List of political parties in Italy
There are numerous political parties in Italy , most of which are organized in various alliances . The two largest alliances are the center-left alliance and the center-right alliance, which are respectively led by the Partito Democratico under Maurizio Martina and the Lega Nord under Matteo Salvini . Of the large number of active parties, six (excluding the regional parties) are currently represented in the Italian parliament.
Large parties
Surname | Abbreviation | Alignment | Chairman | Remarks |
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MoVimento 5 place | M5S | populist | Beppe Grillo | |
Lega Nord | LN | federalist, regionalist, right-wing populist | Matteo Salvini | Since Salvini's party leadership, strategic realignment
Center-Right Coalition (2018) |
Partito Democratico | PD | social liberal, social democratic, left Catholic | Nicola Zingaretti | Merger of Democratici di Sinistra and La Margherita center-left coalition (2018) |
Forza Italia | FI | Liberal-conservative, liberal, Christian-democratic | Silvio Berlusconi | Successor to Popolo della Libertà
Center-Right Coalition (2018) |
Fratelli d'Italia | FdI | national conservative, right-wing populist | Giorgia Meloni | Center-Right Coalition (2018) |
Small parties
Represented in parliament
Surname | Abbreviation | Alignment | Chairman | Remarks |
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Alternative Popolare | AP | Christian Democratic | Angelino Alfano | AP emerged as the successor to the Nuovo Centrodestra , electoral alliance Civica Popolare (2018) |
Area Civica | AC | progressivist | Giulio Santagata | Electoral alliance Insieme (2018), center-left coalition |
Article 1 - Movimento Democratico e Progressista | MDP | social democratic, progressivist | Roberto Speranza | Split from Partito Democratico and Sinistra Italiana
Coalition Liberi e Uguali (2018) |
Cantiere Popolare | CP | regionalist, Christian democratic | Francesco Saverio Romano | Electoral alliance Noi con l'Italia (2018), center-right coalition |
Centro Democratico | CD | social liberal, left Catholic | Bruno Tabacci | Più Europa electoral alliance (2018), center-left coalition |
Democrazia Solidale | DemoS | Christian Democratic, Left Catholic | Lorenzo Dellai | Civica Popolare electoral alliance (2018), center-left coalition |
Direzione Italia | DI | conservative, liberal conservative | Raffaele Fitto | Electoral alliance Noi con l'Italia (2018), center-right coalition |
Partito Socialista Italiano | PSI | social democratic | Riccardo Nencini | Electoral alliance Insieme (2018), center-left coalition |
Possibile | POS | social democratic, social liberal | Giuseppe Civati | Coalition Liberi e Uguali (2018) |
Sinistra Italiana | SI | democratic-socialist,
eco-socialist |
Nicola Fratoianni | Coalition Liberi e Uguali (2018) |
Not represented in parliament
Surname | Abbreviation | Alignment | Chairman | Remarks |
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Alleanza Liberal Polar Autonomy | ALA | regionalist, liberal | Denis Verdini | Alliance with Partito Repubblicano Italiano (2018) |
Alleanza Monarchica | AT THE | monarchist, conservative | Franco Ceccarelli | Alliance with Democrazia Cristiana |
Centristi per l'Europa | CpE | centrist, Christian democratic | Pierferdinando Casini | Civica Popolare electoral alliance (2018), center-left coalition |
CasaPound Italia | CPI | nationalist, neo-fascist | Simone Di Stefano | |
Federazione dei Liberali | FdL | liberal | Raffaello Morelli | political legacy of the PLI ; As a member of the World Association of Liberal International , the party supported the center-left coalition Romano Prodis until 2008 |
Federazione dei Verdi | FdV | green politics, eco-socialist | Angelo Bonelli | Electoral alliance Insieme (2018), center-left coalition |
Fiamma Tricolore | MS-FT | nationalist, neo-fascist | Attilio Carelli | Coalition Italia agli Italiani (2018) |
Forza Nuova | FN | nationalist, neo-fascist | Roberto Fiore | Coalition Italia agli Italiani (2018) |
