The Olive Tree (Italy)

The Olive Tree

L'Ulivo
The Olive Tree L'Ulivo
Leader	Romano Prodi (first and last)
Founded	6 March 1995
Dissolved	14 October 2007
Merged into	Democratic Party
Headquarters	via S. Andrea delle Fratte, 16; 00186 Rome
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Ulivo–PRC (1996–98); The Union (2005–07)
Colours	Green (official); Red (customary)
Website
	www.ulivo.it
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

The Olive Tree (Italian: L'Ulivo) was a denomination used for several successive centre-left political and electoral alliances of Italian political parties from 1995 to 2007.

The historical leader and ideologue of these coalitions was Romano Prodi, Professor of Economics and former leftist Christian Democrat, who invented the name and the symbol of The Olive Tree with Arturo Parisi in 1995. For the 2006 general election The Olive Tree was largely supplanted by a wider Prodi-led alliance called The Union, while The Olive Tree remained a smaller federation of parties which merged to form the Democratic Party in October 2007, which continues to be the lead party of an unnamed centre-left coalition.

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[Busky2002-1] Donald F. Busky (2002). Communism in History and Theory: The European Experience. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-275-97734-4. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[Mignone2008-2] Mario B. Mignone (2008). Italy Today: Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium. Peter Lang. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4331-0187-8. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[NewellNewell2010-3] James L. Newell (2010). The Politics of Italy: Governance in a Normal Country. Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-521-84070-5. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[GiannettiMulé2007-4] Daniela Giannetti; Rosa Mulé (2007). "The Democratici di Sinistra: In Search of a New Identity". In Anna Bosco; Leonardo Morlino (eds.). Party Change in Southern Europe. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-136-76777-7.

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