central force of the Italian centre-left, is unfortunately already completed. The Renzi experience and the introduced mutations won’t be a parenthesis. They have already altered in a irreversible way the perception of the PD and its function in the collective imagination”.Alfredo D’Attorre esce dal Pd. Il documento scritto con Fassina e gli altri: “Con Renzi il partito trasformato nel suo ufficio stampa”www.huffingtonpost.it/2015/11/04/dattorre-pd-renzi-addio_n_8470840.html Subsequently, a parliamentary group under the banner of Italian Left was formed in the Chamber of Deputies, whose core was formed by SEL.Nasce ‘Sinistra italiana’, nuovo gruppo di 31 deputati. Fassina: “Siamo alternativi al liberismo da Happy Days di Renzi”www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2015/11/07/nasce-sinistra-italiana-nuovo-gruppo-di-31-deputati-la-diretta-_d02aa4ad-9f47-4615-8e57-4f6136149f73.htmlSi chiamerà “Sinistra italiana”: domani Sel e gli ex Pd battezzano il nuovo gruppo ‘anti-Renzi’www.huffingtonpost.it/2015/11/06/sinistra-italiana-sel-ex-pd_n_8487950.html

Formation of the party

{{see|2017 Italian Left leadership election}}In February 2016, SI held its constituent assembly in Rome.Cosmopolitica, iniziata la costituente di Sinistra italianawww.huffingtonpost.it/2016/02/19/cosmopolitica-costituente-sinistra-_n_9275866.htmlPer ora è “Sinistra Italiana”ilmanifesto.info/per-ora-e-sinistra-italiana/Cosmopolitica, la prima assemblea di Sinistra italiana: “Dal 2 al 4 dicembre il congresso fondativo”www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/02/21/news/sinistra_italiana_unioni_civili-133907371/ Consequently, SI was established as a sub-group within the Mixed Group in the Senate: five senators of SEL, two dissidents from the Five Star Movement ({{ill|Fabrizio Bocchino|it}} and {{ill|Francesco Campanella|it|Francesco Campanella (politico)}}) and one former Democrat (Mineo) joined,WEB,www.senato.it/Leg17/4244, senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni nei Gruppi parlamentari, www.senato.it, while two SEL senators (including Sardinian nationalist {{illm|Luciano Uras|fr|Luciano Uras|it}})WEB,www.sardiniapost.it/politica/sel-divisa-tra-svolta-sovranista-e-sinistra-italiana-geografia-di-una-guerra/, Sel divisa tra svolta sovranista e Sinistra italiana: geografia di una guerra - Sardiniapost.it, 17 November 2015, refused to join and left their party altogether.WEB,ilmanifesto.info/no-al-verticismo-alla-camera-i-dubbi-sul-nuovo-partito/, il manifesto, ilmanifesto.info, 9 February 2016, Several lists named after SI participated in the 2016 local elections. The party did particularly well in Sesto Fiorentino, a medium-sized city in the metropolitan area of Florence, where it won 17.5% of the vote and its candidate for mayor was elected in the run-off with 65.5%, by beating his Democratic opponent.WEB,firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/06/19/news/elezioni_in_toscana_a_sesto_falchi_in_testa_per_il_pd_si_profila_una_storica_sconfitta-142386917/, Ballottaggi in Toscana: Pd ko. A Sesto stravince Falchi, Grosseto al centrodestra, 19 June 2016, WEB,www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/sesto_fiorentino.html, Comune di Sesto Fiorentino - Toscana - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016, la Repubblica.it, In December 2016, SEL was dissolved, to merge it into SI in early 2017.WEB,www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Vendola-traghetta-Sel-nella-Sinistra-italiana-e971add1-3774-4d16-bae0-d8cc840444a3.html, Vendola