Party founded in 2000 by Sergio D'Antoni, former head of the Catholic-oriented trade union called CISL, Giulio Andreotti and Ortensio Zecchino, all spliters of the Italian People's Party. Many ex-members of the Northern League, led by Vito Gnutti (former minister of Industry in 1994-95) and Domenico Comino (former parlamentarian group head in the Chamber of Deputies in 1996-99). CISL may mean: Continental Indoor Soccer League CISL, a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti (born in Rome, 14 January 1919) is an Italian political figure, among the most powerful in post-war Italy. ... The Italian Peoples Party (PPI) was that party that succeded in January 1994 to the Christian Democracy. ... Northern League can mean: Northern League (baseball) for minor league baseball in the United States and Canada Northern League (football) (Albany Northern League) for the association football league in North East England Northern League (ice hockey) which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Britain. ... The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. ...

The party scored 2.3%, electing two senators, in 2001 elections and merged in the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats a year later. Sergio D'Antoni became vice-secretary of the new party. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro) is a political party in Italy formed by a merger of the former Centro Cristiano Democratico and Christiani Democratici Uniti parties. ...