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Italy

Democratic Party

Social democracy

Logo of Democratic Party.

Italy’s main centre-left party, formed from the post-communist and Christian-left traditions. Campaigns on a legal minimum wage, labour protections, civil rights and deeper European integration.

Founded
2007
Positions as of
2024 European election programme
Last verified
01

What does it believe?

  • Wealth and inequality

    Central pledge is a statutory minimum wage, which Italy does not currently have, alongside expanded collective bargaining coverage.

  • Nation and the world

    Supports deeper fiscal and defence integration in the European Union and common EU borrowing.

02

Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

30

Evidence: Well documented

The state in the economy

40

Evidence: Documented

Personal liberty

72

Evidence: Well documented

Tradition and change

82

Evidence: Well documented

Nation and the world

20

Evidence: Well documented

Religion and the state

28

Evidence: Documented

Power and its limits

78

Evidence: Well documented

Environment and growth

74

Evidence: Well documented

Sources

Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.

  • European Election Programme · Partito Democratico · 2024
  • Statuto del Partito Democratico · Partito Democratico

Logo: Partito Democratico Italy.svg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons.