Unitary Socialist Party

political party, Italy

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The Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) was an Italian political party formed in July 1969. It emerged when anticommunist members of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) split off due to disagreements over potential government coalitions that included communists.1

The PSU briefly rejoined the PSI in October 1966, but the split occurred again in 1969. The party later readopted the name Social Democrat in the spring of 1970 and continued to support Christian Democratic governments. The party experienced a decline in support after 1992 due to corruption scandals and effectively ceased to exist after 1994.1

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