Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left

Democratici di Sinistra
Democrats of the Left Democratici di Sinistra
Secretary	Massimo D'Alema (first); Piero Fassino (last);
President	Massimo D'Alema
Founded	14 February 1998
Dissolved	14 October 2007
Preceded by	Democratic Party of the Left
Merged into	Democratic Party
Headquarters	Via Palermo 12, Rome
Youth wing	Youth Left
Membership (2007)	615,414
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	The Olive Tree (1998–2007); The Union (2004–2007);
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Socialist International
European Parliament group	Party of European Socialists
Colors	Red
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

The Democrats of the Left (Italian: Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. Positioned on the centre-left, the DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of the PDS with several minor parties. A member of The Olive Tree coalition, the DS was successively led by Massimo D'Alema, Walter Veltroni, and Piero Fassino, and merged with Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy and a number of minor centre-left parties to form the Democratic Party in October 2007.

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