Simply Democrats

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Simply Democrats (Italian : Semplicemente Democratici) was a heterogeneous faction within the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy.

At the 2009 leadership election the group (whose main members included Sergio Cofferati, Rita Borsellino, David Sassoli, Debora Serracchiani and Francesca Barracciu) supported the candidacy of Dario Franceschini, who eventually lost to Pier Luigi Bersani.^[1]

Serracchiani and Giuseppe Civati later organized a new faction composed mainly of middle-aged and young Democrats.^[2]^[3]

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↑ "Lista Serracchiani-Sassoli al palo Rischia anche il "vice" di Franceschini". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
↑ "Camera dei Deputati". Rassegna.camera.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
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[1] "Lista Serracchiani-Sassoli al palo Rischia anche il "vice" di Franceschini". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

[2] "Camera dei Deputati". Rassegna.camera.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

[3] "Home". impegniamoci.it.

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v t e Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (Reformist Base Democratic Energy Liberal PD AreaDem– Franceschiniani ) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Great Square 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 factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Teodem Lettiani –360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists ( Renziani –Back to the Future Always Forward Harambee Rutelliani –Free Democrats Liberal Left 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 Left is Change)
Splits	Alliance for Italy (2009) Toward North (2010) European Republicans Movement (2010) Possible (2015) Future to the Left (2015) Democratic and Progressive Movement (2017) Action (2019) Italia Viva (2019)