Democratic Party of the Left

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Democratic Party of the Left
Partito democratico della Sinistra

Former Italian National Party
Political ideology Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism
Official Newspaper L'Unità
Website N/A
See also Politics of Italy
Political parties in Italy
Elections in Italy
The Democratic Party of the Left (Italian: Partito democratico della Sinistra, or PDS) was the evolution in a social-democratic direction of the Italian Communist Party, or PCI. It was founded by Achille Occhetto, last secretary of the PCI and first of the PDS.

The logo of the PDS consisted mainly of an oak tree that retained, in a small circle at the tree's roots, the previous symbol of the Italian Communist Party; this was done both to indicate the party's roots, and to avoid that the Communist Refoundation Party could make use of it immediately after the split between the two.

The PDS later merged with some smaller left-wing movements to form the Democrats of the Left, dropping the hammer and sickle for the classic social-democratic symbol, the red rose. The former PCI symbol was then taken over by the Party of Italian Communists.

Political parties of Italy ^[edit]

	The Union	House of Freedoms
Represented in Parliament	Federation of the Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left, Daisy—Democracy is Freedom, European Republican Movement) \| Communist Refoundation Party \| Rose in the Fist (Italian Democratic Socialists, Italian Radicals) \| Party of Italian Communists \| Italy of Values \| Federation of the Greens \| Popular-UDEUR \| South Tyrolese People's Party \| Autonomy Liberty Democracy	Forza Italia \| National Alliance \| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats \| LN/MpA (Northern League, Movement for Autonomy) \| New DC/NPSI (Christian Democracy for the Autonomies, Socialist Party New PSI) \| For Italy in the World with Tremaglia
Minor	Pensioners' Party \| The Socialists \| Italian Democratic Socialist Party \| Left-Wing Radicals \| Federation of Italian Liberals \| Federation of Liberal Democrats \| United Democratic Christians \| Consumers' List \| New Party of Action \| United Consumers \| Party of Christian Democracy \| Republicans for the Union (Democratic Republicans, Republican Democracy) \| League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance \| Project Sardinia \| Veneto Front League	Social Alternative (Social Action, New Force, National Social Front) \| Social Movement Tricolour Flame \| Italian Liberal Party \| Liberal Reformers \| No Euro Movement \| Italian Republican Party \| Secular Italy \| United Pensioners \| Christian Extended Pact \| CD - Shield with the Cross - Libertas \| Environmental List-Ecological Democrats \| Federalist Greens \| S.O.S. Italy \| New Sicily \| Pact for Sicily \| Unitalia
Regional	Aosta Valley Live \| Die Freiheitlichen \| Valdotanian Union \| Ladins \| Sardinian Action Party \| Independence-Republic of Sardinia \| Sardinia Nation \| Union for South Tyrol \| Sicilian Alliance
Others	Fascism and Freedom Movement \| For the South \| Green Greens \| Humanist Party \| Internationalist Communist Party \| Italian Association in South America \| Italian Marxist-Leninist Party \| Liberal Socialist Action Party \| Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party \| Moderate Italy \| Monarchist Alliance \| National Democratic Party \| National New Order \| National Right-New ISM \| North-East Project \| Pact of Liberal Democrats \| Social Idea Movement \| Southern League
Historical	Christian Democracy \| Italian Communist Party \| Italian Socialist Party \| Italian Social Movement \| Democratic Party of the Left \| Proletarian Democracy \| Proletarian Unity Party \| Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity] \| Unified Socialist Party \| Democratic Alliance \| National Fascist Party

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Democratic Party of the Left
Partito democratico della Sinistra

Former Italian National Party
Political ideology	Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism
Official Newspaper	L'Unità
Website	N/A
See also	Politics of Italy Political parties in Italy Elections in Italy