traghetta Sel nella “Sinistra italiana”, rainews, 17 December 2016, In February 2017, SI was officially formed and Nicola Fratoianni was elected as its first secretary.WEB,www.lastampa.it/politica/2017/02/19/news/sinistra-italiana-elegge-fratoianni-siamo-la-sinistra-che-fa-il-suo-mestiere-1.34656846, Sinistra Italiana elegge Fratoianni: “Siamo la sinistra che fa il suo mestiere”, 19 February 2017, lastampa.it, WEB,www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/02/19/sinistra-italiana-nicola-fratoianni-eletto-segretario-scissione-se-minoranza-dem-vota-fiducia-gentiloni-no-al-dialogo/3401069/, Sinistra Italiana, Nicola Fratoianni eletto segretario: “Scissione? Se minoranza dem vota fiducia a Gentiloni, no al dialogo” - Il Fatto Quotidiano, 19 February 2017, WEB,www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/02/19/news/congresso_si_fassina_non_saremo_il_movimento_giovanile_di_d_alema_-158683384/, Congresso SI, eletto Fratoianni segretario: “Dialogo con gli scissionisti Pd se non votano fiducia a governo”, 19 February 2017, Contextually, SI leader in the Chamber of Deputies Arturo Scotto (who was originally a candidate for the leadershipWEB,www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/01/23/news/sinistra_italiana_corsa_a_due_per_la_segreteria_scotto_sfida_fratoianni-156719904/, Sinistra italiana, corsa a due per la segreteria: Scotto sfida Fratoianni, 23 January 2017, Massimiliano Smeriglio), D’Attorre, Galli and Folino led a splinter group into the Article One – Democratic and Progressive Movement (MDP), a party formed by left-wing splinters of the PD.WEB,www.corriere.it/politica/17_febbraio_25/ecco-nome-fuorusciti-pd-democratici-progressisti-4c70ae0c-fb45-11e6-8df2-f7ebe5fcea94.shtml, Ecco il nome degli ex Pd: Articolo 1 Movimento dei democratici e progressisti, Franco, Stefanoni, 25 February 2017, WEB,www.ilsole24ore.com/art/democratici-e-progressisti-nuovo-nome-ex-pd-speranza-lavoro-e-nostra-priorita-AEkjzSd, “Democratici e progressisti” il nuovo nome degli ex Pd. Speranza: lavoro è nostra priorità, Il Sole 24 ORE, 25 February 2017, WEB,www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/nasce-movimento-democratici-e-progressisti-1368646.html, Nasce il Movimento democratici e progressisti, Raffaello, Binelli, 25 February 2017, ilGiornale.it, In March 2017, SI welcomed the four deputies of Possible (Pos) in its group in the Chamber.WEB,www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/03/10/news/sinistra_italiana_possibile_civati_capogruppo-160234054, Sinistra Italiana e Possibile insieme alla Camera. Ma il primo scoglio è Civati capogruppo, 10 March 2017, WEB,left.it/2017/03/09/possibile-e-sinistra-italiana-dopo-i-gruppi-la-lista-unitaria, Possibile e Sinistra Italiana. Dopo i gruppi, la lista unitaria - Left, 9 March 2017, WEB,ilmanifesto.it/sinistra-italiana-e-possibile-il-nuovo-gruppo, il manifesto, ilmanifesto.it, 9 March 2017, In April, Campanella left the party.WEB,www.corrierequotidiano.it/1.63667/politica/lazio-roma/1097/francesco-campanella-lascia-sinistra-italiana, Francesco Campanella lascia Sinistra italiana, 12 March 2019, On 24 June 2017, SI was accepted into the Party of the European Left as an observer member.WEB,www.listatsipras.eu/2017/06/24/il-partito-della-sinistra-europea-accoglie-come-osservatore-sinistra-italiana/, IL PARTITO DELLA SINISTRA EUROPEA accoglie come osservatore SINISTRA ITALIANA, 24 June 2017, L’Altra Europa con Tsipras, 25 June 2017,

