High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radicals of the Left (Radicali di sinistra) is a minor green and social-liberal political party in Italy. It was founded on 25 April 2004 by former Radicals and Communists, and is led by Fabrizio Cianci. It supports The Union coalition, although not being an official member. Its policies are very leftist and it has good relations with far left parties like the Federation of the Greens and the Party of Italian Communists. It is not represented in the Italian Parliament, the European Parliament, nor in any regional or provincial assemblies. Several political parties operate in Italy, and historically there have been even more than today. No one party has ever had the chance of gaining power alone and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. However, since the 2008 general election, only five major parties have been represented in Parliament. On one side the centre-right People of Freedom and Lega Nord support the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. On the other side there is the centre-left opposition, composed of the Democratic Party, which includes in its parliamentary ranks the Italian Radicals, and Italy of Values.