The Union (political coalition)

The Union () was an centre-left coalition of political parties in Italy. It was led by Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy from April 2006 to April 2008, and former President of the European Commission.

Parties

The Union was the direct heir of The Olive Tree coalition which represented the centre-left parties in the 1996 and 2001 general elections. However, The Union also included parties of the radical left, which were not part of The Olive Tree.

The parties which were part of the coalition for most of the time are:

• Democratic Party (PD, social-democratic), a 2007 merger of
• Democrats of the Left (DS, social-democratic)
• Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL, centrist)
• Communist Refoundation Party (PRC, communist)
• Federation of the Greens (Verdi, green)
• Party of Italian Communists......
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