The New CDU – United Christian Democrats (''Nuovo CDU – Cristiani Democratici Uniti'') is a

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led by

Mario Tassone Mario Tassone (born 8 August 1943 in Castrovillari, Calabria) is an Italian politician and lawyer. Biography Tassone was member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2013. He served as Undersecretary to the Ministry of ...

. The party takes the name of the United Christian Democrats that existed from 1995 to 2002.

History

After the disappointing results of the Union of the Centre in the

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, Mario Tassone, in disagreement with the party strategies and on the alliance with

Civic Choice Civic Choice ( it, Scelta Civica; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his polit ...

, called the national council of the United Christian Democrats on 11 May 2013, although he declared that he had no intention of founding a new party. On 6 July 2013 Tassone was so referred to the arbitrators by the UDC's Calabrian regional committee for his expulsion. On 16 March 2014, in the fourth CDU congress, Tassone was appointed secretary of the reborn party, while up to that moment he had been president of the United Christian Democrats' association which had never been definitively dissolved. The New CDU ran in the 2014 Calabrian regional election within the centre-left coalition, but with 1.5% of the vote it gained no seat. On the occasion of the

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, the New CDU joined

Us with Italy Us with Italy ( it, Noi con l'Italia, NcI) is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Italy. NcI started as a federation of minor centre-right parties and, as such, was part of the centre-right coalition in the 2018 gen ...

–UDC, without getting MPs, while in the

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the party joined the Populars for Italy list. On 31 August 2018 the New CDU joined the Federation of Christian Democracy, along with Christian Revolution,

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and other small Christian democratic parties. On 19 December 2018

Gianfranco Rotondi Gianfranco Rotondi (born 25 July 1960) is an Italian politician and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. Biography Rotondi was born in Avellino, Campania. Political career Graduated in law, he was first elected in the Chamber of Deputies in 20 ...

, president of the Federation of Christian Democracy, Mario Tassone, secretary of the New CDU, Giorgio Merlo, leader of "White Network" and

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, secretary of the historical Christian Democracy, signed a federative pact for the reconstitution of the

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References

External links

Official website
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