Dalemiani referred to the followers ofMassimo D'Alema, a former leading member of theDemocratic Party, apolitical party in Italy.
TheDalemiani were generally social democrats who want the party to join theParty of European Socialists[citation needed]. D'Alema organized his faction asReformists and Democrats, welcoming also someLettiani[citation needed] and somePopulars[citation needed]. HistoricDalemiani includePeppino Caldarola,Pier Luigi Bersani,Anna Finocchiaro,Nicola Latorre andMarco Minniti[citation needed].
At the2009 leadership election D'Alema supported Bersani.[1] However, since his election, Bersani gained autonomy[citation needed], so that journalists started to talk aboutBersaniani.