Italian political parties


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