The Populars

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The Populars (I Popolari) is a internal faction within the Italian Democratic Party, which is the heir of the late Italian People's Party, a christian-democratic party of the Christian Left.

Its leading members include Dario Franceschini (Deputy-Secretary of the party), Franco Marini (President of the Italian Senate), Giuseppe Fioroni (Minister of Education) and Pierluigi Castagnetti.

[edit] External links

• Official website

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