Democratic Centre (Italy)
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Democratic Centre
Centro Democratico |
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| President | Bruno Tabacci |
| Founded | 28 December 2012 |
| Split from |
Alliance for Italy, Italy of Values |
| Ideology |
Centrism Christian democracy Christian left Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation |
Italy. Common Good (2013) with PD (2013–present) European Choice (2014) For Italy (2014–2015) with Demo.S (2014–present) |
| Colours | Orange |
| Chamber of Deputies |
4 / 630
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| Senate |
0 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Website | |
| www.ilcentrodemocratico.it | |
The Democratic Centre (Italian: Centro Democratico, CD), officially Democratic Centre – Rights and Freedom (Centro Democratico – Diritti e Libertà), is a centrist and Christian leftist political party in Italy. Its leader is Bruno Tabacci.
The party was launched on 28 December 2012 as an electoral list and immediately joined the centre-left Italy. Common Good coalition, which was formed to contest the 2013 Italian general election. Tabacci participated in the 2012 centre-left primary election, obtained 1.4% and, after that, threw his support behind the winner, Pier Luigi Bersani of the Democratic Party (PD). The CD originally included large chunks of Alliance for Italy (ApI), led by Francesco Rutelli and Tabacci, and Rights and Freedom (DL), a breakaway group from Italy of Values (IdV) led by Massimo Donadi. Regarding ApI, most leading members and incumbent MPs of the party joined the CD, while Rutelli chose not to be a candidate.
In the general election the CD gained 0.5% of the vote both for the Chamber and the Senate, returning six deputies (Franco Bruno, Roberto Capelli, Anielo Formisano, Carmelo Lo Monte, Pino Pisicchio and Tabacci). In the event, the party was stronger in Basilicata (4.4%),Calabria (2.0%), and Apulia (1.5%). In the Basilicata regional election a CD–United Populars joint list, won 5.0% of the vote and ex-IdV Nicola Benedetto was re-elected in the Regional Council.
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