The Network (political party)

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The Network
La Rete
Leader Leoluca Orlando
Founded 24 January 1991
21 March 1991[1]
Dissolved 27 February 1999
Split from Christian Democracy[2]
Merged into The Democrats[3]
Ideology Anti-corruption
Ecologism
Political position Centre-left[3][4]
National affiliation Alliance of Progressives (1994–96)
The Olive Tree (1996–99)
European Parliament group Green Group[5][6] (1994–99)
Politics of Italy
Political parties
Elections

The Network (Italian: La Rete ), whose complete name is Movement for Democracy – The Network (Movimento per la Democrazia – La Rete),[7] was a political party in Italy led by Leoluca Orlando.

History

Formed by Orlando on 24 January 1991 whilst mayor of Palermo the group sought to reinvigorate the moral traditions of Italian democracy. The party was Catholic-inspired,[8][9][10] anti-Mafia[11][12][13] and anti-corruption.[14] The Network proposed an end of parliamentary immunity, greater judicial powers to tackle Mafia, and a smaller parliament with fewer law-makers.[15] Describing itself as a movement rather than a party, The Network aimed to be a loose 'civic movement' without formal memberships or rigid party structure.[16][17]

Orlando was initially attached to Christian Democracy,[18] later breaking with this party in 1991 due to its relations to the Mafia.[19][20] The party succeeded in gaining elected office in Sicily, including holding on to the mayorship of Palermo in 1993. It participated in the Alliance of Progressives, which included the Democratic Party of the Left, the Democratic Alliance, the Federation of the Greens, the Communist Refoundation Party, the Italian Socialist Party and the Social Christians, that unsuccessfully contested the 1994 general election against the House of Freedoms coalition of Silvio Berlusconi.

The party, whose leader stated the aim of creating an Italian Democratic Party,[21] changed its name to The Network for the Democratic Party (La Rete per il Partito Democratico) in 1996 and was later absorbed into The Democrats of Romano Prodi in 1999. Well-known former members of La Rete include Claudio Fava.

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
1992 730,171 (#11) 1.9
12 / 630
–
 Leoluca Orlando
1994 719,841 (#11) 1.9
6 / 630
Decrease 6
 Leoluca Orlando
1996 with The Olive Tree –
5 / 630
Decrease 1
 Leoluca Orlando
Senate of the Republic
Election year # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
1992 239,868 (#12) 0.7
3 / 315
–
 Leoluca Orlando
1994 with Progressives –
6 / 315
Increase 3
 Leoluca Orlando
1996 with The Olive Tree –
1 / 315
Decrease 5
 Leoluca Orlando

European Parliament

European Parliament
Election year # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
1994 366,258 (#11) 1.1
1 / 81
–
Leoluca Orlando

Literature

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References

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