Free and Equal coalition

On 3 December 2017, SI established Free and Equal (LeU), a left-wing joint list for the 2018 general election, together with the MDP and Possible, and chose the President of the Senate and former anti-Mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso as its leader and candidate for Prime Minister.WEB,www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2017/12/03/sinistra-allatlantico-nasce-lista-applauso-accoglie-grasso_bfa05cc2-c60d-4199-a483-be551f50c334.html, Liberi e uguali, Grasso: ‘Ecco la nuova sinistra’ - Politica, 3 December 2017, In the election, SI obtained three deputies (Fratoianni, Fassina and {{ill|Erasmo Palazzotto|arz|اراسمو پالازوتو|it|Erasmo Palazzotto}}) and one senator (De Petris).In October, SI focused on forming an alliance with Luigi de Magistris’ Popular Coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election, and broke with the MDP and LeU.WEB,www.dire.it/28-10-2018/257839-goodbye-leu-sinistra-italiana-scarica-mdp-e-guarda-a-de-magistris/, ‘Goodbye LeU’: Sinistra Italiana scarica Mdp e guarda a De Magistris, 28 October 2018, WEB,www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/11/15/news/leu_esperienza_finita-211660808/, Leu, esperienza finita. Mdp e Sinistra italiana si lasciano. Speranza: “Ora una sinistra di governo”, 14 November 2018, Repubblica.it, In January 2019, after the MDP’s departure,WEB,articolo1mdp.it/rassegna-stampa/una-forza-rosso-verde-per-garantire-lalternativa-alla-nuova-destra/, Una forza rosso-verde per garantire l’alternativa alla nuova destra, 10 November 2018, SI returned into LeU’s fold and, under the leadership of senator Francesco Laforgia and deputy Luca Pastorino (dissenting members of the MDP and Possible, respectively), the two organisations initiated a collaboration with the goal of forming a joint party at some point.WEB,noisiamoliberieuguali.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/costituita-associazione-per-nascita-partito-di-sinistra/, Costituita associazione per nascita partito di sinistra, 31 January 2019, WEB,it.blastingnews.com/politica/2019/02/sinistra-a-100-giorni-dalle-europee-si-provano-a-definire-liste-e-alleanze-002843067.html, Sinistra, a 100 giorni dalle Europee si provano a definire liste e alleanze, 13 February 2019, Blasting News, For the 2019 European Parliament election, SI formed a joint list named The Left with the Communist Refoundation Party and other left-wing and far-left groups. The list obtained a mere 1.8% of the vote, leading Fratoianni to resign from secretary of SI.WEB,www.repubblica.it/politica/2019/06/01/news/dimissioni_fratoianni_sinistra_italiana-227741358/, Europee, Nicola Fratoianni si dimette da segretario di Sinistra Italiana, 1 June 2019, la Repubblica, WEB,www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/06/01/sinistra-italiana-fratoianni-si-dimette-da-segretario-da-europee-emerso-tema-della-frammentazione-nel-nostro-campo/5225317/, Sinistra italiana, Fratoianni si dimette da segretario: “Da Europee emerso tema della frammentazione nel nostro campo”, 1 June 2019, Il Fatto Quotidiano,

In and out of government

In August 2019, tensions grew within the coalition supporting the government, leading to the issuing of a motion of no-confidence by the League.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/world/europe/italy-pm-giuseppe-conte-resign.html, Italy’s Government Collapses, Turning Chaos Into Crisis, Jason, Horowitz, The New York Times, 20 August 2019, During the following government crisis, the M5S and the PD agreed to form a new cabinet together, under outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.NEWS,www.washingtonpost.com/business/conte-wins-crucial-support-for-new-italian-govt-coalition/2019/08/28/a85203c4-c99c-11e9-9615-8f1a32962e04_story.html, Conte wins crucial support for new Italian govt coalition, Washington Post, SI, along with the MDP and the entire LeU, joined Conte’s second government, in which SI’s {{ill|Giuseppe De Cristofaro|WD=Q3770413}} was appointed undersecretary of University.In January 2021 Fratoianni was re-elected secretary of the party during an online congress.WEB,www.sinistraitaliana.si/voti-del-2-congresso-sinistra-italiana-nicola-fratoianni-riconfermato-segretario-nazionale, I voti del 2° Congresso di Sinistra Italiana - Nicola Fratoianni riconfermato segretario nazionale, WEB,ilmanifesto.it/al-congresso-di-sinistra-italiana-tanta-voglia-di-partecipare-e-di-unire, Sinistra italiana va avanti, verso la nuova cosa rosso-verde, February 2021, WEB,www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/01/30/news/sinistra_italiana_congresso_non_ci_sciogliamo_leu-285001006, Sinistra italiana a congresso. Fratoianni: “Non ci sciogliamo”, 30 January 2021, In February, after the collapse of the government led by Conte, Mario Draghi was sworn in at the head of a government comprising the main parties of the centre-left and the centre-right. Fratoianni voiced concerns over SI’s participation in the government and the party’s national assembly voted against the cabinet. However, two out of three MPs, senator De Petris and deputy Palazzotto, announced their intention to vote in favour anyway, splitting the party.NEWS, Governo Draghi, assemblea di Sinistra Italiana: voto contro la fiducia. Ma De Petris e Palazzotto non condividono: “Noi siamo per il sì”,www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/02/14/news/governo_draghi_sinistra_italiana_voto_contro_fiducia-287591560/, 14 February 2021, La Repubblica, 14 February 2021, Italian, Subsequently, Palazzotto left the party.WEB,www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/02/17/erasmo-palazzotto-lascia-sinistra-italiana-non-e-una-scelta-facile-ma-e-un-errore-politico-non-votare-la-fiducia-a-draghi/6104881, Erasmo Palazzotto lascia Sinistra italiana: “E’ un errore politico non votare la fiducia a Draghi”, 17 February 2021,

