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New election legislation raised the threshold for minor parties to join Parliament in 2008, pushing political groups to form two coalitions. The right-wing Pact for San Marino, led by the Christian Democratic Party of San Marino, and the left-wing Reforms and Freedom, led by the Socialists and Democrats.