Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy

Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy (Italian: Partito Democratico – Italia Democratica e Progressista; PD–IDP) is the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party (PD) and minor allied parties in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic, formed in October 2022.^[1][2] Prior to the formation of the group, its name was that of the lead electoral list of the centre-left coalition in the 2022 Italian general election.^[3]

Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy Partito Democratico – Italia Democratica e Progressista
Leader	Elly Schlein
Founder	Enrico Letta
Founded	29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Centre-left coalition
Member parties	PD PSI DemoS MRE Volt ERC BASE CpE For Apulia CON GI
Chamber of Deputies	69 / 400
Senate	39 / 200
Website
elezioni2022.partitodemocratico.it
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History

In July 2022, the centre-right coalition was forecast to win a parliamentary absolute majority under the Rosatellum electoral law of 2017, which was pushed by the Democratic Party (PD) under Matteo Renzi's leadership and was now rejected by the party under the leadership of Enrico Letta.^[4] Some early opinion polling for the 2022 Italian general election showed that the only way to avoid a right-wing alliance victory was the formation of a large big tent coalition including the PD, minor left-wing and centrist parties, and the PD's 2019–2021 government ally,^[5] the Five Star Movement (M5S).^[6][7] As the PD blamed the M5S for causing the fall of Mario Draghi's government,^[8] an alliance was excluded from both sides,^[9][10][11] despite some pressure from the left to maintain the PD–M5S alliance.^[12] They remained allies at the regional level, such as in Liguria and Sicily, though not without criticism and issues.^[13][14]

On 29 July, Letta announced the formation of a joint list between the PD, Article One (Art.1), the Italian Socialist Party (PSI),^[15] and Solidary Democracy (DemoS) in the upcoming general election,^[16] and was officially founded that same day.^[17] Other minor parties joined later.^[18][19] In early August 2022, Action and More Europe formed a political pact with the PD that would have given 3 candidates in single-seat constituencies to them for every 7 candidates given to the PD.^[20][21] When the PD signed a pact with the Greens and Left Alliance (formed by Green Europe and Italian Left) and Civic Commitment (led by Luigi Di Maio and Bruno Tabacci), Calenda said he was walking away from the pact.^[22][23][24] This decision cast doubts over the federation with More Europe,^[25] which continued their alliance with the PD.^[26][27] In the election on 25 September, the centre-left coalition led by the PD–IP slightly improved its 2018 results in terms of vote share and seats in percentage, polling 19%. Due to the first-past-the-post part of the voting, the centre-right took advantage of a divided left and centre to obtain an absolute majority of seats.^[28]

Having soon conceded the election,^[29] Letta announced his resignation as party secretary,^[30] and he said that the PD–IP would provide a "strong and intransigent opposition".^[28] After the 2022 Italian government formation and the establishment of the Meloni Cabinet, the PD–IDP became a parliamentary group at the opposition level and voted against Giorgia Meloni's government in the confidence vote in both houses of the Italian Parliament on 25–26 October.^[31][32][33]

Composition

Party		Ideology	Leader	Seats
				Chamber	Senate
	Democratic Party (PD)	Social democracy	Elly Schlein	61 / 400	36 / 200
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)^[15]	Social democracy	Enzo Maraio
	Solidary Democracy (DemoS)	Christian left	Paolo Ciani	1 / 400
	Centrists for Europe (CpE)	Christian democracy	Pier Ferdinando Casini		1 / 200
	European Republicans Movement (MRE)	Social liberalism	Luciana Sbarbati
	Volt Italy (Volt)^[34]	Social liberalism	Gianluca Guerra, Eliana Canavesio
	Base Italia (BASE)^[35]	Liberalism	Marco Bentivogli
	Green Italia (GI)^[36]	Green politics	Annalisa Corrado, Carmine Maturo
Regional partners
	Brave Emilia-Romagna (ERC)^[19]	Progressivism	Elly Schlein	1 / 400
	With Emiliano (CON)	Regionalism	Alessandro Delli Noci
	For Apulia	Regionalism	Sebastiano Leo
Former members
	Article One (Art.1)^[15]^[a]	Social democracy	Roberto Speranza	5 / 400
	èViva^[37]^[b]	Eco-socialism	Francesco Laforgia	1 / 400
	Environment 2050 (A2050)^[c]	Green politics	Federico D'Incà

1. Merged into the Democratic Party in June 2023
2. Merged into the Democratic Party in December 2022
3. Dissolved in December 2022

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Election	Leader	Chamber of Deputies					Senate of the Republic
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2022	Enrico Letta	5,654,781	19.04	69 / 400	New	2nd	5,600,417	18.93	40 / 200	New	2nd

