The Centre Democrats (Italian: Democratici di Centro, DdC) was a social Christian political party in San Marino.[2] Its Italian counterpart was The Daisy.
Centre Democrats Democratici di Centro | |
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| Leader | Orazio Mazza |
| Founded | 27 March 2007 |
| Dissolved | 4 March 2011 |
| Split from | Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party |
| Merged into | UpR |
| Headquarters | Via Cà Franceschino, 2 - Borgo Maggiore |
| Ideology | Christian left[1] Social democracy[1] |
| Political position | Centre[1] to centre-left |
| Italian counterpart | The Daisy |
| Colours | Light blue, White |
It emerged in 2007 as a left-wing split from the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party. For the 2008 general election, the first elections the Centre Democrats have taken part in, the party was part of the Reforms and Freedom coalition, centred on the Party of Socialists and Democrats which won 25 seats out of 60 in the Grand and General Council gaining 45.78% of the national vote. The Centre Democrats itself gained 2 seats out of the 25 the coalition and 4.94% of the national vote.
On 4 March 2011, the party merged with Euro-Populars for San Marino to form the Union for the Republic.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "San Marino". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ Party Statute Archived October 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Il Manifesto". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2012-11-07.