The Left (Italy)

Political party in Italy

The Left

La Sinistra

Leaders| Nicola Fratoianni
Maurizio Acerbo
Founded| March 2019
Dissolved| June 2019
Ideology| Democratic socialism[1]
Eco-socialism[1]
Political position| Left-wing[2]
European affiliation| Party of the European Left (PRC)
DiEM25 (èViva)
European Parliament group| GUE/NGL
Colours|  Red

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The Left (Italian: La Sinistra) was a left-wing coalition of political parties in Italy which took part in the 2019 European Parliament election.[3][4] Its main members were Italian Left and the Communist Refoundation Party.

## History

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The alliance is the direct heir of The Other Europe (AET),[5] a left-wing coalition representing the anti-austerity movement which took part to the 2014 European election, obtaining 4.0% of the vote and electing three MEPs. After the election, they joined the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group.[6] The list main member parties, Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) and the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), elected one MEP each.

In the 2018 general election, the evolution of SEL, Italian Left (SI), led by Nicola Fratoianni, joined Free and Equal (LeU)[7] while the PRC, led by Maurizio Acerbo, ran within Power to the People (PaP).[8] However, SI and PRC broke from their respective alliances in late 2018. Fratoianni accused his LeU former allies of being too close to the Democratic Party (PD) while PRC left the PaP alliance after losing an internal vote over its statutory form.[9]

In February 2019, Acerbo launched the proposal of a joint list composed of SI, the PRC and other minor left-wing parties to participate in the upcoming 2019 European Parliament election.[10] The name and the symbol of were chosen through an online vote in April.[11][12]

## Composition

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The coalition was formed by the following parties:

Party  | Main ideology  | Leader

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| Italian Left (SI)  | Democratic socialism | Nicola Fratoianni
| Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)  | Communism | Maurizio Acerbo
| ÈViva | Eco-socialism | Francesco Laforgia
| The Other Europe (AET)  | Democratic socialism | Massimo Torelli
| Party of the South (PdS)  | Regionalism | Natale Cuccurese
| Socialist Convergence (CS)  | Socialism | Manuel Santoro

## Electoral results

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### European Parliament

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European Parliament

Election year  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Leader
2019 | 469,943  | 1.75  |

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Nicola Fratoianni

## References

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1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
2. ^ Clare Speak (30 April 2019). "European elections: Who can I vote for in Italy and what are the big issues?". The Local Italy.
3. ^ "Europee: due liste a sinistra del Pd: I Verdi e un cantiere "rosso".
4. ^ "Proposta per le Elezioni Europee del Partito della Sinistra Europea e delle organizzazioni italiane che ne fanno parte". Sinistra Europea - Italia (in Italian). 23 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
5. ^ "Nasce "L'altra Europa con Tsipras", la lista della società civile contro l'austerità". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 18 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
6. ^ "Barbara Spinelli lascia "L'Altra Europa con Tsipras" e conserva il seggio a Bruxelles".
7. ^ "Liberi e Uguali, Grasso si presenta bene". Il manifesto (in Italian). 3 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
8. ^ "Viola Carofalo, National Spokesman of "Potere al Popolo". Potere al Popolo. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
9. ^ "Potere al popolo si scinde sullo statuto. Rifondazione se ne va".
10. ^ "Acerbo: "Basta rifugiarsi nel Pd, ora Sinistra italiana stia con noi".
11. ^ "Europee, vince "La Sinistra": scelto online il nome degli eredi della lista Tsipras".
12. ^ "La sinistra" ora in cerca di donne per le europee".

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Communist Refoundation Party

Secretaries|

* Sergio Garavini (1991–1994)
* Fausto Bertinotti (1994–2006)
* Franco Giordano (2006–2008)
* Paolo Ferrero (2008–2017)
* Maurizio Acerbo (2017–present)

General|

* Italian Communist Party
* Proletarian Democracy
* Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist)
* Prodi II Cabinet
* Eurocommunism
* Liberazione
* Young Communists
* International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
* Party of the European Left
* European United Left–Nordic Green Left

Factions and splits|

| Current factions|

In the 2017 congress, two motions were presented: the majority one led by Paolo Ferrero and the minority one led by Eleonora Forenza.

