Southern Democratic Party
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The Southern Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Meridionale, PDM) was a centrist
Italian political party based in Calabria
.
The Southern Democratic Party was founded in 2006, as a split from the regional organisation of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. The PDM's leader was Agazio Loiero, President of Calabria Region since 2005. Southern Democrats were strong supporters of constructing the Democratic Party
in order to unite the Italian centre-left, despite PDM's members being mostly moderate-conservatives.
In the 2006 general election
, thanks to a political pact with the Consumers' List
, PDM scored 5.3% and elected a Senator, Pietro Fuda (former President of Province of Reggio Calabria
for Forza Italia
).
On 19 March 2007, Eva Catizone, formerly of the Italian Socialist Party
and former mayor of Cosenza
for the Democrats of the Left
, was elected leader of the party.
In the subsequent municipal elections, PDM scored 13.7% in Catanzaro, 6.5% in Crotone
and 4.2% in Cosenza
.
It became part of the Democratic Party
at its founding congress on 14 October 2007.
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
Italian political party based in Calabria
Calabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
.
The Southern Democratic Party was founded in 2006, as a split from the regional organisation of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. The PDM's leader was Agazio Loiero, President of Calabria Region since 2005. Southern Democrats were strong supporters of constructing 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....
in order to unite the Italian centre-left, despite PDM's members being mostly moderate-conservatives.
In the 2006 general election
Italian general election, 2006
In the Italian general election, 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 the incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right House of Freedoms, was narrowly defeated by Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left The...
, thanks to a political pact with the Consumers' List
Consumers' List
The Consumers' List is a political party in Italy. The party is affiliated to The Union , the centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi. In the 9-10 April 2006 general elections, the party was a member of the winning coalition L'Unione and won 1 out of 315 senators....
, PDM scored 5.3% and elected a Senator, Pietro Fuda (former President of Province of Reggio Calabria
Province of Reggio Calabria
The Province of Reggio Calabria is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Reggio., it has an area of 3,183 km², and a total population of 565,866. There are 97 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Reggio Calabria.- Economy :The region is...
for Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
).
On 19 March 2007, Eva Catizone, formerly of the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
and former mayor of Cosenza
Cosenza
Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants...
for the Democrats of the Left
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
, was elected leader of the party.
In the subsequent municipal elections, PDM scored 13.7% in Catanzaro, 6.5% in Crotone
Crotone
Crotone is a city and comune in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to the current one. In 1994 it became the capital of the newly established...
and 4.2% in Cosenza
Cosenza
Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants...
.
It became part 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....
at its founding congress on 14 October 2007.