Democratic Left (Ireland)
Left-wing party in Ireland from 1992 to 1999 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Democratic Left (Irish: Daonlathas Clé) was a left-wing political party in Ireland between 1992 and 1999.[2] It came into being after a split in the Workers' Party,[3] and after seven years in existence it was incorporated into the Labour Party in 1999.[4] Democratic Left served in a three-party coalition government with Fine Gael and the Labour Party, termed the Rainbow Coalition, from December 1994 to June 1997.[5]
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Democratic Left Daonlathas Clé | |
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Leader | Proinsias De Rossa |
Founded | March 1992 (1992-03) |
Dissolved | 1999 (1999) |
Split from | Workers' Party |
Merged into | Labour Party |
Ideology | Democratic socialism Social democracy |
Political position | Left-wing[1] |
European Parliament group | European United Left |
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