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Union of Socialists
Unione dei Socialisti
LeaderIvan Matteo Lombardo
Founded8 February 1948
Dissolved31 January 1949
Split fromItalian Socialist Party
Merged intoItalian Socialist Workers' Party
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSocialist Unity

The Union of Socialists (Italian: Unione dei Socialisti, UdS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.

The party was founded in February 1948 by Ivan Matteo Lombardo, former leader of the Italian Socialist Party.[1]

The party participated in the 1948 general election along with the Italian Socialist Workers' Party (PSLI) as Socialist Unity. In the 1948 election, Socialist Unity received 7.1% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies, gaining 33 seats.[2]

In January 1949 the party merged with the PSLI, which itself later became the Italian Democratic Socialist Party in 1951.

References

  1. ^ Costanza Chimirri (2013). Tre amici tra la Sardegna e Ferrara: Le lettere di Mario Pinna a Giuseppe Dessí e Claudio Varese. Firenze University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-88-6655-477-6.
  2. ^ John Foot (2014). Modern Italy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-137-04192-0.