Italian Socialist Party (2007)
The Italian Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI) is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was founded in 2007–2008 by the merger of the following social-democratic parties and groups: Enrico Boselli's Italian Democratic Socialists (legal successor of the Italian Socialist Party), the faction of the New Italian Socialist Party led by Gianni De Michelis, The Italian Socialists of Bobo Craxi, Democracy and Socialism of Gavino Angius, the Association for the Rose in the Fist of Lanfranco Turci, Socialism is Freedom of Rino Formica and some other minor organisations. Until October 2009, the party was known as Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista, PS).
Italian Socialist Party Partito Socialista Italiano | |
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| Secretary | Enzo Maraio |
| President | Luigi Incarnato |
| Founded | 5 October 2007 |
| Merger of | Italian Democratic Socialists New Italian Socialist Party (faction) The Italian Socialists (faction) Other minor organisations |
| Headquarters | Via Santa Caterina da Siena 57, 00186 Rome |
| Newspaper | Avanti! Mondoperaio |
| Youth wing | Federation of Young Socialists |
| Membership (2016) | 20,600 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Coalition Centre-left coalition Electoral list Left and Freedom (2009) Democratic Party (2013–2014) Together (2017–2018) More Europe (2019) Italia Viva (2019–2022) PD–IDP (2022) United States of Europe (since 2024) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| European Parliament group | Party of European Socialists (2007–2009) |
| Colors | Red |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 400 |
| Senate | 0 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Regional Councils | 2 / 896 |
| Website | |
| partitosocialista.it | |
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From 2008 to 2019, Riccardo Nencini from Tuscany has been party leader. Elected senator with the Democratic Party in 2013 and re-elected in 2018, he was Deputy Minister of Infrastructures and Transports from 2014 to 2019 (Renzi Cabinet and Gentiloni Cabinet). In March 2019, Nencini stepped down as secretary and was replaced by Enzo Maraio, from Campania. Since September 2019, the PSI sits within the parliamentary group of Italia Viva in the Senate.