Democratic Union for the New Republic ( it, Unione Democratica per la Nuova Repubblica, UDNR), usually referred to as New Republic (''Nuova Repubblica'', NR) was a short-lived

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founded on 1 March 1964 by

Randolfo Pacciardi Randolfo Pacciardi (1 January 1899 – 14 April 1991) was an Italian politician. He was a long-time member of the secular, centre-left Italian Republican Party. An ardent anti-fascist, he lived in exile for many years and was an officer of the ...

, a former leading member of the

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(PRI).

History

In 1963, Randolfo Pacciardi had been expelled by the PRI after he had voted against the first Italian centre-left government, which was supported by his party. A few months later, in March 1964, he founded the Democratic Union for the New Republic. The party, which was inspired by

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's party in France, included several post-fascists such as Enzo Dantini and Antonio Aliotti, from the National Vanguard, and future member of

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. New Republic thus had a right-wing connotation. Its main goals were to transform Italy into a

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and to introduce a

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. Connected to New Republic was the university movement ''

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'', later absorbed by ''

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''. The party's journals were ''Folla ''(since 1964) and '' Nuova Repubblica'' (since 1966). In 1980 Pacciardi and his followers, whose electoral results had been dismal, returned to the PRI.Pacciardi, il repubblicano accusato di golpismo
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Election results

Chamber of Deputies

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Democratic Union for the New Republic Defunct political parties in Italy Political parties established in 1964 Political parties disestablished in 1980 1964 establishments in Italy 1980 disestablishments in Italy Conservative parties in Italy