Bertinottiani
The Bertinottiani[1] were an Italian political faction around Fausto Bertinotti, the leader of the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) from 1994 to 2006.
In 1998, in the wake of the crisis of Romano Prodi's first government, Bertinotti convinced the majority of the party to stop supporting the cabinet, provoking the split of the faction led by Armando Cossutta, PRC's founder, who launched the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI). That was when the Bertinottiani took the helm of the party.[2][3][4][5] Bertinotti, who had been secretary since 1993, become the uncontested leader and the Bertinottiani would dominate the party for ten years.
After Bertinotti unsuccessfully led the party (within the Rainbow Left list) in the 2006 general election, in the 2008 congress the Bertinottiani, led by Nichi Vendola and Franco Giordano, were defeated by Paolo Ferrero,[6][7] After a few months, the pair led their Refoundation for the Left (RpS) faction[8] outside the PRC and formed the Movement for the Left (MpS),[9][10] which would be merged into Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), which would finally be transformed into Italian Left (SI). In 2009 some Bertinottiani, led by Augusto Rocchi, remained within the PRC, as To the Left with Refoundation.
References
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- ^ "www.rifondazione.it". web.rifondazione.it.
- ^ Administrator. "Storia del PRC da Bertinotti in poi". www.marx21.it.
- ^ "I cossuttiani e la scissione 'Non siamo noi a volerla' - la Repubblica.it".
- ^ "Ramificazione comunista - Tempi". 10 October 2007.
- ^ "Vendola-Ferrero, abbracci & gelo I fischi del congresso a Fini - Politica - Repubblica.it". www.repubblica.it.
- ^ "Ferrero: "Più col popolo, meno in tv" Vendola: "Io, sconfitto da comunista" - Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it.
- ^ "Ribaltone nel Prc, vince Ferrero E Vendola lancia la sua corrente".
- ^ "Vendola e i suoi lasciano il Prc, nasce Rifondazione per la sinistra".
- ^ "La scissione di Vendola. "Movimento per la Sinistra" non è un nuovo partito - America Oggi". www.americaoggi.info.
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Communist Refoundation Party
- Sergio Garavini (1991–1994)
- Fausto Bertinotti (1994–2006)
- Franco Giordano (2006–2008)
- Paolo Ferrero (2008–2017)
- Maurizio Acerbo (2017–present)
- Italian Communist Party
- Proletarian Democracy
- Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist)
- Prodi II Cabinet
- Eurocommunism
- Liberazione
- Young Communists
- International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
- Party of the European Left
- European United Left–Nordic Green Left
| Current factions | In the 2017 congress, two motions were presented: the majority one led by Paolo Ferrero and the minority one led by Eleonora Forenza. |
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| Former factions |
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- Alliance of Progressives (1994)
- The Union (2005–2007)
- The Left – The Rainbow (2007–2008)
- Anticapitalist and Communist List (2008–2009)
- Federation of the Left (2008–2012)
- Civil Revolution (2012–2013)
- The Other Europe (2014)
- Power to the People (2017–2018)
- The Left (2019–present)
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