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
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
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
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	PdF	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

Surname	Alignment	Chairman	Remarks
South-Tirol
Team K	socially liberal, ecological	Paul Köllensperger
Democratic Party of South Tyrol	autonomist, ecological, left-wing	Roland Girardi	Part of the Partito Democratico
The Freedom	autonomist, liberal	Ulli Mair and Pius Leitner
Moviment Politich Ladins	Protection of the Ladins
South Tyrolean freedom	autonomist	Eva Klotz
South Tyrolean People's Party	Christian-democratic, federalist-autonomist	Richard Theiner
BürgerUnion for South Tyrol	autonomist	Andreas Poeder
Unitalia	anti-autonomist, neo-fascist, nationalist	Donato Seppi
Verdi Green Vërc	ecologically	Riccardo Dello Sbarba
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Lista per Trieste	autonomist
Slovenska Skupnost	Protection of the Slovenian minority	Drago Štoka
Liguria
Movimento Indipendentista Ligure	secessionist	Franco Bampi
Lombardy
Lega per l'Autonomia - Alleanza Lombarda	autonomist	Elidio De Paoli
Popolari Retici	autonomist	Eugenio Tarabini
Sardinia
A Manca pro s'Indipendenzia	autonomist, socialist	Bruno Bellomonte , Giovanni Medde and Erik Madau
Fortza Paris	autonomist, 44444
Indipendèntzia Repùbrica de Sardigna	secessionist	Gavino Sale
Partito Sardo d'Azione	secessionist	Efisio Trincas
Riformatori Sardi	autonomist, Christian democratic, liberal	Michele Cossa and Massimo Fantola
Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia	secessionist, internationalist, ecological	Bustianu Cumpostu
Sicily
Movimento per l'Autonomia - Alleati per il Sud	autonomist, Christian democratic	Raffaele Lombardo
Movimento per l'Indipendenza della Sicilia	secessionist	Sebastiano Rapisarda
Nuova Sicilia	autonomist, federalist, liberal-socialist	Bartolo Pellegrino
Partito del Popolo Siciliano
Aosta Valley
Autonomy Liberté Démocratie	autonomist, social democratic	Roberto Nicco and Antonio Fosson
Fédération Autonomiste	autonomist	Maria Cristina Vasini
Renouveau Valdôtain	autonomist, federalist	Carlo Perrin
Stella Alpina	autonomist	Rudi Marguerettaz
Union Valdôtaine	autonomist	Guido Césal
Vallée d'Aoste Vive	autonomist, federalist	Roberto Louvin
Veneto
Liga Fronte Veneto	autonomist, federalist	Fabrizio Comencini
Progetto NorthEst	autonomist, federalist	Mariangelo Foggiato

Voters' associations abroad

Surname	Alignment	Chairman	Remarks
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

Surname	Abbreviation	Alignment	last chairman	Remarks
Partito Popolare Italiano	PPI	Christian Democratic	Luigi Sturzo	The successor party is Democrazia Cristiana .
Partito Nazionale Fascista	PNF	fascist	Benito Mussolini	The party is the only party in Italy whose establishment is expressly prohibited by the constitution.
Partito d'Azione	Pd'A	republican, anti-fascist
Democrazia Cristiana	DC	Christian democratic, anti-communist	Mino Martinazzoli	Successor parties are Partito Popolare Italiano and Centro Cristiano Democratico .
Partito Comunista Italiano	PCI	Communist	Achille Occhetto	Successor parties are Partito Democratico della Sinistra and Partito della Rifondazione Comunista .
Partito Socialista Italiano	PSI	social democratic	Bettino Craxi	The successor party is Socialisti Italiani .
Partito Liberale Italiano	PLI	liberal	Raffaele Costa	Successor parties are the Federazione dei Liberali Italiani and Unione di Centro .
Movimento Sociale Italiano	MSI	neo-fascist	Gianfranco Fini	Successor parties are Alleanza Nazionale and Fiamma Tricolore .
Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano	PSDI	social democratic, reformist	Gian Franco Schietroma	Successor parties are Socialisti Democratici Italiani and PSDI-Socialdemocrazia
Socialisti Italiani	SI	social democratic	Enrico Boselli	went to the Italian Democratic Socialists on
Unione di Centro	UdC	liberal	Raffaele Costa	went to Forza Italia on
Partito Popolare Italiano	PPI	Christian Democratic	Pierluigi Castagnetti	went to the Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy on
Rinnovamento Italiano	RI	liberal democratic	Lamberto Dini	went to the Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy on
I Democratici		liberal democratic	Francesco Rutelli	went to the Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy on
Centro Cristiano Democratico	CCD	Christian Democratic	Pierferdinando Casini	went to the Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro on
Cristiani Democratici Uniti	CDU	Christian Democratic	Rocco Buttiglione	Cleavage of the Partito Popolare Italiano , went to the Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro on
Democrazia Europea	DE	Christian Democratic	Sergio D'Antoni	went to the Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro on
Democratici di Sinistra	DS	social democratic	Piero Fassino	went into the Partito Democratico on
Democrazia è Libertà - La Margherita	DL	liberal democratic	Francesco Rutelli	went into the Partito Democratico on
Socialisti Democratici Italiani	SDI	social democratic	Enrico Boselli	The successor party is Partito Socialista Italiano .
Forza Italia	FI	right-wing liberal	Silvio Berlusconi	went to the Il Popolo della Libertà on
Alleanza Nazionale	ON	nationalist, right-wing populist	Gianfranco Fini	went to the Il Popolo della Libertà on
Il Popolo della Libertà	PdL	right-wing liberal, Christian democratic	Silvio Berlusconi	Successor parties are Forza Italia and Nuovo Centrodestra .
Sinistra Democratica	SD	social democratic	Claudio Fava	went to the Left Ecology Freedom on
Sinistra Critica	SC	Marxist-Trotskyist, feminist	Flavia D'Angeli
Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia	FLI	liberal	Gianfranco Fini	Split from Il Popolo della Libertà
Popolari UDEUR	UDEUR	Christian Democratic	Clemente Mastella	went into the Forza Italia on
Alleanza per l'Italia	ApI	liberal	Francesco Rutelli	Split from Partito Democratico
Partito dei Comunisti Italiani	PdCI	Communist	Cesare Procaccini	The successor party is Partito Comunista Italiano .
Sinistra Ecologia Libertà	SEL	left-ecological	Nichi Vendola	went into the Sinistra Italiana on
La Destra	LD	nationalist	Francesco Storace	Elimination of Alleanza Nazionale , went to the Movimento Internazionale per la Sovranità on
Nuovo Centrodestra	NCD	Christian-democratic, Christian-social	Angelino Alfano	The successor party is Alternativa Popolare

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

1. ↑ As of May 2008