Party of the South (Italy)

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Party of the South
Partito del Sud
President Natale Cuccurese
Honorary PresidentAntonio Ciano
Founded8 December 2007
HeadquartersViale Guglielmo Massaia 65 - 00154 Rome
Ideology Meridionalism
Regionalism
Democratic socialism
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Civil Revolution (2013)
PaP (2018)
The Left (2019)
People's Union (2022–) [1]
European affiliation Party of European Left [2]
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional Councils
0 / 897
Website
http://www.partitodelsud.eu/

The Party of the South (Italian : Partito del Sud, PdS) is a political party in Italy founded in 2007 by Antonio Ciano. The political action of the party is inspired by Guido Dorso.

In the general election of April 2008, the party ran only for the Senate and received 3,736 votes (0.01%).

During the national congress in Naples on 25 September 2010, Beppe De Santis was named new secretary of the party.

For the general elections of April 2013, the party presented its lists in Lazio and nominated some of its members in the Civil Revolution list in the region of northern Italy. [3]

During the 4th national congress of the party, that took place in April 2013, Natale Cuccurese was named new President of the party. [4]

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References

  1. "Verso l'Unione Popolare".
  2. IL PARTITO DEL SUD-MERIDIONALISTI PROGRESSISTI ENTRA NEL PARTITO DELLA SINISTRA EUROPEA
  3. CHI SIAMO
  4. REPORT IV° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE del PARTITO DEL SUD