Left is Change

Left is Change
Left is Change; Sinistra è Cambiamento
Leader	Maurizio Martina
Ideology	Social democracy; Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

Left is Change (Sinistra è Cambiamento, SèC) was a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. Most of its members hailed from the Democrats of the Left (DS).

The faction was formed, mainly by splinters of Remake Italy and Reformist Area, in June 2015. At its foundation, the faction counted around 70 MPs, notably including Maurizio Martina (minister of Agriculture in Renzi Cabinet), Cesare Damiano, Anna Finocchiaro, Matteo Mauri, Enzo Amendola, Paola De Micheli and Luciano Pizzetti.[1][2][3] Differently from other left-wing factions, notably Reformist Area, SèC wanted to cooperate with Matteo Renzi, PD leader and Prime Minister.

In the run-up of the 2017 leadership election, Martina and the majority of SèC chose to support Renzi, while a minority led by Damiano and Finocchiaro, endorsed Andrea Orlando of Remake Italy.[4] The followers of Martina formed Future! European Democrats, while those of Damiano re-organised themselves as the Dem Labourites.

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[1] ttp://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/06/19/news/pd_sinistra_e_cambiamento_cinque_proposte_per_riformare_il_paese-117226814/

[2] ttp://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/agenda/2015/06/18/presentazione-sinistra-e-cambiamento-con-martina-e-damiano_60a3de66-600e-4fb3-96a6-0b0f9a613e4c.html

[3] ttp://www.affaritaliani.it/milano/la-minoranza-pd-riparte-da-milano-martina-non-si-candidera-a-sindaco-372506.html?refresh_ce

[4] ttp://www.unita.tv/focus/la-mappa-delle-alleanze-martina-con-renzi-damiano-con-orlando

Factions of the Democratic Party (Italy)
Current factions	Christian democrats (The Populars) – Liberals and centrists (Reformist Base Democratic Energy Liberal PD AreaDem–Franceschiniani) – Christian leftists (Social Christians) – Social democrats and socialists (Great Square Fassiniani Side by Side Left Wing Socialists and Democrats Future! European Democrats Democracy Europe Society Dem Labourites LeftDem NetworkDem) – Greens (Democratic Ecologists) – Heterogeneous (Democratic Front)
Former factions	Christian democrats (Middle Italy Popular Italy Demitiani Mariniani Fourth Phase Teodem Lettiani–360 Association Democratic Space) – Liberals and centrists (Renziani–Back to the Future Always Forward Harambee Rutelliani–Free Democrats Liberal Left Democratic Movement–Veltroniani) – Christian leftists (Olivists Democrats Really) – Social democrats and socialists (Reformist Alliance Democrats, Laicists, Socialists To the Left Say Left Left for the Country United to the Left Reformists and Democrats Democracy and Socialism Democrats in Network Change Italy Simply Democrats Make the PD Freedom and Rights Reformist Area Bersaniani Dalemiani Democratic Socialists Remake Italy Left is Change)
Splits	Alliance for Italy (2009) Toward North (2010) European Republicans Movement (2010) Possible (2015) Future to the Left (2015) Democratic and Progressive Movement (2017) Action (2019) Italia Viva (2019)