Fronte Nazionale | FN | neo-fascist, nationalist | Adriano Tilgher | until 2006 alliance with the Alternativa Sociale by Alessandra Mussolini and sporadic collaboration with Berlusconi's center-right alliances |
Il Popolo della Famiglia | Catholic-conservative | Mario Adinolfi | ||
Italia dei Valori | IdV | populist, liberal, centrist | Ignazio Messina | Civica Popolare electoral alliance (2018), center-left coalition |
Movimento Fascismo e Libertà | MFL | fascist, national socialist | Carlo Gariglio | |
Movimento Idea Sociale | MIS | neo-fascist, anti-capitalist | Raffaele Bruno | Spin-off from Fiamma Tricolore |
Movimento Nazionale per la Sovranità | MNS | national conservative | Gianni Alemanno | Merger of La Destra and Azione Nazionale |
Movimento No Euro | populist, skeptical of the EU | Renzo Rabellino | ||
Movimento per le autonomy | MpA | regionalist, autonomist (Sicily), Christian democratic | Raffaele Lombardo | Electoral alliance Noi con l'Italia (2018), center-right coalition |
Nuovo MSI - Destra Nazionale | neo-fascist | Gaetano Saya | ||
Nuovo Partito d'Azione | NPA | liberal-socialist | Pino A. Quartana | |
Nuovo PSI | NPSI | liberal-socialist | Stefano Caldoro | Alliance with Forza Italia, center-right coalition |
Partito Comunista dei Lavoratori | PCL | Marxist-Trotskyist | Marco Ferrando | Coalition Per una Sinistra Rivoluzionaria (2018) |
Partito Comunista Internazionalista | PCInt | communist, internationalist | ||
Partito Comunista Italiano | PCI | Communist | Mauro Alboresi | |
Partito Comunista Italiano Marxista-Leninista | PCIM-L | Marxist-Leninist | Domenico Savio | |
Partito di Alternativa Comunista | PdAC | Marxist-Trotskyist | Francesco Ricci | |
Partito Liberale Italiano | PLI | liberal | Stefano De Luca | Alliance with Lega Nord (2018), center-right coalition |
Partito Marxista Leninista Italiano | PMLI | Marxist-Leninist, Maoist | Giovanni Scuderi | |
Partito Pensionati | PP | Interest party | Carlo Fatuzzo | Alliance with Forza Italia, center-right coalition |
Partito Repubblicano Italiano | PRI | liberal | Francesco Nucara | Alliance with Alleanza Liberalpolar Autonomy (2018) |
Pensionati Uniti | FIPU | Interest party | Filippo De Jorio | |
Radicali Italiani | RI | Left-liberal, anti-clerical | Emma Bonino | Più Europa electoral alliance (2018), center-left coalition |
Scelta Civica | SC | centrist, liberal, pro-EU | Enrico Zanetti | Electoral alliance Noi con l'Italia (2018), center-right coalition |
SOS Italia | conservative, right-wing populist | Diego Volpe Pasini | ||
Unione Democratica per i Consumatori | UDpC | centrist, consumer protection | Bruno De Vita | from the merger of Consumatori Uniti with the Unione Democratica out |
Unione di Centro | UdC | Christian Democratic | Lorenzo Cesa | Union of Centro Cristiano Democratico (CCD), Cristiani Democratici Uniti (CDU) and Democrazia Europea (DE), electoral alliance Noi con l'Italia (2018), center-right coalition |
Verdi Verdi | ecological, liberal | Maurizio Lupi |
Regional parties
Voters' associations abroad
Surname | Alignment | Chairman | Remarks |
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Associazioni Italiane in South America | - | Luigi Pallaro | Electoral Association in South America |
Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero | - | Ricardo Merlo | Electoral Association in South America |
Unione Sudamericana Emigrati Italiani | - | Eugenio Sangregorio | Electoral Association in South America |
Historical parties
literature
- Peter Weber, The New Era of Italian Majority Democracy: Questionable Stability with Continuing Party Splintering . In: Journal for Parliamentary Issues (ZParl), a.28 no.1, Opladen, gennaio 1997, pp. 85–116.
- Peter Weber, Coalitions in Italy: Frenetic fighting in the network of party interests . In: Sabine Kropp / Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer / Roland Sturm (eds.), Coalitions in Western and Eastern Europe , Opladen, 2002, pp. 167–196.
Individual evidence
- ↑ As of May 2008