Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement

The Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement (Italian: Partito Socialista Unitario–Intesa Socialista, PSU–IS) was a political party in San Marino.

History

The party was formed in 1975 when the Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party split into two; one faction forming the Unitary Socialist Party and the other forming Socialist Democracy.^[1] The PSU received 11% of the vote in the 1978 elections, winning seven seats. It subsequently joined the governing coalition alongside the Sammarinese Socialist Party (PSS) and the Sammarinese Communist Party (PCS).^[2]

PSU sent three delegates to the congress of the Socialist International in 1980; Pier Paolo Gasperoni, Emilio della Balda and Dominique Morolli.^[3] In the 1983 elections it won eight seats.

In the mid-1980s the party was renamed Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement. It won eight seats again in the 1988 elections, emerging as the third-largest party. It subsequently merged into the PSS.^[1]

See also

• Category:Unitary Socialist Party–Socialist Agreement politicians

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1681 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Busky, Donald F. Communism in History and Theory: The European Experience. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Praeger, 2002. p. 58
3. Socialist affairs. Socialist International, 1981. p25