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Encyclopedia > Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italy)
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro
Italian National Party
Leader Lorenzo Cesa
Founded December 6, 2002
Headquarters Via Due Macelli, 66
00187 Rome
Coalition House of Freedoms
Political ideology Christian Democracy, Popularism, Conservatism
Official newspaper Notiziario Centrista, on-line news
Website http://www.udc-italia.it
See also Politics of Italy

Political parties in Italy
Elections in Italy Image File history File links Logo_UDC.png Official logo of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, Italian christian democratic party, part of the House of Freedoms, commonly known as UDC. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old... Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born on 16 August 1951 in Arcinazzo R.) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, a Vice-Chairman of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Budgetary Control and... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ... Christian Democracy is a heterogeneous political ideology. ... Popularism (italian: popolarismo) is a political doctrine conceived by Don Luigi Sturzo as a middle way between Socialism and Liberalism and opposed to Fascism because of its stress on Democracy. ... Conservatism is a philosophy defined by Edmund Burke as a disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve.[1] The term derives from conserve; from Latin conservare, to keep, guard, observe. ... Politics of Italy takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Political parties in Italy are organized into two dominant political coalitions. ... Elections in Italy gives information on election and election results in Italy. ...


The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro), commonly abbrieviated to UDC, is a political party in Italy formed by a merger of the former Christian Democratic Centre (CCD, led by Pierferdinando Casini from 1994 to 2001, then by Marco Follini), United Christian Democrats (CDU, a split of Italian People's Party, led by Rocco Buttiglione from 1995) and European Democracy (DE, founded by Sergio D'Antoni) in 2002. Its headquarters are in Rome. The Christian Democratic Center was a political party born from a split from Italy Peoples Party (direct heir of the Christian Democracy) in 1994. ... Pierferdinando (or Pier Ferdinando) Casini (born on 3 December 1955 in Bologna, Italy) is a Italian politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and member of the Democrats Centre Union (UDC) party. ... Marco Follini (born on 26 September 1954 in Rome, Italy) is a Italian politician, and National Secretary of the Democrats Centre Union party. ... The United Christian Democrats is a late christian-democratic party of Italy, born in 1995 by a split, led by Rocco Buttiglione (secretary of the Italian Peoples Party in 1994-95), Roberto Formigoni and Gianfranco Rotondi, of those members of the Italian Peoples Party who wanted to enter... Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... Rocco Buttiglione Rocco Buttiglione (born in Gallipoli, Italy on June 6, 1948) is an Italian Christian Democrat politician and an academic philosopher. ... Party founded in 2000 by Sergio DAntoni, former head of the Catholic-oriented trade union called CISL, Giulio Andreotti and Ortensio Zecchino, all spliters of the Italian Peoples Party. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ...


The new party was led by Marco Follini, secretary until October 15, 2005 and by Rocco Buttiglione, president from the foundation to nowadays. The new secretary, elected on October 27, is Lorenzo Cesa, a MEP for the party, although the true leader and head of the list for the April election is Pierferdinando Casini. The party is part of the House of Freedoms coalition. Marco Follini (born on 26 September 1954 in Rome, Italy) is a Italian politician, and National Secretary of the Democrats Centre Union party. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rocco Buttiglione Rocco Buttiglione (born in Gallipoli, Italy on June 6, 1948) is an Italian Christian Democrat politician and an academic philosopher. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born on 16 August 1951 in Arcinazzo R.) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, a Vice-Chairman of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Budgetary Control and... The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the building The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary Assembly) is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Pierferdinando (or Pier Ferdinando) Casini (born on 3 December 1955 in Bologna, Italy) is a Italian politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and member of the Democrats Centre Union (UDC) party. ... Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ...


In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections UDC has to show it's electoral weight. The results are more positive then those predictated having gained 5.9% of the vote and returned 5 MEPs, while in 2001 elections the three parties scored 5.6% (sum of 3.2%, result of CCD and CDU, and 2.4%, result of DE). UDC then automatically becomes the 3rd biggest party in the House of Freemdoms surpassing the Northern League. Follini becomes Vice-President of the Council wanting to straighten up the government by dimishing the influence of the Northern League in the executive. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... 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. ...


