Christian Democracy (
Democrazia Cristiana, DC) is a minor
christian democratic and strongly
social-conservative Italian political party in
Italy. The current leader of the party is
Giuseppe Pizza.
The party proposed itself as the core of a refoundation of the original
Christian Democracy and to effect the reunification of all the various christian-democratic parties in Italy. It was once part of the
The Union centre-left coalition, but then distanced itself from it promoting an autonomous path and is now a minor ally of
The People of Freedom.
History
The party was founded on 23 December 1997 as
Rebirth of Christian Democracy (
Rinascita della Democrazia Cristiana, RDC) by
Flaminio Piccoli and
Clelio Darida. In December 2001 it took the current name. In the
2001 general election the party sided with
European Democracy of
Sergio D'Antoni, while a splinter group led by
Alfredo Vito, the
Christian Democratic Party, formed an alliance with
Forza Italia.
Between June 2002 and December 2003 the party was led by
Angelo Sandri. In the
2004 European Parliament election, the party ran under the banner of
New Country, winning only 0.2% of the vote. This alliance was not agreed by Sandri, who was ousted by new secretary
Giuseppe Pizza in July 2004, leading him to launch his own "Christian Democracy", the so-called
Party of Christian Democracy.
Since then there had been several disputes between Pizza and Sandri on the property of the name and the symbol, which was also claimed by...
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