Labour Party (Italy)

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Leader	Cesare Salvi and Giampaolo Patta
Founded	September 2012
Merger of	Socialism 2000, Labour–Solidarity
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Newspaper	Lavoro & politica
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	FdS (2012) AET (2014 EP election) Italian Left (2015–present)
Website
www.partito-lavoro.it
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The Labour Party (Italian: Partito del Lavoro, PL) is a socialist political party in Italy.

The PL was formed in September 2012 by the merger of Socialism 2000 (leader: Cesare Salvi) and Labour–Solidarity (leader: Gian Paolo Patta), both constituent members of the Federation of the Left (FdS).^[1] The party aims at forming a broad labour party including communists, socialists and trade unionists.^[2]

In the 2014 European election the PL supported The Other Europe electoral alliance.

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Nasce il "Partito del lavoro" Quante sigle a sinistra del Pd". Repubblica.it. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. http://www.gianpaolopatta.it/2011/09/manifesto-del-movimento-per-il-partito-del-lavoro/