Democratic Union for the Republic

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Democratic Union for the Republic Unione Democratica per la Repubblica
Leader	Francesco Cossiga (Honorary President)
President	Rocco Buttiglione Carlo Scognamiglio
Secretary	Clemente Mastella
Founded	May 1996 (alliance) February 1998 (party)
Dissolved	February 1999
Merger of	CDR CDU Segni Pact
Succeeded by	UDEUR Union for the Republic
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

The Democratic Union for the Republic (Italian: Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived Christian-democratic and centrist political party in Italy.

It was founded in February 1998 by

After disagreements between Cossiga and Mastella, the party broke up in February 1999. Most party members rallied behind Mastella and joined his Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR). Those around Cossiga formed the Union for the Republic (UpR), whose leading members (Angelo Sanza, Giorgio Rebuffa, etc.), entered in FI in 2001. The most notable exception was Carlo Scognamiglio who joined the Federation of Italian Liberals, and then European Democracy and the Pact of Liberal Democrats. Buttiglione had previously re-established the CDU, as Segni did with his Pact, while Ferri joined FI.

The party had multiple regional branches: Union of Sardinians in Sardinia, Democratic People's Union in Trentino and Democratic Union of Alto Adige in South Tyrol.

• Secretary: Clemente Mastella (1998–1999)
• President:
  Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini / Rocco Buttiglione
  (1998–1999)
• Honorary President: Francesco Cossiga (1998–1999)