Christian Democracy (Italy, 2002)
Christian Democracy Democrazia Cristiana | |
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| Secretary | Denis Martucci |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Social conservatism |
| Political position | Centre |
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| www.democrazia-cristiana.org | |
Christian Democracy (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana, DC) is a minor Christian democratic and strongly social-conservative political party in Italy. The current leader of the party is Denis Martucci.
The party proposed itself as the core of a refoundation of the original
History
In December Alessandro Duce (last administrative secretary of the Christian Democracy) presented a summons to the Civil Court of Rome and obtained from the then President of the Court Luigi Scotti the notification, by public proclamations, of the convocation of a new assembly to all members of the National Council of the party elected on the occasion of the 18th congress, through publication in the Official Gazette on 4 February 2002. The aim was to ascertain and declare that there had been no deliberative acts of dissolution of the Christian Democracy and that the legal representative of that party, although in a state of prorogatio, was still the same Duce.
Duce was acclaimed political secretary of the party on 16 March 2002, but after a few days the Tribunal decreed that the resolutions that had changed the name of the DC were legitimate and therefore that there had been no "dormant" party since 1994. The legal events the former Christian Democrats therefore only concerned the Italian People's Party (PPI) and the United Christian Democrats (CDU), while Duce, using the old name and the symbol of the party, had violated an agreement that he too had signed in 1999 (agreement between the PPI and the CDU which sanctioned mortgage recognition, in favor of two parties, of the ownership of the name and the symbol of "Christian Democracy" and which has committed both sides not to use them and to prevent even new political formations from using them).
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.
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 the
In the
In September 2007, after polling about 1% nationally in May provincial elections, several tiny centrist and Christian-democratic parties, including
In the
In March 2012 former DC president Darida launched a new Christian Democracy along with Gianni Fontana, Silvio Lega and Giampiero Catone.[2][3]
In the 2013 general election the DC made its entry into the Italian Parliament, by electing Antonio Marotta and Riccardo Gallo to the Chamber of Deputies in the PdL's list, while Pizza was not elected.[4]
In November 2013 Pizza and other party members joined the new Forza Italia, so the party leadership was assumed by Denis Martucci, former secretary of the Piedmontese section of the party.
Leadership
- Secretary: Alessandro Duce (2002), Angelo Sandri (2002–2003), Giuseppe Pizza (2003–2013), Denis Martucci (2015– )
- President: Carlo Senaldi (2002–2003), Angelo Sandri (2003–2004), Giuseppe Alessi (2004–2009), Alessandro Nasti (2009–2013)
References
- ^ Pizza: «Ritiro il simbolo della Dc» Corriere della Sera
- ^ "Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ "Torna in campo la Dc. Gianni Fontana segretario, Silvio Lega presidente". 2012-03-30. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ Pizza: Berlusconi Uber Alles Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine