Sovereign Popular Democracy

Political party in Italy

Politics of Italy
Political parties
Elections

Sovereign Popular Democracy (Italian: Democrazia Sovrana Popolare, DSP) is a populist, sovereignist and Eurosceptic political alliance in Italy, formed in January 2023. Its leader is Marco Rizzo.

History

After participating in the 2022 Italian general election under the name Sovereign and Popular Italy, the list was officially dissolved in December 2022 by mutual agreement of its leaders, Marco Rizzo and Francesco Toscano. This happened after Francesco Toscano left his party, Italy Again, to launch a new party called Sovereign and Popular Italy Again (AISP).^[5]^[6]

On January 13, 2023, the National Political Committee of Sovereign Popular Democracy was elected in Rome, followed by the election of the Scientific Committee on January 14.^[7] On January 22, Marco Rizzo officially launched the party on YouTube. The party includes Marco Rizzo's Communist Party, Francesco Toscano's Sovereign and Popular Italy Again, Gilberto Trombetta's Front for Popular Sovereignty (a split from Reconquer Italy, which had previously participated in ISP), and Antonio Ingroia's Civil Action.^[8]

On July, Gilberto Trombetta and Enrico Bonfatti denounced on social media the expulsion of Trombetta and his party from DSP, as well as the expulsion of Civil Action, CLNI, FISI and the former senator Bianca Laura Granato, who was the president of AISP. The latter was expelled after writing a letter to Secretary Rizzo in defense of Trombetta.^[9]^[10]

Composition

Member parties

Party		Main ideology	Leader
	Communist Party (PC)	Communism	Marco Rizzo
	Sovereign and Popular Italy Again (AISP)	Populism	Francesco Toscano

Former members

Party		Main ideology	Leader	Member between
	Civil Action (AC)	Anti-corruption	Antonio Ingroia	2023
	Front for Popular Sovereignty (FSP)	Euroscepticism	Gilberto Trombetta	2023

References

^ Ingroia-Azione Civile: con Rizzo-Donato l'ex pm punta al polpettone populista, Affari Italiani
^ Elezioni, nasce 'Italia sovrana e popolare', Gazzetta di Parma
^ Elezioni, nasce 'Italia sovrana e popolare', Il Sole 24 Ore
^ Elezioni, nasce 'Italia sovrana e popolare', Il Sole 24 Ore
^ D'Andrea, Stefano. "Perché ISP, dopo il 25 settembre, non ha fatto nemmeno un passo e perché io, Rizzo e Toscano l'abbiamo sciolta". Facebook (in Italian). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Muore Italia Sovrana, nasce Ancora Italia Sovrana!". 31 December 2022.
^ "Azione Civile, nuovo progetto politico alle porte: nasce "Democrazia Sovrana Popolare"". Molise Web (in Italian). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Nasce Democrazia sovrana popolare. Rizzo: "Così cambieremo la società"".
^ "L'ESPULSIONE DEL FRONTE PER LA SOVRANITÀ POPOLARE". Facebook (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Il Fronte per la Sovranità Popolare ringrazia Bianca Laura Granato per il suo coraggio e la sua coerenza politica che l'hanno spinta a rendere pubblica la lettera inviata il 28 giugno a Francesco Toscano e a Marco Rizzo. Lettera alla quale non ha ovviamente mai ricevuto risposta". Facebook (in Italian). Fronte per la Sovranità Italiana. Retrieved 26 July 2023.