Democratic Union for the Republic

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The Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived christian-democratic and liberal political party in Italy.

It was founded in June 1998 by Francesco Cossiga, Clemente Mastella (ex-Christian Democratic Centre, then leader of the Christian Democrats for the Republic), Rocco Buttiglione (leader of the United Christian Democrats), Mario Segni (leader of Patto Segni), Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (ex-FI), Enrico Ferri (ex-CCD) and Irene Pivetti (ex-LN), along with many other MPs elected for the centre-right, in order to provide a majority in Parliament for Massimo D'Alema's government.

After disagreements between the Cossiga and Mastella, the party split in February 1999 and most members rallied behind Mastella and entered in his Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), later renamed into Popular-UDEUR. Those around Cossiga formed the Union for the Republic (UpR), whose most notable members such as Angelo Sanza and Giorgio Rebuffa joined Forza Italia in 2001, except Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini who joined the Federation of Italian Liberals and then European Democracy.

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