Lettiani refers to the faction

Political faction

A political faction is a grouping of individuals, such as a political party, a trade union, or other group with a political purpose. A faction or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, “parties within a party," which may be referred to as power blocs, or voting blocs. The individuals...

 around Enrico Letta

Enrico Letta

Enrico Letta is an Italian politician, and was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 General election for the Olive Tree coalition...

, a leading member of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

, a political party in Italy.

The followers of Letta are generally centrists proposing an alliance with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and a liberal approach to the economy. Thanks to the central position of Letta in the party, the group maintains good relations with all the other big factions of the party: Populars

The Populars

The Populars is a loose association within the Democratic Party , a political party in Italy.The Populars are the heirs of the Italian People's Party, a christian-democratic party of the Christian left, and of the left-wing of the late Christian Democracy...

, Ulivists

Ulivists

The Ulivists are a faction within the Democratic Party , a political party in Italy.The group includes both Christian left politicians, social democrats and social liberals. They has been close supporters of Romano Prodi and want the party to be stuck in the tradition of The Olive Tree...

, Dalemiani

Dalemiani

Dalemiani refers to the faction around Massimo D'Alema, a leading member of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy.Dalemiani are generally social democrats who want the party to join the Party of European Socialists. D'Alema organized his faction as Reformists and Democrats, welcoming...

and Veltroniani

Veltroniani

Veltroniani refers to the faction around Walter Veltroni, leader of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy, from 2007 to 2009. Most of them are social democrats coming from the Democrats of the Left....

. In the 2009 Democratic Party leadership election

Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2009

The 2009 Democratic Party leadership election was held in July–November 2009 following the resignation of Walter Veltroni in February 2009, after 16 months as secretary of the Democratic Party , the second-largest political party in Italy....

 the group supported Pier Luigi Bersani

Pier Luigi Bersani

Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and the current Secretary of the Democratic Party of Italy, the main center-left political party in Italy . He was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999, Minister of Transports from 1999 to 2001, and Minister of Economic...

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Lettiani are rallied in the 360 Association

360 Association

360 Association is a centrist faction within the Democratic Party , a political party in Italy. It is led by Enrico Letta and that is why its members are often called Lettiani....

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