Democracy Europe Society

Last updated
Democracy Europe Society
Democrazia Europa Società
Leader Andrea Orlando
Ideology Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Political position Left-wing

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).

Italian language Romance language

Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. Italian, together with Sardinian, is by most measures the closest language to Vulgar Latin of the Romance languages. Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria. It formerly had official status in Albania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro (Kotor) and Greece, and is generally understood in Corsica and Savoie. It also used to be an official language in the former Italian East Africa and Italian North Africa, where it plays a significant role in various sectors. Italian is also spoken by large expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia. In spite of not existing any Italian community in their respective national territories and of not being spoken at any level, Italian is included de jure, but not de facto, between the recognized minority languages of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania. Many speakers of Italian are native bilinguals of both standardized Italian and other regional languages.

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and a capitalist economy. The protocols and norms used to accomplish this involve a commitment to representative and participatory democracy, measures for income redistribution and regulation of the economy in the general interest and welfare state provisions. Social democracy thus aims to create the conditions for capitalism to lead to greater democratic, egalitarian and solidaristic outcomes. Due to longstanding governance by social democratic parties and their influence on socioeconomic policy development in the Nordic countries, in policy circles social democracy has become associated with the Nordic model in the latter part of the 20th century.

Democratic Party (Italy) political party in Italy

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy.

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%.

Andrea Orlando Italian politician

Andrea Orlando is an Italian politician. He is a founding member of the Democratic Party and served as Minister of Justice from February 2014 to 1 June 2018, first in the Renzi Cabinet and later in the Gentiloni Cabinet. Before that, Orlando served as Minister of the Environment in the Letta Cabinet from April 2013 to February 2014.

This is a list of the Italian Ministers of Justice since 1946. The Minister of Justice is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet and leads the Ministry of Justice.

Related Research Articles

Liberalism and radicalism have played a role in the political history of Italy since the country's unification, started in 1861 and largely completed in 1871, and currently influence several leading political parties.

Rutelliani refers to the group around Francesco Rutelli, a former leading member of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy, and later leader of Alliance for Italy. The followers of Rutelli were mainly centrists who wanted the party to be modelled on the Democratic Party of the United States and to join the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the Alliance of Democrats. They included both liberals and Christian-democrats.

Theo-Dems (TeoDem) are a Christian-democratic faction with the Italian Democratic Party, which combines social-conservative views on ethical issues with a Christian leftist approach on economic issues.

The Democratic Ecologists are a green faction within the Italian Democratic Party (PD).

The Free Democrats were the centrist faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy, around Francesco Rutelli, former leader of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, one of the two main parties that merged to form the PD in 2007.

Fourth Phase is a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

Democratic Movement is a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

Remake Italy

Remake Italy, whose members were known as Young Turks, was a social-democratic and, to some extent, democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

Make the PD was short-lived social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

Reformist Area

Reformist Area was a social-democratic and democratic-socialist association, which used to be a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy, before joining the Democrats and Progressives (DP).

LeftDem, whose complete name is LeftDem – Open Field, is a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

Left is Change was a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. Most of its members hailed from the Democrats of the Left (DS).

NetworkDem (ReteDem) is a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

2017 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election

The 2017 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 30 April 2017. The three candidates were Matteo Renzi, former Prime Minister and party secretary until February 2017, Michele Emiliano, President of Apulia, and Andrea Orlando, the Minister of Justice. Renzi was elected by a landslide 70%, and appointed Maurizio Martina as his deputy secretary.

Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement

Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement, initially known also as Democrats and Progressives, is a social-democratic political party in Italy, formed in February 2017 by a left-wing split from the Democratic Party (PD) and soon joined by a group of splinters from the Italian Left (SI). The party is led by Roberto Speranza (coordinator) and its leading members include also Massimo D'Alema, Pier Luigi Bersani, Enrico Rossi and Arturo Scotto.

The Democratic Front, is a heterogenous and mainly regional faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. The faction was launched by Michele Emiliano, President of Apulia, one of the 20 regions of Italy, and former Mayor of Bari, in the run-up of the 2017 leadership election.

Free and Equal (Italy) Italian party coalition

Free and Equal is a left-wing federation of political parties in Italy. It was launched on 3 December 2017 by the Democratic and Progressive Movement, Italian Left and Possible. The leader of the alliance for the 2018 general election was Pietro Grasso, former President of the Senate and former anti-Mafia prosecutor.

2019 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election

The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018, following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly, but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.

Anna Rossomando Italian politician

Anna Rossomando is an Italian politician from the Democratic Party, Vicepresident of the Senate since 2018.

References