'''Dalemiani''' referred to the followers of '''Massimo D'Alema''', a former leading member of the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy.
The ''Dalemiani'' were generally social democrats who want the party to join the Party of European Socialists{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}. D'Alema organized his faction as '''Reformists and Democrats''', welcoming also some ''Lettiani''{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} and some Populars{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}. Historic ''Dalemiani'' include Peppino Caldarola, Pier Luigi Bersani, Anna Finocchiaro, Nicola Latorre and Marco Minniti{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}.
At the 2009 leadership election D'Alema supported Bersani.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/luglio/06/Alema_arrivo_scenari_imprevedibili_co_9_090706018.shtml |title=D' Alema: in arrivo scenari imprevedibili |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref> However, since his election, Bersani gained autonomy{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}, so that journalists started to talk about ''Bersaniani''.
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