List of political parties in Italy

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Political parties in Italy are organized into two dominant political coalitions. Numerous parties operate; no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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

Contents

0.1 Coalitions
0.2 Major
0.3 Minor
0.4 Former

1 See also
2 External link

Coalitions

House of Freedoms
The Union (centered on Olive Tree federation, with more allies)
Alternativa Sociale

Major

The five political parties that have had more than 4% at the last 2001 elections

Forza Italia 29.43%
Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) 16.57%
Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (Margherita-Democrazia è libertà) 14.52%
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) 12.02%
Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) 5.03%

Minor

Less than 4% at the 2001 elections:

Northern League (Lega Nord)
European Republican Movement (Movimento Repubblicani Europei)
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)
Federation of Italian Liberals (Federazione dei Liberali)
Fiamma Tricolore
Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani)
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano)
Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano)
Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani)
List Bonino (Lista Bonino)
Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano)
Italy of Values-List Di Pietro (Italia dei Valori - Lista Di Pietro)
New Force (Forza Nuova)
National Social Front (Fronte Sociale Nazionale)
Fascism and Freedom Movement (Movimento Fascismo e Libertà)
Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani)
Pensioners' Party (Partito dei Pensionati)
Popular Alliance-UDEUR (Alleanza Popolare-UDEUR)
Sardian Action Party (Partito Sardo d'Azione)
Sardinia Nation (Sardigna Natzione)
Social Action (Azione Sociale)
Socialist Party New PSI (Partito Socialista Nuovo PSI)
South Tyrolese People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei)
Union for South Tyrol (Union für Südtirol)
Democrats Centre Union (Unione Democratici di Centro), 35 deputies at 2001 elections, also named Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro)
Valdotanian Union (Union Valdotaine)
Christian Democracy for the Authonomies (Democrazia Cristiana per le Autonomie)
Liberal Reformers (Riformatori Liberali)
Movement for Autonomy (Movimento per l'Autonomia)
The Socialists (I Socialisti)
Alpine Star (Stella Alpina)

Former

Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana)
Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano)
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity (Partito Democratico Italiano di Unità Monarchica)
Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano)
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria)
Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano)
National Democracy (Democrazia Nazionale)
Proletarian Democracy (Democrazia Proletaria)
Proletarian Unity Party (Partito di Unità Proletaria)
Social Christians (Cristiano Sociali)
Tuscanian Alliance (Alleanza Toscana)

External link

[Archive of posters of Italian political parties]