Union of the Centre (2008)
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Union of the Centre
Unione di Centro |
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| Abbreviation | UdC |
| Secretary | Lorenzo Cesa |
| President | Antonio De Poli |
| Founded | 6 December 2002 |
| Merger of | Christian Democratic Centre United Christian Democrats European Democracy |
| Headquarters | Via Due Macelli, 66 00187 Rome |
| Membership (2016) | 50,000 |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Social conservatism |
| Political position |
Centre to Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Chamber of Deputies |
4 / 630
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| Senate |
1 / 315
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| European Parliament |
1 / 73
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| Website | |
| www.udc-italia.it | |
The Union of the Centre (Italian: Unione di Centro, UdC), whose complete name is Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro, UDC), is a Christian democraticpolitical party in Italy. Lorenzo Cesa is the party's current secretary, hence its leader. Pier Ferdinando Casini, who was long the most recognisable figure and practical leader of the party, distanced himself from it in 2016. The UdC is a member of the European People's Party and the Centrist Democrat International, of which Casini served as president from 2004 to 2015.
The party was formed as Union of Christian and Centre Democrats in December 2002 upon the merger of the Christian Democratic Centre (CCD), the United Christian Democrats (CDU) and European Democracy (DE). In 2008 the party was the driving force behind the Union of the Cente (UdC), an alliance comprising, among others, The Rose for Italy, the Populars for the Constituent Assembly of the Centre, the Liberal Clubs, the Party of Christian Democracy, the Christian Democratic Party, Veneto for the European People's Party, the Democratic Populars and the Autonomist Democrats. Since then, the party's official name was neglected in favour of the alliance's and, since most of the UdC member parties have joined the UDC too, the UDC and the UdC started to overlap almost completely to the point that they are now undistinguishable.
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