Italy - Political Flags (Part 1)

Last modified: 2005-07-02 by dov gutterman
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• Politics and Flags
• Overview
• Anarchic Communists' Federation
• Christian Democratic Centre (CCD - Centro Cristiano Democratico)
• Christian Democracy (La Democrazia Cristiana)
• Christian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Cristiano)
• Christian-Democratic Union and of Center (UDC - Unione Democristiana e di Centro)
• Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiana)
• Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista)
• Part II
• Part III
• Part IV
• Part V
• Part VI

See also:

• Italy
• Italy - Trade Unions Flags
• Italy - "PACE" Flag
• Padania
• Italian Neo-Nazi flags
• Tuscany - Political Flags
• Sardinia - Political Flags

Politics and Flags

The new (1993) electoral law forced the creation of big political assemblages.

It is worth noticing that the assemblages and some new parties have adopted symbols based on the Italian flag.
The Left assemblage's (for the 1994 elections) symbol was a white circle with red-white-green strips and the word "Progressisti" (Progressives). In the Middle assemblage symbol there are the red-white-green strips tied together.
The bigger (and newer) party in the Right Assemblage is identified by a variation on the Italian flag: the white strip is oblique and narrow