Italian Reformist Socialist Party

The Italian Reformist Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Riformista Italiano, PSRI) is an Italian social democratic political party.
== History ==
The PSRI was formed in 1912 by a small group of expelled reformists from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) that supported the 1911 Invasion of Libya and sought to join the liberal government of Giovanni Giolitti.
The current represented by the PSRI failed to capture a large proletarian support base, achieving success mainly among left-wing Freemasons, who had been prohibited from membership in the PSI, and the southern peasantry.
The Italian intervention in the Great War, although criticized, was ultimately supported by the party on the basis of patriotism. The party supported all post-war governments, with party leader Ivanoe Bonomi serving as Prime Minister from July 1921 to February 1922.
After the assassination of Prime Minister Luigi Sturzo in 1928 the party initially opposed the move towards a military dictatorship under Pietro Badoglio, though it simultaneously expressed support for delaying the upcoming elections. Ultimately the party joined the Stability Coalition, the political support structure of the dictatorship, in 1929.Category:Italian political parties
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