Democratic Party
Italian social-democratic political party
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Summary
Democratic Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,590 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Party of European Socialists[3], Progressive Alliance[4], Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats[5]
- Country: Italy[6]
- Founder: Walter Veltroni[7]
- Followed by: Alliance for Italy[8], Toward North[9], Possible[10], Future to the Left[11], Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement[12], European Republicans Movement[13], Action[14], Italy Alive[15]
- Headquarters location: Rome[16]
- Party chief representative: Enrico Letta[17]
- Part of: Italy. Common Good[18], Progressive Alliance[19], Party of European Socialists[20], Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats[21], Coalizione di centro-sinistra alle elezioni politiche in Italia del 2018[22], Q66817799[23], Q113499590[24]
- Commons category: Partito Democratico[25]
- SRGB color hex triplet: EF1C27[26], FFA500[27], FF3643[28]
- Chairperson: Elly Schlein[29]
- Has part(s): Young Democrats[30], YouDem[31], Festa de l'Unità[32], Back to the Future[33], Democratic Party of Lazio[34], Democratic Party (Emilia-Romagna)[35]
- Catalog code: M20[36]
- Inception: October 14, 2007[37]
- Official website: https://partitodemocratico.it/[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Democratic Party (Italy)[39]
- Political ideology: social democracy[40], Christian left[41], pro-Europeanism[42], Reformism[43], Christian socialism[44]
- Participant in: 2020 Italian regional elections[45]
- Replaces: Democrats of the Left[46], Democracy Is Freedom – The Daisy[47], European Republicans Movement[48], Middle Italy[49], Reformist Alliance[50]
- Political alignment: centre-left[51]
- Number of seats in assembly: 68[52], 36[53], 21[54]
- Native label: Partito Democratico[55]
- Short name: PD[56]
- Member count: 831,042[57], 617,240[58], 607,897[59], 500,163[60], 539,354[61], 376,849[62], 405,041[63]
- History of topic: Q3973927[64]
- Position held by head of the organization: Secretary of the Democratic Party[65]
Why It Matters
Democratic Party has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]