Christian Democratic Centre
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Christian Democratic Centre
Centro Cristiano Democratico |
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| Leader | Pier Ferdinando Casini |
| Founded | 18 January 1994 |
| Dissolved | 6 December 2002 |
| Split from | Christian Democracy |
| Merged into | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government (1994), Pole for Freedoms (1996-2001), House of Freedoms (2001-02) |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Christian Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
The Christian Democratic Centre (Italian: Centro Cristiano Democratico, CCD) was a Christian democraticpolitical party in Italy from 1994 to 2002. The CCD was a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
The CCD was founded in January 1994 by members of Christian Democracy (DC) who opposed the party's transformation into the Italian People's Party (PPI), and advocated an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI), which was launched on the same day, while the PPI advocated a centrist alliance with the Segni Pact called Pact for Italy. Its leaders were Pier Ferdinando Casini and Clemente Mastella. The CCD represented the right-wing of the defunct DC, while the PPI was largely the heir of the party's left-wing, especially after the split of the United Christian Democrats (CDU) from the PPI in 1995.
In the 1994 general election the CCD joined FI as a member of the Pole of Freedoms in Northern Italy and the Pole of Good Government in Southern Italy, forming a joint list with FI, and gaining 27 deputies and 12 senators. After the election the CCD joined the Berlusconi I Cabinet, with Mastella minister of Labour and Francesco D'Onofrio minister of Education.
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