The Euro-Populars for San Marino ( it, Europopolari per San Marino, EPS) was a

Christian democratic Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

political party in

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

. It emerged in September 2007 as a split from the

Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the ...

(PDCS). It held 5 seats out of 60 in the

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...

prior to the elections from its time as part of the PDCS. For the 2008 general election the first elections the Euro-Populars for San Marino competed in, the party was part of the

Pact for San Marino Pact for San Marino ( it, Patto per San Marino) was a centrist coalition of parties for the 2008 general election in San Marino. It was composed of four lists for a total of eight parties: {, class=wikitable style=text-align:left , - !colspan=2 ...

coalition and had its candidates in the list of the PDCS. The electoral coalition won 35 seats out of 60 in the

in the

Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2008 Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the ...

gaining 54.22% of the national vote and a governmental majority of 5, becoming the new government of

. The Euro-Populars for San Marino itself gained a few seats and a small percentage of the national vote as part of the coalition. On 4 March 2011, the party merged with the Centre Democrats (DdC) to form the Union for the Republic.

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