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Former factions|

* Bertinottiani
* Refoundation in Movement
* To the Left with Refoundation

Splintered factions|

* Movement of Unitarian Communists (1995)
* Party of Italian Communists (1998)
* Communist Alternative Party (2006)
* Communist Project / Communist Workers' Party (2006)
* Critical Left (2007)
* Refoundation for the Left / Movement for the Left (2009)
* The Ernesto (2011) / Italian Communist Party (2016)
* Countercurrent (2013)
* HammerSickle / Left Class Revolution / Revolutionary Communist Party (2016)
* Being Communists (2016)

Alliances|

* Alliance of Progressives (1994)
* The Union (2005–2007)
* The Left – The Rainbow (2007–2008)
* Anticapitalist and Communist List (2008–2009)
* Federation of the Left (2008–2012)
* Civil Revolution (2012–2013)
* The Other Europe (2014)
* Power to the People (2017–2018)
* The Left (2019–present)

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Political parties in Italy

Chamber of Deputies|

* Brothers of Italy (117)
* Democratic Party (71) (incl. DemoS and CD)
* Lega (66)
* Five Star Movement (50)
* Forza Italia (48) (incl. NPSI)
* Action (10)
* Italia Viva (7)
* Greens and Left Alliance
* Green Europe [5]
* Italian Left [4]
* Progressive Party [1]
* Us Moderates (5)
* South Tyrolean People's Party (3)
* More Europe (2) (incl. RI)
* Animalist Movement (1)
* Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (1)
* Coraggio Italia (1)
* Liberal Democratic Party (1)
* South calls North (1)
* Union of the Centre (1)
* Valdostan Union (1)

Senate of the Republic|

* Brothers of Italy (66)
* Democratic Party (37)
* Lega (29) (incl. Fassa)
* Five Star Movement (26)
* Forza Italia (20)
* Italia Viva (7)
* Action (2)
* Greens and Left Alliance
* Italian Left [2]
* Green Europe [1]
* Us Moderates
* Union of the Centre [1]
* South Tyrolean People's Party (2)
* Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (1)
* Campobase (1)
* Coraggio Italia (1)

European Parliament|

* Brothers of Italy (24)
* Democratic Party (21)
* Five Star Movement (8)
* Forza Italia (8)
* Lega (8)
* Greens and Left Alliance (6)
* South Tyrolean People's Party (1)

Other parties in Regional councils|

* Aosta Valley
* Civic Network
* Edelweiss
* For Our Valley
* For Autonomy
* Mouv'
* Valdostan Alliance
* Piedmont
* Moderates
* Lombardy
* Renaissance
* Trentino
* Autonomy House
* La Civica
* Futura Trentino
* Popular Autonomists
* Trentino Project
* Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
* Union for Trentino
* South Tyrol
* Team K
* Greens
* Die Freiheitlichen
* For South Tyrol with Widmann
* JWA List
* South Tyrolean Freedom
* La Civica
* Vita
* Veneto
* Liga Veneta Repubblica
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia
* Pact for Autonomy
* Slovene Union
* Abruzzo
* Political Action
* Molise
* Building Democracy
* Populars for Italy
* Campania
* Italy Is Popular
* Italian Socialist Party
* Us of the Centre
* Apulia
* Popular Apulia
* Basilicata
* Identity and Action
* Sicily
* Christian Democracy Sicily
* Movement for Autonomy
* Sicilia Vera
* Sardinia
* Civic Sardinia
* Sardinia 20Twenty
* Sardinian Action Party
* Sardinian Reformers
* Possible

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* 19th-century Italian political groups
* Early 20th-century Italian political parties
* 1950s–1990s Italian political parties

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