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Ideas in Motion (Italian : Idee in Movimento, IM) was a left-wing political party in San Marino.

History

The party was established in 1998 by Alessandro Rossi as a successor to the Democratic Movement, which had won two seats in the 1993 elections. [1] It contested the elections later that year in an alliance with the Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (PPDS) and the Democratic Convention. The alliance received 18.6% of the vote, winning 11 of the 60 seats in the Grand and General Council, becoming the third-largest faction.

In 2001 it merged with the PPDS and Socialists for Reform to form the Party of Democrats. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press