The Social Democrats
The Social Democrats (i Socialdemocratici, iSD), whose complete name was The Social Democrats – Federalists for the Euromediterranean (i Socialdemocratici – Federalisti per l'Euromediterraneo), was a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader.
The party was founded in November 2011 by a split from the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI). Magistro had been the secretary of the PSDI from 2007 to July 2011, when a tribunal in Rome declared Renato D'Andria, who had been elected secretary in 2006 only to see his election invalidated by the party, legitimate secretary of the party. Magistro proposed a reconciliation between the two factions, but D'Andria did not accept the conditions posed by him. In mid November 2011, 28 members out of 31 of the outgoing National Council, including Magistro, thus left the PSDI in order to form a new party named The Social Democrats (iSD).
On 11 January 2012, on the 65th anniversary of the split of Palazzo Barberini, the PSDI and iSD organized a common event in remembrance of Giuseppe Saragat, a former President of the Italian Republic (1964–1971) and long-standing leader of the PSDI from 1947 until his death in 1988. A recomposition of the two groups may still be possible, but it has been made difficult also by the fact that D'Andria is keen on an alliance with the centre-right (three MPs of The People of Freedom – Massimo Baldini, Giancarlo Lehner and Paolo Russo – are quite close to the new PSDI),[1][2][3] while Magistro has aligned his iSD with the centre-left.[examples needed]
Originally Mimmo Magistro was planned to be the leader of the Social Democracy, a new project to refound PSDI.[4] He later became honorary chairman of that party.[5]
Leadership
- President: Mimmo Magistro (2011–present)
References
- ↑ "Rinasce il Psdi e punta al quarto Polo - Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano". Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2012-01-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Il Psdi "rinasce" dopo otto anni, d'Andria guiderà il partito - Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano". Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2012-01-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "PSDI: Un Quarto Polo anti-casta che nasce nel segno dell'unità. - Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano". Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2012-01-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ ""Rinasce il Psdi": sì, ma quante volte?". 14 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ↑ "Compagne e compagni in gran numero all'assemblea nazionale dei Socialdemocratici". 3 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
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