Democratic Front (Italy)

Democratic Front

Fronte Democratico
Democratic Front Fronte Democratico
Leader	Michele Emiliano
Founded	April 2017
Dissolved	2018
Ideology	Populism; Regionalism
Political position	Big tent
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

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The Democratic Front (Italian: Fronte Democratico, FD), is a heterogenous and mainly regional faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.^[3]^[4] The faction was launched by Michele Emiliano, President of Apulia, one of the 20 regions of Italy, and former Mayor of Bari, in the run-up of the 2017 leadership election.

The FD includes centrists, Christian leftists, social democrats, democratic socialists, and left-wing populists.

In the election Emiliano obtained 10.9% of the vote and lost to Matteo Renzi (69.2%) and Andrea Orlando (20.0%). However, Emiliano did well in Southern Italy, obtaining 54.4% in Apulia, 24.4% in Basilicata and 22.6% in Molise.^[5]

References

[1] Michele Emiliano tentato dal populismo

[2] Con Fronte democratico Emiliano pone il primo mattone del blocco del Sud

[3] Emiliano: pronto a fare una corrente: "Lanciamo il nostro fronte democratico"

[4] Michele Emiliano non si fida di Matteo Renzi

[5] I dati definitivi delle primarie: Renzi 70%, Orlando 19,5%, Emiliano 10,49%

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v t e Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (People's Energy Reformist Base Democratic Energy Liberal PD AreaDem–Franceschiniani) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Piazza Grande Fassiniani Side by Side Left Wing Socialists and Democrats Future! European Democrats Democracy Europe Society Dem Labourites LeftDem NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Teodem Lettiani–360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists (Renziani–Back to the Future Always Forward Harambee Rutelliani–Free Democrats Liberal Left Democratic Movement–Veltroniani) – Christian leftists (Olivists Democrats Really) – Social democrats and socialists (Reformist Alliance Democrats, Laicists, Socialists To the Left Say Left Left for the Country United to the Left Reformists and Democrats Democracy and Socialism Democrats in Network Change Italy Simply Democrats Make the PD Freedom and Rights Reformist Area Bersaniani Dalemiani Democratic Socialists Remake Italy Left is Change)
Splits	Alliance for Italy (2009) Toward North (2010) European Republicans Movement (2010) Possible (2015) Future to the Left (2015) Democratic and Progressive Movement (2017) Action (2019) Italia Viva (2019)