Social Democratic Party (Etruria)
Social Democratic Party Partito Socialdemocratico Socijaldemokratska Partija Socialdemokratska Stranka | |
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| Abbreviation | SD |
| Leader | Chiara Mastromarino |
| Deputy Leader | Martino Panarello |
| Federal Coordinator | Serena Romaniello |
| President | Nera Stipičević |
| Founded | May 2, 1902 (As PLD) November 11, 1946 (As PDL) April 10, 1980 (As SD) |
| Headquarters | Casa Milo, Via Miloš Vidović, San Alessandro, Dinara, Etruria |
| Newspaper | Campione Rosso |
| Think tank | Etrurian Institute for Social Progress |
| Student wing | Social Democratic Students |
| Youth wing | Progressive Youth |
| Women's wing | Women of the Rose |
| Labour wing | CSE |
| Grass-roots organisation | Etrurian Socialist Rally |
| Membership (2020) |  456,111 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Pro-Eucleanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Continental affiliation | Socialist Alternative for Euclea |
| International affiliation | International Socialist Forum |
| Colours | Pink |
| Anthem | Bella Ciao |
| Chamber of Representatives | 38 / 650
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| State Council | 0 / 290
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| State Assemblies | 2 / 15
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| Website | |
| sd.org.et | |
The Social Democratic Party (Vespasian: Partito Socialdemocratico; Novalian: Socijaldemokratska partija; Carinthian: Socialdemokratska Stranka), mostly known by the abbreviation SD, is a centre-left social democratic political party in Etruria. It is the fourth largest party in Etruria by federal representation.
The SD was formed in 1902 as the Democratic Labour Party, a splinter movement from the Etrurian Section of the Workers International, who reject SEIL’s militantism and willingness to rely on strike action for political purposes. The party would win a handful of seats from its inception until 1925, when it won a majority of SEIL’s seats, after the party had been banned the year prior. The PLD would be a member of the Great War-era national unity government. The PLD along with all other parties were abolished after the Legionary Reaction and would go underground during the Greater Solarian Republic period.
Following the end of the Solarian War and the establishment of the Etrurian Third Republic, the PDL was resurrected as the Democratic Workers Party. The party would serve as coalition partners under Aurelio Marco Argente with the liberal Democratic Action from 1948 to 1950, before entering government as the senior coalition party under Gabriele Rumor and Niccolo Pazzi from 1950 to 1954. The PDL would be forced into opposition against a right-wing coalition until 1958, when Gabriele Viviano led the party into a landslide victory and formed a coalition with the Sotirian Democratic Libertas. The PDL-Libertas coalition would be overthrown in a the bloodless 1960 Etrurian coup d’état and banned once again.
The PDL’s leaders would emerge during the Military Junta period (1960-1984) as the senior leaders of the pro-democracy movement. Many of its members were tortured, disappeared or killed during the Junta, but would under Miloš Vidović go on to negotiate the end of the Junta and win a landslide in the first elections of the current Fourth Republic with a landslide, as the Social Democratic Party. Vidović as President would serve until 1989 when he resigned to serve as Secretary-General of the Community of Nations. He was succeeded by Vincenzo Biava who led a government until 1994. The SD returned to government in 2002 under Vinko Begović where they instituted a series of neoliberal reforms and an overhaul of the country’s pension system. The SD was defeated in 2009 and would be relegated to opposition until 2013, when they entered into coalition with the Federalist Party. The Blue-Pink coalition under Emiliano Reali would hold the EC membership referendum in 2016 but suffer a serious defeat due to the Miraviglia Scandal, which inflicted heavy damage on the party’s image. The SD would suffer its worst defeat in 2016, followed by further losses in 2018.
The SD holds pro-EC stances and is a member of the Socialist Alternative for Euclea and the International Socialist Forum. Its current leader is Chiara Mastromarino, who has served since 2019.