2022 general election

In January 2022, SI and Green Europe (EV) formed a “consultation pact”, aimed at co-operating on the 2022 Italian presidential election held in late January.NEWS, Lancio del ‘patto di consultazione’ per il Quirinale tra Europa Verde e Sinistra Italiana,www.radioradicale.it/scheda/657311/lancio-del-patto-di-consultazione-per-il-quirinale-tra-europa-verde-e-sinistra, 17 January 2022, Radio Radicale, 10 January 2022, it, In that context, the two parties decided to jointly support Luigi Manconi, a former lawmaker for the Federation of the Greens, the Democrats of the Left, and the Democratic Party (PD) and expert on human rights issues.NEWS,www.dire.it/25-01-2022/701433-live-quirinale-seconda-giornata-di-votazioni-pd-e-iv-bocciano-frattini-presidente-sia-atlantista/, Sinistra Italiana ed Europa Verde: ‘Voteremo Manconi’, Dire, it, 25 January 2022, 25 January 2022, NEWS,www.repubblica.it/politica/2022/01/19/news/manconi_candidatura_quirinale-334355507/, La campagna per Manconi al Quirinale: ‘Un presidente contro le ingiustizie’, La Repubblica, it, 19 January 2022, 19 January 2022, In June 2022, SI’s national assembly formally approved the alliance with EV.Sinistra Italiana, ok a proposta di avvio alleanza con Europa Verde, Conquista del LavoroFile:2022-09-23 Chiusura Campagna Elettorale Verdi SI Pisa 05.jpg|thumb|Nicola Fratoianni at the final election rally in Pisa before the 2022 legislative election. Ilaria CucchiIlaria CucchiIn July 2022, SI and EV held a joint convention in Rome named “New Energies”, promoting their cooperation and a unitary electoral program.Nuove energie rossoverdi: «Uniti per cambiare l’Italia», il manifesto The alliance deliberately took inspiration from the New Ecologic and Social People’s Union, the left-wing list formed in the run-up of the 2022 French legislative election.Patto Sinistra Italiana-Europa Verde per le politiche 2023: nasce la lista rossoverde, Fanpage Following the fall of Draghi’s government, the early dissolution of the Italian Parliament and the calling of the 2022 general election, the AVS was officially launched and its logo presented.SI and Verdi revealed their logo for the next general election, Twitter On 6 August 2022, the alliance formalised an electoral agreement with the PD.WEB,www.ilsole24ore.com/art/elezioni-letta-prova-chiudere-l-accordo-centrosinistra-oggi-nuovo-incontro-fratoianni-bonelli-AEoK1irB, Elezioni, accordo Pd-Verdi-Si. C’è anche Di Maio. Letta: «Se vince Destra costituzione a rischio, Il Sole 24 ORE, 6 August 2022, 7 August 2022, WEB,www.ilmattino.it/primopiano/politica/letta_fratoianni_bonelli_ecco_termini_accordo_seggi_cosa_cambia_ora_alleanza-6857585.html, Letta-Fratoianni-Bonelli, ecco i termini dell’accordo: al Pd l’80% dei seggi, a Si-Verdi il 20%, Il Mattino.it, 13 February 2021, 7 August 2022, The November 2023 congress, in which Fratoianni was re-elected secretary, marked the return to active politics by Nichi Vendola, who was elected president.WEB, 2023-11-26, Fratoianni confermato segretario di Sinistra italiana. Vendola neopresidente: “Ritorno attivo alla politica” - Notizie - Ansa.it,www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2023/11/26/fratoianni-confermato-segretario-di-sinistra-italiana_616f4bc1-9dec-4830-87de-6177814a47e9.html, 2024-02-13, Agenzia ANSA, it, WEB,www.ilsole24ore.com/art/il-ritorno-politica-vendola-campo-come-presidente-sinistra-italiana-AFVTd5qB?refresh_ce=1, Nichi Vendola torna alla politica: Eletto presidente di Sinistra italiana, 30 November 2023, WEB, Bozza, Claudio, 2023-11-26, Nichi Vendola eletto presidente di Sinistra italiana: «Torno in politica». Ma non si candida alle Europee, ecco perché,www.corriere.it/politica/23_novembre_26/nichi-vendola-eletto-presidente-sinistra-italiana-torno-politica-ma-non-si-candida-europee-ecco-perche-85fcda44-8c5f-11ee-8ccd-c15b03fea28c.shtml, 2024-02-13, Corriere della Sera, it-IT, WEB, 2023-11-26, Nichi Vendola è il nuovo presidente di Sinistra Italiana,www.ilpost.it/2023/11/26/vendola-presidente-sinistra-italiana/, 2024-02-13, Il Post, it,

