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  • General Election in Italy 2006: Great success for the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista in Italy!
    12 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Information on General Election in Italy 2006
    The result of our party is excellent: Rifondazione has increased its votes everywhere, both in percentage and in absolute votes: from 5% achieved at the 2001 election to 5.8% at the Chamber of Deputies or lower house (from 1,867,712 votes to 2,229,604) and 7.4% at the Senate, the upper house (from 1,707,175 to 2,518,624). 41 MPs will represent our party at the lower house (instead of 11) and 27 senators at the Senate (instead of 3). This is (...)

  • Italian Election: Berlusconi and his fascist and populist allies have to be defeated
    24 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Interview with Mariangela Casalucci
    Italy shortly goes to the polls. This is a vital election, and the left parties, Rifondazione Comunista and Partito dei Comunisti Italiani are participating in Romano Prodi’s L’Unione coalition in an attempt to defeat Berlusconi.
    Socialist Unity Network spoke to British based Italian activist, Mariangela Casalucci.
    - Socialist Unity Network: Can you briefly explain your own political background?
    Mariangela Casalucci I am a member of Rifondazione (...)

  • A call from the Collettivo Bellaciao General election in Italy
    24 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    On the 9th of April there will be the general election in Italy.
    For the first time Italians living abroad can use a postal vote to participate in the election and vote for constituency representatives, and one of the constituencies is Europe.
    In this election there will be a coalition of the parties in the left (DS, Margherita, Italian Comunists, Rifondazione Comunista, Democratic Socialist and Green) called UNIONE which has as the prime mininster candidate Romano Prodi. You will find (...)

  • Tutto sulle elezioni politiche del 9 aprile 2006 CIRCOSCRIZIONE ESTERO
    5 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    VOTO ALL’ESTERO: TRE DATE IMPORTANTI
    A ciascun elettore residente all’estero e iscritto all’Aire(Anagrafe dei cittadini italiani residenti all’estero), - che non abbia optato per il voto in Italia -, il Consolato competente invia per posta, entro il 22 marzo, un PLICO contenente: un foglio informativo che spiega come votare, il certificato elettorale, la scheda elettorale (due per chi, avendo compiuto 25 anni, può votare anche per il Senato), una busta completamente bianca, una busta già (...)

  • Prodi Wins Italy Primary, Faces Berlusconi
    17 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Former Premier Prodi Wins Italian Primary, Will Face Berlusconi in Next Year’s Election
    By ALESSANDRA RIZZO
    Former Italian premier Romano Prodi won a sweeping victory in a nationwide primary, according to near-final results released Monday, and will challenge conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi in next year’s election.
    The results showed Prodi, the center-left candidate who also is a former European Commission president, won 74.4 percent of the vote. More than 99 percent of votes (...)

  • Italian primary elections : the list of polling stations in the world
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    We invite all italians to partecipate to primary election the 16th of October and vote for Fausto BERTINOTTI.
    There will be elections in Italy on the 6th of April 2006, and in preparation for this the coalition of the left is holding primaries to choose the candidate who will run against Berlusconi.
    The poll will take place on Sunday 16 October from 9am til 10pm in a place TBC. All Italian citizens currently living in every countries in the world, even temporarily (i.e. students to, (...)

  • Bellaciao GB - A message to all Italians in the UK and to their British friends
    11 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Dear friends, we would like to ask your help in disseminating this message. There will be elections in Italy on the 6th of April 2006, and in preparation for this the coalition of the left is holding primaries to choose the candidate who will run against Berlusconi.
    We recently formed the Bellaciao Collective of Great Britain, a group dedicated to supporting the political activities of the progressive sections of the Italian diaspora in the UK (more on the group at the end of this (...)

  • Italians living in Malta to vote for Primarie elections without leaving the country
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Chris Galea, di-ve news (cgal@di-ve.com)
    Italian citizens living in Malta will have the opportunity to vote in Malta in the Primarie elections on Sunday, October 16th, at the Alternattiva Demokratika (AD) offices in Sliema.
    The results of these elections will determine who will be the leader of the Centre-Green-Left Unione that will be facing current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Italian national elections in six months’ time.
    The politicians contesting for the Primarie (...)

  • Pietro Ingrao and Haidi Giuliani : we support Bertinotti’s candidature in the primaries
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Pietro Ingrao and Haidi Giuliani
    Beat Berlusconi! Defeat the centre-right policies which have been wrecking our country for the last four years. Set up an alternative way of governing which will also bring about a real renewal in Italian politics, culture and democracy. These are now the priorities we agree on, despite the diversity of our history and opinions. This is why we are committed to a Union victory in the 2006 elections: an alliance unprecedented in the history of Italy - (...)

  • Italy : the 16th of october. “Primary election” of the Unione ALSO THE MIGRANTS CAN VOTE
    1 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    On invite to partecipate to primary election the 16th of October and vote for FAUSTO BERTINOTTI
    In spring 2006 will take place in Italy general elections; this is an important moment to propose a new government without Berlusconi and the right forces (Lega Nord, Forza Italia, Alleanza Nazionale).
    16th October 2005:there will be “primary ELECTIONS”.
    What are “primary elections”?
    The left parties ( Ds, Margherita, Rifondazione Comunista...) are united in a coalition, the UNIONE. (...)