The Extended Christian Pact (''Patto Cristiano Esteso'', PACE) was a

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founded by Gilberto Perri in 1994. The party takes example from the Christian Coalition in the

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and is one of the few examples of

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parties in

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. Although most of its members are

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, the party is not officially associated with any denomination. The party's founder and leader is Gilberto Perri, a Pentecostal pastor, who has been one of the founding members of Christian Coalition International with

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in 1999. PACE has been affiliated to the

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coalition and generally sides with the Italian centre-right. It is stronger in

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, where Pentecostal and Evangelical churches are more widespread. In the 2006 general election PACE won 0.4% in

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for the Senate, but its best results so far came in 2011 local elections, when the party gained 3.6% (and one councillor) in

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and 2.1% throughout the

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. In 2012 PACE formed the

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coalition along with

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, Popular Action and the

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