Composition

The party’s founding members were:{|class=“wikitable”!colspan=2|Party!Main ideology!Leader!RefLeft Ecology Freedom}}“||Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)|Democratic socialism|Nichi Vendola|Cosmopolitica, Fratoianni: congresso fondativo il 2/3/4 dicembre. E’ la fine della stagione degli accordi e dei cartelli elettoraliwww.sinistraecologialiberta.it/notizie/cosmopolitica-fratoianni-congresso-fondativo-il-234-dicembre-e-la-fine-della-stagione-degli-accordi-e-dei-cartelli-elettorali/|Future to the Left (FaS)|Social democracy|Stefano Fassina|www.futuroasinistra.it/2015/11/07/nasce-oggi-sinistra-italiana-nuovo-gruppo-parlamentare-unito/" title="web.archive.org/web/20160310061941www.futuroasinistra.it/2015/11/07/nasce-oggi-sinistra-italiana-nuovo-gruppo-parlamentare-unito/">NASCE OGGI SINISTRA ITALIANA, NUOVO GRUPPO PARLAMENTARE UNITOCommunist Refoundation Party}}“|Venetian Left (2015)>Venetian Left (SV)|Communism|Pietrangelo Pettenò|Sinistra Veneta ha condiviso un link.www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=551714218324442&id=431222653706933Along these, some youth organisations (including ACT! Agire Costruire TrasformareWEB,www.act-agire.it/index.php/i-blog-act/284-non-la-solita-sinistra-questa-deve-essere-un-altra-storia, Non la solita sinistra. Questa deve essere un’altra storia, 3 March 2016,act-agire.it/index.php/i-blog-act/284-non-la-solita-sinistra-questa-deve-essere-un-altra-storia," title="web.archive.org/web/20160818003026act-agire.it/index.php/i-blog-act/284-non-la-solita-sinistra-questa-deve-essere-un-altra-storia,">web.archive.org/web/20160818003026act-agire.it/index.php/i-blog-act/284-non-la-solita-sinistra-questa-deve-essere-un-altra-storia, 18 August 2016, dead, and TILT),Mapi Pizzolante a Cosmopoliticawww.facebook.com/Tiltcamp/videos/vb.211298158909267/1021028537936221/?type=2&theater local groups and individuals have joined SI.

Ideology

SI’s ideology is a mix of democratic socialism, social democracy, and anti-austerity stances. In his manifesto, D’Attorre wrote that the new party would need to “go beyond the separation between reformists and radicals” and later explained that SI would be Keynesian and opposed to neoliberalism. The coalition’s economics adviser is Joseph Stiglitz, a well-known American economist and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, who had already been involved with Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain, and the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn in the United Kingdom.WEB, 30 October 2015, Sinistra:tra i consulenti anche Stiglitz - Politica,www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2015/10/30/sinistratra-i-consulenti-anche-stiglitz_21ae6e26-6522-4147-8b34-7236a242ffbf.html, 9 August 2022, Agenzia ANSA, it, Fassina has also proposed a “controlled disintegration of the Eurozone”.WEB, European ‘alliance of national liberation fronts’ emerges to avenge Greek defeat,www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11768134/European-alliance-of-national-liberation-fronts-emerges-to-avenge-Greek-defeat.html, 9 August 2022, www.telegraph.co.uk, 29 July 2015,

