Italian political party
The Liberal Socialist Movement (Italian : Movimento Liberal Socialista , MLS), called until 18 December 1994 the Federation of Socialists (Federazione dei Socialisti ), was a social-democratic political party in Italy .
In January 1994 the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), severely hit by the Tangentopoli scandals, was in disarray. The new party secretary, Ottaviano Del Turco , led the party into the Alliance of Progressives , a left-wing coalition dominated by the post-communist Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), but a group of dissidents disagreed. On 28 January they left the PSI and formed the FDS[ 1] The new party included Franco Piro (secretary), Margherita Boniver (president), Ugo Intini and Maurizio Sacconi .[ 2] [ 1] [ 3]
In the 1994 general election the FdS formed a joint list ("Social Democracy for Freedoms") with the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), led by Enrico Ferri , and some independents, notably including Dacia Valent .[ 4] The list obtained a mere 0.5% of the vote.[ 5] In 1996 he FDS was merged into the new Socialist Party (PS).[ 1] Many leading members of the party (Boniver, Sacconi, etc.) later entered Silvio Berlusconi 's Forza Italia , while others (Piro, Intini, etc.) were founding members of the New Italian Socialist Party (NPSI) in 2001.
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Historical political parties in Italy
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