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PRI ("Partito Repubblicano Italiano" = Italian Republican Party
www.pri.it)
- Founded back in 1895, the PRI is the second-oldest party in
Italy. It is a laical, left-liberal party, that has, however,
taken part in most of the DC-led governments until 1992. In
1981-1983 Giovanni Spadolini, the leader of the party, even
became Italian prime minister of a five-party coalition.
Different from other parties of the old system, it was not struck
so much by the scandals around 1992. However, there occurred
several fissions, the products of which usually allied themselves
with the center-left coalition. As being closer to the left, the
remaining PRI itself allied in 1996 with the left-center
coalition "L'Ulivo" of Romano Prodi. Not much, however, has been heard
of the PRI recently. For quite some time the main symbol of the PRI has been the
ivy leaf. The current logo shows the ivy leaf on a white background, surrounded
by the name of the party in green letters. Logo at
cedweb.mininterno.it:8890.
Being one of the oldest Italian parties, there are some fotos of historical
banners of local PRI branches on the web. These feature (on a red or black
field) inscriptions, portraits, a sun, but also always ivy twigs. See
consiglio.regione.emilia-romagna.it.
M. Schmöger, 7 August 2002
PRI (Partito Repubblicano Italiano = Italian Republican Party)
Different from other parties in the old system (of the First Republic), it was
not dissolved in the early 1990s, but has remained a small and rather
insignificant party. After several splits and re-unifications, it has had
parliamentary representation only when inserting candidates on the lists of one
of the bigger parties (like PdL in 2008). Currently it holds no seats in the
Camera dei Deputati or the Senato.
The symbol has always been the ivy leaf.
Most flags show a green leaf on red, with some variations. One older version
shows the leaf with black veining [1,2].
A more recent version, nowadays seen
more frequently, adds the party name (in green) in a semicircle and has white
veining [3,4,5].
Sources:
[1] flag no.
48 in Italian political flags collection Schmöger, received 2006 from PRI
headquarters, Roma
[2] L'Espresso 11 January 2001, p. 50
[3] flag no. 173
in Italian political flags collection Schmöger, received 2010 from PRI
headquarters, Roma
[4]
http://lucabagatin.ilcannocchiale.it/mediamanager/sys.user/12736/bagatin%20pri.jpg
[5]
http://www.rietinvetrina.it/sito_provinciali_2009/galleria_foto/partito_repubblicano_italiano_incontro_pubblico.jpg
M. Schmöger, 25 April 2013
image by M. Schmöger, 25 April 2013
image by M. Schmöger, 7 August 2002