The Democratic Party (Partito Democratico, PD) is a centre-left political party in Italy.
It was founded on 14 October 2007 as a merger of various left-wing and centrist parties which were part of the The Union in the 2006 general election. Several parties merged into the Democratic Party, however its bulk was formed by the Democrats of the Left and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy.
The first leader of the party was Walter Veltroni, who was elect...
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