Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party
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Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese | |
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San Marino | |
Ideology | Christian democracy[1] |
Political position | Centre[2][3] |
European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International[4] |
Italian counterpart | Democratic Party (The Populars) |
Colours | Blue and white Light blue (customary) |
Grand and General Council | 21 / 60 |
Website | |
pdcs.sm | |
The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic[1] political party in San Marino.
The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the EPP in 1993.[5] Its Italian counterpart was the now-dissolved Christian Democracy. Its internal left-wing faction left in 2006 to form the Centre Democrats and was joined by the social democrats of Arengo and Freedom. It is led by Giovanni Lonfernini, a former Captain-Regent.
In the
2006 general election PDCS won 32.9% of the vote and 21 out of 60 seats in the Grand and General Council. The party stood in opposition to the 2006-2008 governing political coalition of Party of Socialists and Democrats, Popular Alliance and United Left
.
For the
Joint Captains Regent of San Marino
.
A political crisis in 2011 dissolved the old majority, and the PDCS formed a government of national unity with the
We Sammarinese
.
References
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "San Marino". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "San Marino". Freedom in the World 2003. Freedom House.
- ISSN 0081-4601.
- ^ "Parties". IDC-CDI. 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6.