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image by M. Schmöger, 19 July 2002
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The flag of the "Democratici", belonging to
"Margherita", sub-coalition of Ulivo.
M. Schmöger, 19 July 2002
I am startled to see Italy's new Democrats using the donkey
that has long (since the nineteenth century) symbolized the
Democratic Party in the United States. Is the symbol well
enough known in Italy to be worth imitating?
John Ayer, 20 July 2002
Inside political circles, yes. For the general public, no. But
IMHO they never tried to appeal to a wide audience as a party
with a specific identity, seeing themselves as a temporary step
to a bigger party, either the unified party of the centre-left
"Ulivo" coalition or, as it's now, the
"Margherita" party.
Two things worth noting: the background and the lettering of the
symbol are just the same as seen on Ulivo's symbol, and the
little donkey has a certain "Disney" appeal that a lot
of people in Italy found questionable.
On the other side, the Alleanza Nazionale party (at the right side of the
spectrum, and currently 2nd biggest partner in the government coalition) tried
once to use the elephant in an election coalition, together with Mr. Segni' s
"Pact for Italy" but the poll result was discouraging and therefore the symbol
was dropped. See space.tin.it.
There is a certain trend going on in the Italian political life
to pick up exterior aspects of the US politics, without really
getting to the core.
Alessio F. Bragadini, 20 July 2002
You can see a photo of the flag at www.democraticiperlulivo.it/bandiera.jpg.
Logo at www.democraticiperlulivo.it/logo2000.jpg.
Dov Gutterman, 22 July 2002
Democratici ("Democratici per l'Ulivo" = Democrats for the Olive Tree www.democraticiperlulivo.it) - After the fall of the Prodi government in 1998, Romano Prodi started to build a new party as a merger movement of the centrist parts of the Ulivo coalition and groups affiliated to it. The party even attracted the former member of the Greens and mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, who became candidate for prime minister for the 2001 elections, but lost against Berlusconi. Under the leadership of Arturo Parisi the Democratici are part of the "Margherita" sub-coalition. In the two parliamentary chambers the "Democratici" members are part of the "Margherita" group.
The logo of the "Democratici" shows a donkey (as an allusion to the symbol of
the American Democrats) on a field of white blending into light blue, and the
inscription "i Democratici". The flag is a bluish green with the logo in the
center. The background colour of the flag (bluish green) as well as the style
of the inscription in the logo are the same as in the symbols of "L'Ulivo", of
which the "Democratici" form part of. Photos of the flag at: www.democraticiperlulivo.it/bandiera.jpg, mantini2.jpg, minisini2.jpg
and Piazza10.JPG.
M. Schmöger, 1 August 2002
