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The Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived centrist political party in Italy.
It was founded in February 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. UDR was initially only a federation of parties, but in June CDR, CDU and Patto Segni merged to form a united party. Clemente Mastella was elected Secretary of the new party.
After disagreements between Cossiga and Mastella, the party broke up in February 1999. Most party members rallied behind Mastella and entered in his Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), later renamed into UDEUR Populars. Those around Cossiga formed the Union for the Republic (UpR), whose leading members, such as Angelo Sanza and Giorgio Rebuffa, entered in Forza Italia in 2001. The most notable exception was Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini who joined the Federation of Italian Liberals, and then European Democracy and the Pact of Liberal Democrats. Buttiglione had previously re-established CDU, as Segni did with his Patto, while Ferri joined Forza Italia.
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 Historical Italian political parties (active parties: simple version, in 2007) |
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Communist: Communist Party of Italy, Italian Communist Party, Organisation of Communists of Italy (Marxist-Leninists), Proletarian Unity Party, Proletarian Democracy, Movement of Unitarian Communists
Socialist and social-democratic: Italian Socialist Party, Italian Reform Socialist Party, United Socialist Party (1922), Labour Democratic Party, Italian Socialist Workers' Party, United Socialist Party (1949), Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, Unified Socialist Party, Democratic Party of the Left, Italian Socialists, Democrats of the Left
Green: Green Lists, Rainbow Greens
Social liberal: Action Party, Radical Party, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Union, Movement for Democracy – The Net, The Democrats, European Republicans Movement,
Liberal: Italian Liberal Party, Union of the Centre, Liberal Party
Centrist: Patto Segni, Italian Renewal, United Consumers, Southern Democratic Party, Middle-of-the-Road Italy, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy
Regionalist: Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol, Fronte Marco Polo, Sardinia Project, Sicilian Alliance
Christian democratic: Italian People's Party (1919), Christian Democracy, Italian People's Party (1994), Christian Democratic Centre, United Christian Democrats, Christian Democrats for the Republic, Democratic Union for the Republic, European Democracy
Conservative: Uomo Qualunque Front, Monarchist National Party, People's Monarchist Party, Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity, National Democracy
Fascist and neo-fascist: National Fascist Party, Italian Social Movement–National Right
Leftist coalition: Popular Democratic Front, Alliance of Progressives,
Centre-left coalition:The Olive Tree, The Union, Rose in the Fist
Liberal coalition: National Democratic Union, National Bloc, Republicans, Liberals, Reformers
Centrist coalition: Pact for Italy, Pact of Democrats
Centre-right coalition: Pole of Freedoms, Pole of Good Government, House of Freedoms
Conservative coalition: National Bloc of Freedom
Neo-fascist coalition: Social Alternative
Liste civetta: For the Abolition of Scorporo, New Country
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