Italian Democratic Socialist Party (2004)
The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, PSDI) is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy established in 2004 as the continuation of the historical Italian Democratic Socialist Party, so that the new PSDI numbers its congresses in perfect continuity with the old PSDI. After being part of The Union in 2006, the party supported The People of Freedom (PdL) of the centre-right coalition in 2013, while in 2018 it supported Forza Italia, which succeeded the PdL.
Italian Democratic Socialist Party Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano | |
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| Abbreviation | PSDI |
| Secretary | Carlo Vizzini |
| Founded | 9 January 2004 |
| Split from | Italian Democratic Socialists |
| Newspaper | L'Umanità (2018–2020) |
| Ideology | Social democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | The Union (2006–2008) The People of Freedom (2013) Forza Italia (2018) |
| Colours | Red |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 630 |
| Senate | 0 / 315 |
| Website | |
| partitosocialdemocratico-psdi | |
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The PSDI retains some support locally in the South, especially in Apulia. In 2005, the party's list won 2.2% of the vote and got one deputy elected to the Regional Council. In 2010, the party was not able to file a list and lost its regional representation.