The experience of Alliance's coalition with Labour here in NZ is repeated in Italy. This just in from Wikipedia, shows the dangers of going into power with the Social Liberals. The Left – The Rainbow (La Sinistra – L'Arcobaleno, SA), is a left-wing federation of parties in Italy which was officially launched on 8 – 9 December 2007 . [1] [2] The goal of the federation is to unite Italian left parties in a united bloc, somewhat similar as the center-left forces have done with the Democratic Party . The federation is defined by its members as the "Italian radical left" [3] . The federation is composed of four parties: the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC, communist , leader: Franco Giordano ); the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI, communist , leader: Oliviero Diliberto ); the Federation of the Greens (FV, green , leader: Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio , Minister of the Environment); the Democratic Left (SD, socialist , leader: Fabio Mussi , Minister of University and