References

1. "Composizione del gruppo Partito Democratico – Italia Democratica e Progressista" [Composition of the group Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy] (in Italian). Chamber of Deputies. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
2. "Composizione del Gruppo Partito Democratico – Italia Democratica e Progressista" [Composition of the Group Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy] (in Italian). Senate of the Republic. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
3. "Elezioni 2022 e Pd, Letta alle prese con rebus alleati" [2022 elections and the PD, Letta struggling with allied riddles]. Adnkronos (in Italian). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
4. Frosina, Paolo (10 August 2022). "'Legge sbagliata', 'pessima', 'la peggiore di sempre': ora il Pd rinnega il Rosatellum. Ma a volerlo (per far fuori il M5s) furono tutti i suoi big" ['Wrong law', 'bad', 'the worst ever': now the PD rejects Rosatellum. But it was all its big names who wanted it (to take out the M5S)]. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
5. "Franceschini certifica la fine del patto col M5s: 'Rivendico quello che abbiamo fatto con loro, ma lo strappo rende impossibile l'alleanza'" [Franceschini certifies the end of the pact with the M5S: 'I lay claim to what we have done with them, but the tear makes the alliance impossible']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
6. "Crisi governo, come finirebbe se si andasse al voto oggi? Ecco 3 scenari" [Government crisis, how would it end if we went to vote today? Here are 3 scenarios]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
7. Fiori, Daniele (22 July 2022). "Elezioni politiche 2022, il sondaggista Weber: 'A M5s e Pd l'alleanza non conviene, da soli potranno aumentare il consenso'. Noto: 'Non basterebbe comunque per vincere'" [2022 general elections, the pollster Weber: 'The alliance isn't convenient for the M5S and PD, alone they will be able to increase consensus'. Noto: 'Still, it wouldn't be enough to win']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
8. "Elezioni anticipate, Letta chiude al M5s: 'Impossibili alleanze con chi ha fatto cadere il governo'. Conte: 'Il Pd faccia le sue scelte'" [Early elections, Letta closes to the M5S: 'Impossible alliances with those who brought down the government'. Conte: 'The PD will make their choices']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
9. "Campo largo in macerie. Letta: 'M5s? Difficile ricomporre'. E lancia la campagna elettorale: 'Andate sui media a dire chi è il colpevole'" [Wide field in rubble. Letta: 'M5S? Difficult to recompose'. And he launches the electoral campaign: 'Go to the media and tell who is the culprit']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
10. "Conte e il campo largo: 'Il M5s è una forza progressista, spetta al Pd fare le sue scelte'. Su Draghi dice: 'Anche Grillo è sconcertato'" [Conte and the wide field. Letta: 'The M5S is a progressive force, it is up to the Democratic Party to make its choices'. On Draghi he says: 'Even Grillo is bewildered']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
11. "'Il campo largo dal centro ai 5 stelle due punti sopra la destra': il sondaggio riservato del Pd. 'Fi e FdI calano, pentastellati risalgono al 13%'" ['The wide field from the centre to the 5 Stars is two points above the right': the poll reserved by the PD. 'FI and FdI fall, pentastellati rise to 13%']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
12. "Fratoianni a Letta: 'Costruiamo fronte antidestra ma bisogna abbandonare l'agenda Draghi'" [Fratoianni to Letta: 'Let's build an anti-right front but we must abandon the Draghi agenda']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 23 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
13. "Lite Paita (Iv)-Furfaro (Pd) su La7: 'Nostalgici di Conte, in Liguria siete ancora alleati del M5s'. 'Voi governate con Lega e FdI'" [Paita (IV)–Furfaro (PD) fight on La7: 'Nostalgic for Conte, in Liguria you are still allies of the M5S'. 'You govern with Lega and FdI']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
14. "Regionali Sicilia, alta tensione tra M5s e Pd dopo il deposito dei simboli: 'I dem sottovalutano la situazione'. Alleanza a rischio" [Sicily regional elections, high tension between the M55 and the PD after deposit of the symbols: 'The Dems underestimates the situation'. Alliance at risk]. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
15. "Letta: 'ArticoloUno e Partito socialista entrano nella lista progressista. Possiamo vincere'" [Letta: "ArticleOne and the Socialist Party enter the progressive list. We can win"]. L'HuffPost (in Italian). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
16. "Letta: lista 'aperta ed espansiva' cuore del nostro progetto. Un'Italia democratica e progressista, questo il brand da lanciare" [Letta: 'open and expansive' list at the heart of our project. A democratic and progressive Italy, this is the brand to be launched]. Conquiste del Lavoro (in Italian). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
17. "Letta: 'Possiamo vincere, bene lista comune con Mdp e Psi'" [Letta: 'We can win, good joint list with MDP and PSI']. ANSA (in Italian). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
18. Basilici Menini, Bernardo; Mondo, Alessandro (13 August 2022). "Pd, l'intesa con i Moderati rimescola i nomi. Centrodestra, Salvini chiuderà la campagna elettorale a Torino" [PD, the agreement with the Moderates shuffles the names. Centre-right, Salvini will close the election campaign in Turin]. La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
