Alliance of Progressives
Alliance of Progressives Alleanza dei Progressisti | |
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| Leader | Achille Occhetto |
| Founded | February 1994 |
| Dissolved | March 1995 |
| Succeeded by | The Olive Tree |
| Political position | Centre-left[1][2] to left-wing[3][4] |
The Alliance of Progressives (Template:Lang-it), also known as simply the Progressives (Progressisti),[5][3] was a centre-left[1][2] to left-wing[3][4] political and electoral alliance of political parties in Italy formed in 1994. The leader of the alliance was Achille Occhetto.[6]
History
The Alliance suffered a huge defeat in the 1994 general election by the Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government centre-right coalitions led by Silvio Berlusconi. For the 1995 regional election and 1996 general election the Alliance was succeeded by The Olive Tree coalition, which included the Italian People's Party (diminished by the split of the United Christian Democrats in 1995), Italian Renewal and Segni Pact, and excluding the Communist Refoundation Party,[2] which was an external ally and presented its candidates under the "Progressives" banner in single-seat constituencies in Central Italy.
Composition
The alliance was composed of:[2][7]
| Party | Ideology | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of the Left/meta/color" | | Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) | Democratic socialism | Achille Occhetto |
| bgcolor="Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color" | | Socialist Rebirth (RS) inside PDS | Social democracy | Enzo Mattina |
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Refoundation Party/meta/color" | | Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | Communism | Fausto Bertinotti |
| bgcolor="Template:Federation of the Greens/meta/color" | | Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Green politics | Franco Corleone |
| bgcolor="Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color" | | Italian Socialist Party (PSI) | Social democracy | Ottaviano Del Turco |
| The Network (LR) | Anti-corruption | Leoluca Orlando | |
| Democratic Alliance (AD) | Social liberalism | Willer Bordon | |
| Social Christians (CS) | Christian left | Pierre Carniti | |
Election results
Italian Parliament
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 12,722,157 (#2) | 33.0 | 213 / 630
|
Achille Occhetto | |||
| Senate of the Republic | |||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 11,058,770 (#2) | 33.4 | 123 / 315
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References
- ^ a b Christina Holtz-Bacha; Gianpietro Mazzoleni (2004). The Politics of Representation: Election Campaigning and Proportional Representation. Peter Lang. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8204-6148-9.
- ^ a b c d Stefan Köppl (2007). Das politische System Italiens: Eine Einführung. Springer-Verlag. p. 98. ISBN 978-3-531-14068-1.
- ^ a b Daniela Giannetti; Rose Mulé (2007). "The Democratici di Sinistra: In Search of a New Identity". In Anna Bosco; Leonardo Morlino (eds.). Party Change in Southern Europe. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-136-76777-7.
- ^ Roberto D'Alimonte (2005). "Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism". In Michael Gallagher; Paul Mitchell (eds.). The Politics of Electoral Systems. OUP Oxford. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-19-153151-4.
- ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. p. 852. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
- ^ Sona Nadenichek Golder (2006). The Logic of Pre-electoral Coalition Formation. Ohio State University Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8142-1029-1.
