Left for the Country

Last updated April 17, 2019

Left for the Country (Sinistra per il Paese) was a democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

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[1] Una sinistra per il governo del Paese | RadioRadicale.it

[2] Aprileonline.info: Una Sinistra per il Paese

v t e Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists ( Renziani Harambee Democratic Area– Franceschiniani Liberal PD) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Democratic Area– Fassiniani Socialists and Democrats Left is Change Democracy Europe Society LeftDem NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Theo-Dems Lettiani –360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists (Liberal Left Rutelliani –Free Democrats Democratic Movement– Veltroniani ) – Christian leftists (Olivists Democrats Really) – Social democrats and socialists (Reformist Alliance Democrats, Laicists, Socialists To the Left Say Left Left for the Country United to the Left Reformists and Democrats Democracy and Socialism Democrats in Network Change Italy Simply Democrats Make the PD Freedom and Rights Reformist Area Bersaniani Dalemiani Democratic Socialists Remake Italy)
Splits	Alliance for Italy (2009) Toward North (2010) European Republicans Movement (2010) Possible (2015) Future to the Left (2015) Democratic and Progressive Movement (2017)