Democratic Movement (Italy)

Political faction in Italy Not to be confused with Democratic Italian Movement.

Democratic Movement (Movimento Democratico, MoDem) is a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

At the 2009 leadership election Dario Franceschini was defeated by Pier Luigi Bersani. Those who supported the former's bid joined forces into AreaDem, a broad minority faction which comprised several groups: Veltroniani, Fassiniani, Fourth Phase, Liberal PD, Democratic Ecologists, Simply Democrats, etc.

By September 2010, both Franceschini and Piero Fassino had re-approached with Bersani, a move which was not approved by Walter Veltroni and Giuseppe Fioroni, who chose to form a "movement" in order to defend the "original spirit" of the PD. In doing this they were supported by 75 deputies: 33 Veltroniani, 35 Populars close to Fioroni and 7 former Rutelliani led by Paolo Gentiloni. The new faction was named Democratic Movement.

Gero Grassi, right-hand man of Fioroni, is the president of the association.

Leadership

President: Gero Grassi (2011–...)

References

"Un documento e (forse) un movimento Veltroni dà la scossa ai democratici". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
^ "Pagina non trovata - l'Unità - notizie online lavoro, recensioni, cinema, musica". Unita.it. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
"Veltroni e Bersani sul ring "Pd senza bussola". "Sbagli tutto"". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
"Il Pd si conta sul testo Veltroni Firmano in 75, minoranza divisa". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
"Camera dei Deputati". Rassegna.camera.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

External links

Official website

v t e Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (People's Energy Reformist Base Democratic Energy Liberal PD AreaDem–Franceschiniani) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Piazza Grande Fassiniani Side by Side Left Wing Socialists and Democrats Future! European Democrats Democracy Europe Society Dem Labourites LeftDem NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Teodem Lettiani–360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists (Renziani–Back to the Future Always Forward Harambee Rutelliani–Free Democrats Liberal Left Democratic Movement–Veltroniani) – Christian leftists (Olivists Democrats Really) – Social democrats and socialists (Reformist Alliance Democrats, Laicists, Socialists To the Left Say Left Left for the Country United to the Left Reformists and Democrats Democracy and Socialism Democrats in Network Change Italy Simply Democrats Make the PD Freedom and Rights Reformist Area Bersaniani Dalemiani Democratic Socialists Remake Italy Left is Change)
Splits	Alliance for Italy (2009) Toward North (2010) European Republicans Movement (2010) Possible (2015) Future to the Left (2015) Democratic and Progressive Movement (2017) Action (2019) Italia Viva (2019)

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Democratic Party (Italy) factions