19. Bignami, Silvia (11 August 2022). "Elezioni, Elly Schlein: 'In campo contro la destra ipocrita. Meloni dica che non ci saranno fascisti nelle sue liste o non può dirlo?'" [Elections, Elly Schlein: 'On the pitch against the hypocritical right. Meloni says there will be no fascists on her list or she can't tell?']. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
20. "Letta–Calenda: Raggiunto l'accordo sull'alleanza" [Letta–Calenda: Agreement on the alliance reached]. Rai News (in Italian). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
21. "Elezioni, che cosa prevede l'accordo tra Pd, Azione e +Europa: No leader e nomi divisivi in uninominale" [Elections, what does the agreement between the PD, Action, and +Europe provide: No leaders and divisive names in single-member constituencies]. Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
22. "Calenda strappa col Pd, Letta: 'Noi andiamo avanti'" [Calenda tears with the PD, Letta: 'We go forward']. ANSA (in Italian). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
23. "Calenda rompe con il Pd. Letta: Ha scelto di aiutare la destra. Renzi: Terzo polo opportunità straordinaria" [Calenda breaks with the PD. Letta: He has chosen to help the right. Renzi: Third Pole extraordinary opportunity]. Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
24. Santarpia, Valentina (7 August 2022). "Calenda rompe col Pd: Mi scuso col Paese, mi aspettavo di più. Letta: 'Può allearsi solo con se stesso'" [Calenda breaks with the PD: I apologise to the country, I expected more. Letta: 'He can only ally with himself]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
25. "Dopo lo strappo di Calenda, Più Europa verso la rottura con Azione" [After Calenda's break-up, More Europe towards the break with Action]. Today (in Italian). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
26. "Più Europa dopo lo strappo di Calenda: 'Decisioni in direzione'" [More Europe after the Calenda tear: 'Decisions in at the party leadership']. L'HuffPost (in Italian). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
27. "I vertici di +Europa dopo la rottura Pd-Calenda: 'Domani riuniamo la direzione'. Magi: 'Il patto con il Pd? Per noi resta valutazione positiva'" [The leaders of +Europe after the PD–Calenda rupture: 'Tomorrow we will reunite the party's leadership'. Magi: 'The pact with the PD? For us it remains a positive evaluation']. Open (in Italian). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
28. Kirby, Paul (26 September 2022). "Giorgia Meloni: Italy's far right wins election and vows to govern for all". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
29. "Italy's centre-left Democratic Party concedes election defeat". Reuters. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
30. D'Emilio, Frances; Winfield, Nicole; Zampano, Giada (27 September 2022). "First female premier poised to take helm of Italy government". AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
31. Cipolla, Alessandro; Imparato, Rosaria (25 October 2022). "Meloni alla Camera, diretta video voto di fiducia al governo: cosa ha detto nella replica la presidente del Consiglio" [Meloni in the Chamber, live video vote of confidence in the government: what the prime minister said in response]. Money (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
32. "Il Senato vota la fiducia al governo Meloni: 115 sì, 79 no e 5 astenuti" [The Senate votes for confidence in the Meloni government: 115 yes, 79 no, and 5 abstentions] (in Italian). ANSA. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
33. "Governo Meloni, le ultime notizie. Fiducia in Senato per l'esecutivo: 115 sì e 79 no" [Meloni government, the latest news. Confidence in the Senate for the executive: 115 yes and 79 no]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
34. Volt Italia [@VoltItalia] (August 11, 2022). "Volt parteciperà alle prossime #Elezioni2022! La nostra copresidente @elianacanaves parteciperà alle 18:30 alla conferenza stampa della coalizione #democratici e #progressisti, insieme agli alleati del #centrosinistra" [Volt will participate in the next #Elections2022! Our co-president @elianacanaves will participate at 6.30 pm in the press conference of the #democratic and #progressive coalition, together with the allies of the #centreleft.] (Tweet) (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2022 – via Twitter.
35. Locatelli, Franco (19 August 2022). "Marco Bentivogli, alfiere del riformismo, si candida al Senato col Pd che però schiera anche Furlan e Camusso" [Marco Bentivogli, standard-bearer of reformism, is a candidate for the Senate with the PD which, however, also lines up Furlan and Camusso]. FIRSTonline (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
36. Muroni, Mosella (21 August 2022). "Accetto la proposta di Enrico Letta. Sarò candidata in un collegio uninominale nella Capitale. Una sfida impegnativa che porterò avanti con tutta la mia energia. Questa è la mia città. Roma è casa mia. #elezionipolitiche2022 #vinconoleidee" [I accept Enrico Letta's proposal. You will be a candidate in a single-member college in the capital. A demanding challenge that I will carry out with all my energy. This is my city. Rome is my home. #politicalelections2022 #theideaswin]. Facebook (in Italian). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
37. "Liste, Luca Pastorino candidato dal Pd, Cavo e Biasotti nei collegi uninominali di Noi moderati" [Lists, Luca Pastorino candidate from the PD, Cavo and Biasotti in the single-member constituencies of Us Moderates]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

External links

• 2022 electoral programme (in Italian)