Democratic Movement (Italy)

Democratic Movement (Movimento Democratico, MoDem) is a faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.

Not to be confused with Democratic Italian Movement.

At the 2009 leadership election Dario Franceschini was defeated by Pier Luigi Bersani. Those who supported the former's bid joined forces into AreaDem, a broad minority faction which comprised several groups: Veltroniani, Fassiniani, Fourth Phase, Liberal PD, Democratic Ecologists, Simply Democrats, etc.

By September 2010, both Franceschini and Piero Fassino had re-approached with Bersani, a move which was not approved by Walter Veltroni and Giuseppe Fioroni, who chose to form a "movement" in order to defend the "original spirit" of the PD.[1][2] In doing this they were supported by 75 deputies: 33 Veltroniani, 35 Populars close to Fioroni and 7 former Rutelliani led by Paolo Gentiloni.[3][4] The new faction was named Democratic Movement.[2]

Gero Grassi, right-hand man of Fioroni, is the president of the association.[5]

Leadership
  • President: Gero Grassi (2011–...)

References
  1. "Un documento e (forse) un movimento Veltroni dà la scossa ai democratici". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. "Pagina non trovata - l'Unità - notizie online lavoro, recensioni, cinema, musica". Unita.it. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  3. "Veltroni e Bersani sul ring "Pd senza bussola". "Sbagli tutto"". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  4. "Il Pd si conta sul testo Veltroni Firmano in 75, minoranza divisa". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  5. "Camera dei Deputati". Rassegna.camera.it. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
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