In the regional electiosn of 2005 UDC and the House of Freedoms face a severe defeat by gaining only 2 out of 14 regions. Follini asks Silvio Berlusconi to resign and form a new executive. In the new exectuve Rocco Buttiglione becomes minister with portafolio but Follini declined the post of Vice-President of the Council, wanting to dedicate himself to the party. Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right of center party alliance led by national media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. ... (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ...


The party will be present in the general election of April 9 and 10, 2006, with a new logo, characterized by the inclusion of the name of Casini, by far the most prominent member of the UDC. Casini himself will be the leading candidate on many of the electoral costituencies A general election for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy was held on April 9 and April 10, 2006. ...

Party logo for the 2006 general election
Party logo for the 2006 general election

Image File history File links Logo_UDC_2006. ... Image File history File links Logo_UDC_2006. ...

Leadership

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Christian Democracy

Marco Follini (born on 26 September 1954 in Rome, Italy) is a Italian politician, and National Secretary of the Democrats Centre Union party. ... Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born on 16 August 1951 in Arcinazzo R.) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, a Vice-Chairman of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Budgetary Control and... Salvatore Totò Cuffaro (born February 21, 1958 in Raffadali, Agrigento) is an Italian politician, and the current President of Sicily. ... Lorenzo Cesa Lorenzo Cesa (born on 16 August 1951 in Arcinazzo R.) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, a Vice-Chairman of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Budgetary Control and... Armando Dionisi Armando Dionisi (born on 11 October 1949 in Canterano (RM)) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, Member of the Bureau of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Transport and... Rocco Buttiglione Rocco Buttiglione (born in Gallipoli, Italy on June 6, 1948) is an Italian Christian Democrat politician and an academic philosopher. ... The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. ... The Italian Senate (Italian: Senato della Repubblica, Senate of the Republic) is the upper house of the Parliament of Italy. ... The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the building The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary Assembly) is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Vito Bonsignore Vito Bonsignore (born on 3 July 1943 in Bronte) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Cristiani Democratici Uniti, part of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ... Christian Democracy is a heterogeneous political ideology. ... Image File history File links Propaganda_Dc. ...

Parties

Christian Democratic parties
Christian Democrat International
European People's Party
European Democratic Party
Euro Christian Political Movement
Christian Dem Org of America
There are many Christian Democratic parties. ... The Christian Democrat and Peoples Parties International (IDC-CDI) is the global political international dedicated to the promotion of christian democracy. ... The European Peoples Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. ... For the eurosceptic informal grouping, see European Democrats. ... The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is an European political association for reflection and working on Christian-democratic politics in Europe from an explicit Christian Social view. ... you suck wener and WE THINK THAT UR STUPID WEBSITE SHOULD GO TO HELL ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING US EAT BROCOLLI>>>> WOMAN<<< SALAD FINGERS HAD A TREAT WHILE RUBBING HIS FINGERS ON METAl IT WAS QUITE ORGASMICAL AND FAIRTAILING YOUR ASS BUMM! BOOTOOM DRIBBLING DOWN MY FACE. ...

Ideas

Social conservatism
Social market economy
Christian social teaching
Human dignity · Personalism
Solidarity · Subsidiarity · Federalism
Freedom · Justice · Sustainability
Communitarianism · Popularism
Catholic worker movement
Social conservatism is a belief in traditional or natural law-based morality and social mores and the desire to preserve these in present day society, often through civil law or regulation. ... The Social market economy was the German and Austrian economic model during the Cold War era. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Human dignity is an expression that can be used a moral concept or a legal term. ... Personalism is the school of thought that consists of three main principles: Only persons are real (in the ontological sense), Only persons have value, and Only persons have free will. ... Humanitism is a philosophy born in academic circles from efforts in dialogue & universalism and in the minds of the populus at the close of the 2nd Millennium CE rather than one that can be ascribed to any one individual. ... Subsidiarity is the idea that matters should be handled by the smallest (or, the lowest) competent authority. ... Federalism is the idea of a group or body of members that are bound together (latin: foedus, covenant) with a governing representative head. ... Political freedom is the right, or the capacity, of self-determination as an expression of the individual will. ... Social justice is a philosophical definition of justice, that is, giving individuals or groups their due within society as a whole. ... Sustainability is a systemic concept, relating to the continuity of economic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society. ... Communitarianism as a group of related but distinct philosophies began in the late 20th century, opposing aspects of liberalism and capitalism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. ... Popularism (italian: popolarismo) is a political doctrine conceived by Don Luigi Sturzo as a middle way between Socialism and Liberalism and opposed to Fascism because of its stress on Democracy. ... Logo of Catholic Worker The Catholic Worker Movement was founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933. ...

