 Socialist Unity (Italy)

Socialist Unity (, US) was a social-democratic political alliance in Italy which participated in the key 1948 general election, which decided the post-war direction of Italy.Socialist Unity was formed by the Italian Socialist Workers' Party ("Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani"), of Giuseppe Saragat and the Union of Socialists ("Unione dei Socialisti") of former Italian Socialist Party leader Ivan Matteo Lombardo.