Christian Democratic Centre

Christian Democratic Centre
Centro Cristiano Democratico
AbbreviationCCD
LeaderPier Ferdinando Casini
Founded18 January 1994
Dissolved6 December 2002
Split fromChristian Democracy[1]
Merged intoUnion of Christian and Centre Democrats
HeadquartersRome
IdeologyChristian democracy[2]
Political positionCentre to centre-right
National affiliationPole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government (1994), Pole for Freedoms (1996–2001), House of Freedoms (2001–02)
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
International affiliationChristian Democrat International
Colors  White

The Christian Democratic Centre (Italian: Centro Cristiano Democratico, CCD) was a Christian-democratic[2] political party in Italy from 1994 to 2002. Formed from a right-wing split from Christian Democracy, the party joined the centre-right coalition,[3] and was a member of the European People's Party (EPP).[4]

  1. ^ Luciano Bardi; Piero Ignazi (1998). "The Italian Party System: The Effective Magnitude of an Earthquake". In Piero Ignazi; Colette Ysmal (eds.). The Organization of Political Parties in Southern Europe. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-275-95612-7.
  2. ^ a b Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Matti Mälkiä, eds. (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 396. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4.
  3. ^ Isabella Pezzini (2001). "Advertising politics on television: the party election broadcast". In Luciano Chelos; Lucio Sponza (eds.). The Art of Persuasion: Political Communication in Italy from 1945 to the 1990s. Manchester University Press. pp. 187–188. ISBN 978-0-7190-4170-9.
  4. ^ Thomas Jansen; Steven Van Hecke (2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-642-19413-9. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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