Important Documents

Rerum Novarum (1891)
Stone Lectures (Princeton 1898)
Graves de Communi Re (1901)
Quadragesimo Anno (1931)
Laborem Exercens (1981)
Sollicitudi Rei Socialis (1987)
Centesimus Annus (1991)
Rerum Novarum is an encyclical issued by Roman Catholic Pope Leo XIII on May 15, 1891. ... The steeple of Alexander Hall Princeton Theological Seminary, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of the worlds leading institutions for graduate theological education and home of the largest theological library in the United States. ... The steeple of Alexander Hall Princeton Theological Seminary, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of the worlds leading institutions for graduate theological education and home of the largest theological library in the United States. ... Graves de Communi Re was an encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in 1901, on Christian Democracy. ... Quadragesimo Anno is an encyclical by Pope Pius XI, issued 15 May 1931, 40 years after Rerum Novarum (thus the name, Latin for the fortieth year). Written as a response to the Great Depression, it calls for the establishment of a social order based on the principle of subsidiarity. ... Laborem Exercens was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. ... Sollicitudi Rei Socialis was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1987, on the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. ... Centesimus Annus (which is Latin for 100th year) was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1991, on the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum. ...

Important Figures

Aquinas · Leo XIII · Kuyper · Pius XI
Gilson · Maritain · Mounier · Day
Adenauer · De Gasperi · Schuman
Frei · John Paul II · Strauss · Kohl
Ramos · Fox · Merkel
Saint Thomas Aquinas [Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino] (c. ... Pope Leo XIII, born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903), was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having succeeded Pope Pius IX (1846–78) on February 20, 1878 and reigning until his death in 1903. ... Portrait of Abraham Kuyper by Jan Veth Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was born in the town of Maassluis and was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, scholar, and statesman. ... Pius XI (Latin: ), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (May 31, 1857 – February 10, 1939), reigned as Pope from February 6, 1922 and sovereign of Vatican City from 1929 until his death on February 10, 1939. ... Etienne Gilson (1884-1978) was a French philosopher and historian, born in Paris. ... Jacques Maritain (November 18, 1882 – April 28, 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. ... Emmanuel Mounier (philosophe français 1905-1950) Mounier was the guiding spirit in the French personalist movement, and founder and director of Esprit, the magazine which is the organ of the movement. ... Dorothy Day was declared Servant of God when a cause for sainthood was opened for her by Pope John Paul II. Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 - November 29, 1980) was a journalist turned social activist (she was an Industrial Workers of the World member) and devout member of the Roman... Election Poster showing Adenauer Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a conservative German statesman. ... Alcide De Gasperi Alcide De Gasperi (3 April 1881 - 19 August 1954) was an Italian statesman and politician. ... Robert Schuman (June 29, 1886 – September 4, 1963) was a noted Luxembourg-born French politician, a Christian Democrat (M.R.P.) who is regarded as one of the founders of the European Union. ... Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (1911–1982) was the president of Chile from 1964 to 1970. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from October 16, 1978 until his death, making his the second-longest pontificate. ... Dr h. ... Dr. Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born April 3, 1930) is a Catholic German conservative politician and statesman. ... Fidel Valdez Ramos (born March 18, 1928) was the 12th President of the Philippines. ... Term of office: December 1, 2000 – present Preceded by: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Succeeded by: incumbent Date of birth: July 2, 1942 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Industrialist First Lady: Marta Sahagún Political Party: National Action Party Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the... Angela Dorothea Merkel (pronounced //), born in Hamburg, Germany on July 17, 1954 is the current Chancellor of Germany. ...

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