Social Christians

Political party in Italy

Social Christians

Cristiano Sociali

Secretary| Mimmo Lucà
President| Pierre Carniti
Founded| 1993
Dissolved| 1998 (as political party)
Split from| Christian Democracy[1]
Italian Socialist Party
Merged into| Democrats of the Left
Ideology| Social democracy
Christian socialism
Christian left
National affiliation| Democratic Party
International affiliation| International League of Religious Socialists
Colours| Pink
Website
www.cristianosociali.it

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The Social Christians (Italian: Cristiano Sociali) are a Christian social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy. Before that, they were a party (1993–1998) and a faction of the Democrats of the Left (1998–2007).

The CS are a member of the International League of Religious Socialists (ILRS).

## History

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The group was founded as a party by trade-union leader Pierre Carniti and economist Ermanno Gorrieri in 1993, in order to represent Christian leftists and socialists within the nascent Alliance of Progressives.

In the 1994 general election the party was included in the Democratic Party of the Left and obtained eight deputies and six senators, while in the 1996 general election five deputies (including Mimmo Lucà and Methodist pastor Domenico Maselli) and four senators won election.

In 1998 the CS fully joined the Democrats of the Left (DS) and were later a faction within that party.[2]

In 2007 the CS were keen supporters of the merger of the DS into the Democratic Party and in first leadership election most of them supported Walter Veltroni. In the 2009 leadership election the faction chose to support Pier Luigi Bersani,[3] while two former leading members, Giorgio Tonini and Stefano Ceccanti, who had been Veltroni's close allies, supported Dario Franceschini.[4]

After the 2001 and 2006 general elections, the faction continued to have at least four deputies and senators, although lately the faction's strength has been reduced.

## Leadership

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* Coordinator: Pierre Carniti (1993–1999), Giorgio Tonini (1999–2003), Mimmo Lucà (2003–present)
* President: Ermanno Gorrieri (1993–1999), Pierre Carniti (1999–2003)

## References

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1. ^ Luciano Bardi; Piero Ignazi (1 January 1998). Piero Ignazi; Colette Ysmal (eds.). The Organization of Political Parties in Southern Europe. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 102\. ISBN 978-0-275-95612-7.
2. ^ Cristiano Sociali - www.CRISTIANOSOCIALI.it Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Pd, scontro Franceschini-Bersani Frattura sul rinnovamento - Politica - L'Unione Sarda". www.unionesarda.it. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
4. ^ "Archivio Corriere della Sera".

## External links

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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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International|

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