New Italian Socialist Party

New Italian Socialist Party
Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano
PresidentStefano Caldoro
SecretaryLucio Barani
Founded19 January 2001; 23 years ago (19 January 2001)
Merger ofSocialist League
Socialist Party
HeadquartersVia Archimede 10, Rome
NewspaperÈ ora
Youth wingMovimento Giovani per le Riforme
Membership (2015)6,500 [1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Liberalism[2][3]
Political positionCentre[4]
National affiliationCoalition:
Centre-right coalition (2008–present)
House of Freedoms
(2001–2008)
Political party:
Forza Italia
(2013–2015, 2018–2022)
The People of Freedom
(2008–2013)
Colors  Red (official)
  Pink (customary)
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 400
(Into Forza Italia)
Senate
0 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional Councils
2 / 897
Website
www.liberalsocialistinpsi.it

The New Italian Socialist Party[5][6] or New PSI[7][8] (Italian: Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano or Nuovo PSI, NPSI), more recently styled as Liberal Socialists – NPSI, is a political party in Italy which professes a social-democratic ideology and claims to be the successor to the historical Italian Socialist Party, which was disbanded after the judiciary tempest of the early 1990s (see Mani pulite).

The party was founded in 2001 as Socialist Party – New PSI (Partito Socialista – Nuovo PSI),[9] during a founding congress in Milan,[10] but after the 2007 split of the Socialist Party, headed by Gianni De Michelis and Mauro Del Bue, it took the current name, under the leadership of Stefano Caldoro. Most of the party's members are former followers of Bettino Craxi, who was convicted for corruption and whom New Socialists often portray as a victim of political persecution. The NPSI has been a member of the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition for most of its history, as the Italian centre-left has been dominated by former communists, the main opponents of the Socialist Party led by Craxi (most of the Craxi's followers had earlier joined Forza Italia). The NPSI defines itself as a "liberal socialist", "reformist" and "anti-communist" party.[11][12]

The main leader of the party was Gianni De Michelis, who left the party in 2007 and was replaced by Stefano Caldoro. In 2007, several members also left to join the Socialist Party, allied with the centre-left, while what remained of the NPSI was merged into the centre-right PdL. From 2010 to 2015, party leader Caldoro served as President of Campania for the PdL. The party was later affiliated with the new Forza Italia.

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  11. ^ Ecco il Nuovo Psi 4.0, il partito di Caldoro ora punta sui social
  12. ^ Caldoro: il Nuovo Psi ricomincia dai giovani