Democratic Union for the Republic

Democratic Union for the Republic Unione Democratica per la Repubblica

President	Francesco Cossiga
Vice president	Rocco Buttiglione, Carlo Scognamiglio
Secretary	Clemente Mastella
Founded	May 1996 (alliance) February 1998 (unified party)
Dissolved	February 1999
Merger of	Christian Democrats for the Republic, European Liberal Social Democracy
Succeeded by	Union of Democrats for Europe
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	European People's Party
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The Democratic Union for the Republic (Italian: Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived centrist Christian democratic political party in Italy.

It was founded in February 1998 by Francesco Cossiga (former Prime Minister and President) in order to provide a majority in Parliament for the creation of the D'Alema I Cabinet.^[1] The party also included 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 Segni Pact), Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (ex-FI), Enrico Ferri (ex-CCD) and Irene Pivetti (ex-Lega Nord), along with many other MPs elected for the centre-right. Cossiga'a sim was to facilitate the creation of a centre-left governments without the support of the Communist Refoundation Party.^[2] The UDR was initially only a federation of parties, but in June CDR, CDU and the Segni Pact merged to form a united party. Clemente Mastella was elected Secretary of the new party. The party formed The Clover (Il Trifoglio) alliance with the Italian Republican Party and Italian Democratic Socialists.^[1]

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). 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 the CDU, as Segni did with his Pact, while Ferri joined Forza Italia.

Leadership

Secretary: Clemente Mastella (1998–1999)
President: Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini / Rocco Buttiglione (1998–1999)
Honorary President: Francesco Cossiga (1998–1999)

References

1 2 James Newell (2002). The Italian General Election of 2001: Berlusconi's Victory. Manchester University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-7190-6100-4.
↑ Mark Donovan (2015). "From the Democrazia Cristiana to the Archipelago of Catholic and Centrist Parties". In Andrea Mammone; Ercole Giap Parini; Giuseppe A. Veltri. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy: History, Politics, Society. Routledge. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-317-48755-5.

Historical political parties in Italy

Communist

Communist Party of Italy Italian Communist Party Union of Italian Communists (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Unity Party Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist) Proletarian Democracy Movement of Unitarian Communists Movement for the Left Unite the Left Critical Left Party of Italian Communists

Socialist and social-democratic

Green

Green Lists Rainbow Greens Federalist Greens

Centrist

Populars for Reform Segni Pact Italian Democratic Movement Italian Renewal United Consumers Union for the Republic Pact of Liberal Democrats Southern Democratic Party Middle Italy

Christian-democratic

Conservative-liberal

Liberal Union Economic Party Democratic Union for the New Republic Italian Liberal Party Italian Unionist Movement National Democratic Alliance Liberal Democratic Foundation Liberal Democratic Pole Union of the Centre The Liberals-Sgarbi Forza Italia Liberal Reformers Italian Liberal Right Labour and Freedom List The People of Freedom Future and Freedom

Conservative

Conservative Catholics Combatants' Party Agrarian Party Common Man's Front Italian Democratic Party Monarchist National Party People's Monarchist Party Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity National Democracy National Alliance Movement for Italy I Love Italy

Fascist

Italian Nationalist Association National Fascist Party Republican Fascist Party Italian Social Movement National Front (1967) National Front (1990) National Front (1997) Social Action

Regionalist and Federalist

Slavs and Germans Federalists and Liberal Democrats Federalist Party Federalist Italian League Federal Italy Autonomists for Europe Force of the South

Coalitions of parties

Leftist coalitions	Popular Democratic Front Alliance of Progressives Together with the Union The Left – The Rainbow For the Common Good Anticapitalist and Communist List Federation of the Left Civil Revolution

Centre-left coalitions	Organic Centre-left Socialist Unity Pact of Democrats The Olive Tree The Sunflower United Socialists for Europe The Union Rose in the Fist Italy. Common Good

Centrist coalitions	Centrism Pentapartito Pact for Italy White Flower The Clover New Pole for Italy With Monti for Italy European Choice

Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms Segni Pact – National Alliance House of Freedoms The Autonomy

Rightist coalitions	National Blocs National List National Bloc of Freedom Social Alternative The Right–Tricolour Flame

Mixed coalitions	Historic Compromise Grand Coalition

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