Electoral results

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European Parliament{| classwikitable style@width:50%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid”European Parliament

! width=13%|Election year! width=16%|Votes! width=6%|% ! width=1%|Seats! width=8%|+/–! width=18%|Leader! 2019The Left (Italy)>The Left| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}Nicola Fratoianni}}“>

Regional Councils{| classwikitable style@width:50%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid”

! width=19%|Region! width=13%|Election year! width=16%|Votes! width=7%|% ! width=1%|Seats! width=6%|+/−! Aosta Valley! 2018| {{N/A}}| {{N/A}}0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Piedmont! 2019name=fn1|As Free, Equal, Greens.}}| 2.421hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Lombardy! 2023Within Green and Left Alliance.}}| 3.21hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{increase}} 1}}! South Tyrol! 2018Greens (South Tyrol)>Greens| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Trentino! 2018Free and Equal (Italy)>LeU| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Veneto! 2020In a joint list with Article One (political party) and Possible (Italy)>Pos}}| 2.0 1hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{increase}} 1}}! Friuli-Venezia Giulia! 2023As Greens and Left Alliance}}| 2.031hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Emilia-Romagna! 2020name=fn1}}| 3.20hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{increase}} 1}}! Liguria! 2020In a joint list with Pos and ÈViva}}| 2.51hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Tuscany! 2020In a joint list with Communist Refoundation Party, Power to the People (Italy)>PaP, SA}}| 2.90hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 1}}! Marche! 2020In a joint list with PRC}}| 1.90hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Umbria! 2019Into Green Civic Left }}| 1.60hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Lazio! 2018Free and Equal (Italy)>LeU| –1hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 2}}! Abruzzo! 2019Free and Equal (Italy)>LeU| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 1}}! Molise! 2018Free and Equal (Italy)>LeU| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 1}}! Campania! 2020In a joint list with Communist Refoundation Party, Italian Communist Party (2016)>PCI, Party of the South (Italy), The Other Europe>AET}}| 1.10hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}–}}! Apulia! 2020In a joint list with Article One (political party) and Italian Republican Party>PRI}}| 3.80hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 4}}! Basilicata! 2019Possible (Italy)>Possible| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 1}}! Calabria! 2020| Did not run| –0hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{decrease}} 1}}! Sicily! 2017name=fn2Article One (political party)>Article One–MDP.}}| 5.21hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{increase}} 1}}! |Sardinia! 2014name=fn1}}| 5.24hex={{party color|Italian Left}}}}{{increase}} 3}}{{notelist}}

Leadership

• Secretary: Nicola Fratoianni (2017–2019), Claudio Grassi (acting, 2019–2021), Nicola Fratoianni (2021–present)
  • Deputy Secretary: Giovanni Paglia (2021–2023)
  • Coordinator: Elisabetta Piccolotti (2021–2023)
• President: Laura Lauri (2017–2019), Claudio Grassi (2019–2022), Maria Gabriella Branca (2022–2023), Nichi Vendola (2023–present)
• Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Arturo Scotto (2015–2017), {{ill|Giulio Marcon|it}} (2017–2018), Nicola Fratoianni (2018–present)
• Party Leader in the Senate: Loredana De Petris (2016–2022), Peppe De Cristofaro (2022–present)

Symbols

File:Sinistra Italiana.jpeg|2015–2016File:Logo di Sinistra Italiana Rosso Bianco.jpg|2016–2017File:Sinistra Italiana.svg|2017–present

References

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External links

• Official website
• Parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies – official website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430093111sinistraitaliana.camera/ |date=30 April 2017 }}
• www.cosmopolitica.org/" title="web.archive.org/web/20171011113106www.cosmopolitica.org/">Website of SI’s constituent assembly, Cosmopolitica
• Complete recording of the first day of Cosmopolitica from Radio Radicale
• Complete recording of the third day of Cosmopolitica from Radio Radicale

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