Italian political parties
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<br>- Democratici di Sinistra - descendants of the Communists
<br>- Margherita - progressive Catholics
<br>- Partito Democratico - 2007 merger of the above two
<br>- Democrazia Cristiana - ruled Italy from 1945 to 1993, collapsed by Tangentopoli
<br>- Forza Italia - Berlusconi's party
<br>- Rifondazione Comunista - hard-left radical
<br>- Il Popolo della Liberta` - Berlusconi's new party
<br>- many more...