We Blue Reformers
Encyclopedia
We Reformers is a social-democratic
faction within The People of Freedom
(PdL), a political party in Italy.
The faction was organized in 2005 within Forza Italia
, the centre-right party created by Silvio Berlusconi
, as We Blue Reformers. It was and is composed basically of those former members of the Italian Socialist Party
who believed that the best way to defend their social-democratic tradition (after the disappearance of their party in 1994 and the alleged new hegemony over the centre-left exercised by former Communists
, turned Democrats of the Left
in 1991), was to rally under the banner of Forza Italia. When this party was merged into the PdL in 2009, We Reformers subsequently joined it too.
The president of the faction is Francesco Colucci, but the practical leader is his son Alessandro, a regional minister of Lombardy
.
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
faction within The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
(PdL), a political party in Italy.
The faction was organized in 2005 within Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
, the centre-right party created by Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
, as We Blue Reformers. It was and is composed basically of those former members of the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
who believed that the best way to defend their social-democratic tradition (after the disappearance of their party in 1994 and the alleged new hegemony over the centre-left exercised by former Communists
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
, turned Democrats of the Left
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
in 1991), was to rally under the banner of Forza Italia. When this party was merged into the PdL in 2009, We Reformers subsequently joined it too.
The president of the faction is Francesco Colucci, but the practical leader is his son Alessandro, a regional minister of Lombardy
Politics of Lombardy
The Politics of Lombardy, Italy, takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of the Region is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system...
.