Italian People's Party (1919–1926)

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The Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano, PPI) was a christian-democratic political party in Italy.

It was created in 1919 by the priest Don Luigi Sturzo. The PPI was backed by Pope Benedict XV to oppose the socialist party which had become an ever increasing threat. In political elections, in 1919, PPI obtained 20% of the vote. In 1921, the party confirmed the results of the 1919 elections. The PPI was a second Italian party after the Italian Socialist Party. The party was divided into two factions: "catholic democratic" and "moderate clericalist". Catholic democrats were favourable to accord with socialist. The clericalist were adverse and wanted an accord with liberal-conservative parties.

PPI was declared illegal by the Fascist regime in 1925. The presence of some members in Benito Mussolini's first government divided the party in two factions. The filo-fascist faction abandoned PPI and came into fascist party.

Most of its members later founded Christian Democracy.

 

Historical Italian political parties (active parties: simple version, in 2007)

Communist: Communist Party of Italy, Italian Communist Party, Organisation of Communists of Italy (Marxist-Leninists), Proletarian Unity Party, Proletarian Democracy, Movement of Unitarian Communists Socialist and social-democratic: Italian Socialist Party, Italian Reform Socialist Party, United Socialist Party (1922), Labour Democratic Party, Italian Socialist Workers' Party, United Socialist Party (1949), Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, Unified Socialist Party, Democratic Party of the Left, Italian Socialists, Democrats of the Left Green: Green Lists, Rainbow Greens Social liberal: Action Party, Radical Party, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Union, Movement for Democracy – The Net, The Democrats, European Republicans Movement, Liberal: Italian Liberal Party, Union of the Centre, Liberal Party Centrist: Patto Segni, Italian Renewal, United Consumers, Southern Democratic Party, Middle-of-the-Road Italy, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Regionalist: Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol, Fronte Marco Polo, Sardinia Project, Sicilian Alliance Christian democratic: Italian People's Party (1919), Christian Democracy, Italian People's Party (1994), Christian Democratic Centre, United Christian Democrats, Christian Democrats for the Republic, Democratic Union for the Republic, European Democracy Conservative: Uomo Qualunque Front, Monarchist National Party, People's Monarchist Party, Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity, National Democracy Fascist and neo-fascist: National Fascist Party, Italian Social Movement–National Right Leftist coalition: Popular Democratic Front, Alliance of Progressives, Centre-left coalition:The Olive Tree, The Union, Rose in the Fist Liberal coalition: National Democratic Union, National Bloc, Republicans, Liberals, Reformers Centrist coalition: Pact for Italy, Pact of Democrats Centre-right coalition: Pole of Freedoms, Pole of Good Government, House of Freedoms Conservative coalition: National Bloc of Freedom Neo-fascist coalition: Social Alternative Liste civetta: For the Abolition of Scorporo, New Country