Democracy Europe Society

Political party in Italy

Democracy Europe Society (Italian: Democrazia Europa Società, DEMS) is a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. Most of its members hail from the Democrats of the Left (DS), a social-democratic party with roots in the Italian Communist Party (PCI).

The faction was formed in August 2017 by Andrea Orlando,[1] then Minister of Justice, after his unsuccessful bid to become party's national secretary in the 2017 leadership election. In the event, Orlando obtained 20.0% of the vote in the "primary" election and was defeated by Matteo Renzi, who got 69.2%.

References

  1. ^ Guerzoni, Monica. "Pd, Orlando lancia il suo "Dems". E riconosce: "la spinta centrifuga c'è"". Retrieved 14 August 2018.

External links

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Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions
  • Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (People's Energy
  • Reformist Base
  • Democratic Energy
  • Liberal PD
  • AreaDem–Franceschiniani) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Piazza Grande
  • Fassiniani
  • Side by Side
  • Left Wing
  • Socialists and Democrats
  • Future! European Democrats
  • Democracy Europe Society
  • Dem Labourites
  • LeftDem
  • NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factionsSplits