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List of Italian parties and abbreviations

Main parties ed in 2009 by its current leader . It emerged as a splinter from PRC (Partito della Ri- PD – Partito Democratico () was fondazione Comunista – Party for the Communist founded in 2007 by the merger of DS (Democratici Refoundation) and grouped former socialist, green di Sinistra - ) and DL-Margherita and other left-wing politicians. It ran for its first (The Daisy – a Liberal and Christian-democratic general election in 2013 as the main ally of PD in party). It ran for the first time at the 2008 gener- the center-left coalition led by Bersani. al election (33.2%). In the 2013 general election, its leader was Pierluigi Bersani. PD is the main cen- ter-left Italian party. Minor parties abbreviations

PdL – Popolo della Libertà (People of Freedom) Bersani’s coalition was launched by its leader for the CD – Centro Democratico (Democratic Center) 2008 general election (37.4%) and officially found- SVP - Südtiroler Volkspartei (South Tyrolese Peo- ed in 2009 by the merger of the former Berlusconi’s ple’s Party) party, FI ( - Go ) and the post-fas- PSI – Partito Socialista Italiano (Italian Socialist cist AN (Alleanza Nazionale – National Alliance). Party) PdL is the main center-right Italian party. Berlusconi’s coalition M5S – Movimento 5 Stelle () FdI – Fratelli d’Italia () was launched by the popular comedian and blog- LD – La Destra () ger Beppe Grillo in 2009. It contested the Italian GS-MpA – Grande Sud-Movimento per le Auton- local elections of 2011 and 2012 and the regional omie ( – Movement for Autonomies) elections of 2010. It ran for its first general election in 2013. The party refuses -right dimension Monti’s coalition and criticizes traditional political parties. UdC – Unione di Centro (Union of the Center) FLI – Futuro e Libertà per l’Italia (Future and Free- SC – Scelta Civica () is a centrist polit- dom for Italy) ical party formed for the 2013 general election. Its leader is the former Prime Minister . Others The 2013 general election represents its electoral RC – Rivoluzione Civile () debut. At the Senate SC formed a joint list named FiD – Fermare il Declino (Stop the Decline) “Con Monti per l’italia” (With Monti for Italy) along with UdC and FLI. Old parties IdV – Italia dei Valori () LN – (Northern League) is a regional- SA – La Sinistra – L’Arcobaleno (The Left – The ist party founded in 1991 by Umberto Bossi. Since Rainbow) 2001, it has been continuously part of the cen- DS – Democratici di Sinistra (Left Democrats) ter-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi. In the DL – Democrazia è libertà – La Margherita (De- 2008 general election, it got 8.3% nationwide. Since mocracy is freedom – The Daisy) 2012, its leader is . MRE – Movimento dei repubblicani europei (Movement of european republicans) SEL – Sinistra Ecologia e Libertà (Left Ecology FI – Forza Italia (Go Italy) and Freedom) is a left-wing political party found- AN – Alleanza Nazionale (National Alliance)

De Sio L., V. Emanuele, N. Maggini and A. Paparo (eds.), The Italian General Elections of 2013: A dangerous stalemate?, , CISE, 2013 ISBN (print) 978-88-98012-10-7 / ISBN (online) 978-88-98012-09-1