Organic Centre-left

Organic Centre-left Centro-sinistra Organico
Leaders	Amintore Fanfani, Aldo Moro
Founded	1962 (1962)
Dissolved	1976 (1976)
Succeeded by	Historic Compromise
Headquarters	Rome
Ideology	Social corporatism^[1]
Political position	Centre-left
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The Organic Centre-left (Italian: Centro-sinistra Organico), is the coalition of four Italian political parties that formed governments throughout the 1960s and the middle 1970s.^[2]

History

In 1962 the Christian Democracy (DC) leader Amintore Fanfani formed a cabinet with members of the Italian Social Democratic Party (PSDI) and the Italian Republican Party (PRI); it is considered the beginning of the Organic Centre-left. Fanfani cabinet, even if it can not be considered a traditional centre-left government, approved many social reforms, such as the nationalization of industries like ENEL, which are considered leftist politics.

On 4 December 1963, Aldo Moro formed the first government with the support of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). Prominent socialist politician, such as Pietro Nenni and Antonio Giolitti, were appointed ministers.

In 1968 Moro resigned as Prime Minister and the new one, Giovanni Leone, formed a cabinet composed only by DC members.

After few years the Christian Democratic leader Mariano Rumor, re-proposed a government coalition composed by centre-left parties. The Rumor cabinets approved the divorce law, a new Workers' Statute, the creation of the Antimafia Commission and a reform to give more powers and autonomy to the Regions.

The coalition judged still too extremist the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Social Movement. Internationally, the coalition relied on a strong pro-Europeanism and atlanticism from a pro-Arab policy, (Craxi and Andreotti). This fact caused many frictions between the Liberals and the Socialists, and was one of the causes of disintegration of the coalition.

The successor of the Organic Centre-left was the Pentapartito a coalition between the four parties that formed the Centre-left with the Italian Liberal Party.

Program

The coalition program was based on a strong reformism:

Obligatory of education from elementary school to secondary school
Free books in the schools
Nationalization of the electric industry
Creation of the Enel
Divorce Law (1970), refused by the DC despite the 1974 referendum
Worker's Statute Law
Creation of the Antimafia Commission
Creation of the Regions.

Composition

	Main ideology	Leader/s
Christian Democracy	Christian democracy	Amintore Fanfani
Italian Socialist Party	Democratic socialism	Francesco De Martino
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Social democracy	Giuseppe Saragat
Italian Republican Party	Social liberalism	Ugo La Malfa

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Prime Minister
Chamber of Deputies
1963	18,325,502 (#1)	59.6	386 / 630	–	Aldo Moro
1968	17,667,573 (#1)	55.6	366 / 630	20	Mariano Rumor
1972	18,793,462 (#1)	56.3	371 / 630	5	Giulio Andreotti

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Prime Minister
Senate of the Republic
1963	15,834,690 (#1)	57.6	187 / 315	–	Aldo Moro
1968	15,949,408 (#1)	55.7	183 / 315	4	Mariano Rumor
1972	17,223,486 (#1)	57.2	184 / 315	1	Giulio Andreotti

References

↑ Sabattini, Gianfranco (November 28, 2011). "Cinquant’anni fa nasceva il centrosinistra poi arrivarono i ‘nani’ della politica".
↑ Cinquant’anni fa nasceva il centrosinistra poi arrivarono i ‘nani’ della politica

Historical political parties in Italy

Communist

Communist Party of Italy Italian Communist Party Union of Italian Communists (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Unity Party Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Democracy Movement of Unitarian Communists Movement for the Left Unite the Left Critical Left Party of Italian Communists

Socialist and social-democratic

Green

Green Lists Rainbow Greens Federalist Greens

Social-liberal

Centrist

Populars for Reform Segni Pact Italian Democratic Movement Italian Renewal United Consumers Union for the Republic Pact of Liberal Democrats Southern Democratic Party Middle Italy

Christian-democratic

Conservative-liberal

Liberal Union Economic Party Democratic Union for the New Republic Italian Liberal Party Italian Unionist Movement National Democratic Alliance Liberal Democratic Foundation Liberal Democratic Pole Union of the Centre The Liberals-Sgarbi Forza Italia Liberal Reformers Italian Liberal Right Labour and Freedom List The People of Freedom Future and Freedom

Conservative

Conservative Catholics Combatants' Party Agrarian Party Common Man's Front Italian Democratic Party Monarchist National Party People's Monarchist Party Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity National Democracy National Alliance Movement for Italy I Love Italy

Fascist

Italian Nationalist Association National Fascist Party Republican Fascist Party Italian Social Movement National Front (1967) National Front (1990) National Front (1997) Social Action

Regionalist and Federalist

Slavs and Germans Federalists and Liberal Democrats Federalist Party Federalist Italian League Federal Italy Autonomists for Europe Force of the South

Coalitions of parties

Leftist coalitions	Popular Democratic Front Alliance of Progressives Together with the Union The Left – The Rainbow For the Common Good Anticapitalist and Communist List Federation of the Left Civil Revolution

Centre-left coalitions	Organic Centre-left Socialist Unity Pact of Democrats The Olive Tree The Sunflower United Socialists for Europe The Union Rose in the Fist Italy. Common Good

Centrist coalitions	Pentapartito Pact for Italy White Flower The Clover New Pole for Italy With Monti for Italy European Choice

Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms Segni Pact – National Alliance House of Freedoms The Autonomy

Rightist coalitions	National Blocs National List National Bloc of Freedom Social Alternative The Right–Tricolour Flame

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19th-century parties

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