Party of Social Democrats

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The Party of Social Democrats (Partito dei Socialdemocratici, PSD) is a tiny social-democratic Italian political party.

It was founded in 1994 as European Liberal Social Democracy (Socialdemocrazia Liberale Europea, SOLE) by Enrico Ferri and Luigi Preti, both historical leaders of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI).

Since its foundation, the party sided with the centre-right: it entered in federation with the Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) from 1996 to 1998. During that period Enrico Ferri was even nominated Vice President of CCD, while Luigi Preti insisted for an alliance with Forza Italia (FI). Finally in 1998 also Ferri decided to join FI, with which he was re-elected MEP in 1999.

Since 1999 elder Luigi Preti was completely in charge of the party. From that moment the party changed many times its name until the current one. PSD, which was part of the Socialist Party in 2001-2001, is now a tiny party in the House of Freedoms coalition. For the 2006 general election it forged an alliance with the Christian Democracy for the Autonomies and the New Italian Socialist Party, but it did not elect any MP.

In 2006 PSD formed a federation with Sergio De Gregorio's party, Italians in the World. In 2007 also former PSDI leader Franco Nicolazzi joined PSD.

[edit] Leadership

• President: Enrico Ferri (1994–1996), Luigi Preti (1996–...)
  • Vice President: Gianni Manzolini (1996–...)
  • Coordinator: Furio Zanelli (2006–...)

[edit] External links

• Official website

	Italian political parties (simple version, historical parties)
		Represented in the Italian Parliament or in the European Parliament	Other allied parties and movements
Left	Major:	Democratic Party | The Left – The Rainbow (Communist Refoundation Party, Democratic Left, Party of Italian Communists, Federation of the Greens)
	Minor:	Socialist Party | Italian Radicals | Italy of Values
	Micro:	Democratic Union for Consumers	Democratic Populars | Federation of Italian Liberals | Radicals of the Left | United Democratic Christians
	Regional:	Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party | Daisy Civic List | Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Valdotanian Renewal, Lively Aosta Valley) | United Populars	Autonomists for Europe | Convergence for Friuli | Lombard Alliance League | Ladin Autonomist Union | Veneto Front League
Right	Major:	The People of Freedom | Lega Nord
	Minor:	Movement for Autonomy | Liberal Democrats
	Micro:	Italian Liberal Party	Christian Democracy | Christian Extended Pact | No Euro Movement | Party of Social Democrats | United Pensioners
	Regional:	Federalist Alliance | North-East Project | Veneto for the European People's Party | Sardinian Reformers	Unitalia | Autonomist Trentino | Sardinian People's Party | Sardinian Democratic Union | New Sicily | Venetian People's Movement
Minor	With MPs/MEPs:	Union of the Centre (Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, White Rose, Christian Democratic Party, Party of Christian Democracy) | The Right–Tricolour Flame (The Right, Tricolour Flame Social Movement) | UDEUR Populars | South Tyrolean People's Party | Italian Associations in South America | Critical Left | Citizens' Political Movement | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Associative Movement Italians Abroad
	Regional:	Autonomy Progress Federalism (Valdotanian Union, Edelweiss Aosta Valley, Autonomist Federation) | Union for South Tyrol | The Libertarians | Political Movement Ladins | Democratic Party of South Tyrol | South Tyrolean Freedom | Friuli Movement | Moderates for Piedmont | Sardinian Action Party | Sardinian Autonomist Populars | Independence Republic of Sardinia | Southern Action League | Federalist Alliance | Sardinia Nation | Movement for the Independence of Sicily | Lega Sud Ausonia | Ligurian Independentist Movement | Venetian Agreement | Venetian National Party
	Other:
	Christian democratic:	Christian Democratic Refoundation | Italy of the Centre | Pact of Liberal Democrats
	communist:	Italian Marxist-Leninist Party | Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party | Maoist Communist Party
	fascist:	New Force | National Social Front | Social Idea Movement
	others:	Humanist Party