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European Democracy

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European Democracy Democrazia Europea

Leader	Sergio D'Antoni
Founded	11 February 2001
Dissolved	6 December 2002
Split from	Italian People's Party
Merged into	Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
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European Democracy (Italian: Democrazia Europea, DE) was a minor Christian-democratic,^[1] centrist^[2] political party in Italy.

History

European Democracy was founded in 2001 by Sergio D'Antoni (former leader of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions), Giulio Andreotti and Ortensio Zecchino, all three splitters from the Italian People's Party. Many ex-members of Lega Nord, including Vito Gnutti (former Minister of Industry) and Domenico Comino (and floor leader in the Chamber of Deputies).

In the 2001 general election the party scored 2.3% on a stand-alone list, winning only two seats in the Senate.^[3] In December 2002 it was merged with the Christian Democratic Centre and the United Christian Democrats to form the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC).^[4] Sergio D'Antoni became vice-secretary of the new party.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
Chamber of Deputies
2001	888,269 (9th)	2.4	0 / 630	–	Sergio D'Antoni

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	Leader
Senate of the Republic
2001	1,066,908 (4th)	3.2	2 / 315	–	Sergio D'Antoni

References

^ Maurizio Cotta; Luca Verzichelli (2007). Political Institutions of Italy. Oxford University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-19-928470-2. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
^ Fabio Padovano; Roberto Ricciuti, eds. (2007). "Appendix 2". Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-387-72141-5.
^ Paolo Bellucci (2002). The Return of Berlusconi. Berghahn Books. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-57181-611-5.
^ Mark F. Gilbert; K. Robert Nilsson; Robert K. Nilsson (2010). The A to Z of Modern Italy. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-8108-7210-3.

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