Party of Socialists and Democrats
- Party of Socialists and Democrats
The Party of Socialists and Democrats ("Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici", PSD) is a social-democratic political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International and its Italian counterpart is the Democratic Party.
It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the Sammarinese Socialist Party (PSS), the oldest political party of the country, and the Party of Democrats. At formation it had 27 of 60 seats in the Grand and General Council, reduced to 20 in the 2006 general election. PSS long governed as the junior partner in a coalition with the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party, while PD had its origins in the Sammarinese Communist Party.
The merger of the two parties provoked the exit of the centrist wing of PSS, which launched the New Socialist Party and of the socialist wing of PD, which formed the Left Party and joined the Sammarinese Communist Refoundation into the United Left group, while another split to form the .
In the 2006 general election PSD won 31.8 % of the vote and 20 out of 60 seats and currently governs in coalition with Popular Alliance and United Left.
For the 2008 general election the party is part of the Reforms and Freedom coalition.
External links
* [http://www.socialistiedemocratici.sm/ Official website]
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