The Union of Sardinians – Nationalist Project (''Unione dei Sardi – Progetto Nazionalitario'', UDS–PN) is a
regionalist Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia.
Its leader is
Mario Floris Mario Floris (born 20 September 1937) is an Italian politician and trade unionist.
Member of the Christian Democracy (Italy), Christian Democracy, he was elected to the Sardinian regional council for the first time in 1974. He served several times ...
, a former
Christian Democrat who was
President of the Region from 1999 to 2001.
History
The Sardinian Democratic Union was founded in 1998 as Sardinian section of
Democratic Union for the Republic
The Democratic Union for the Republic ( it, Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived Christian-democratic and centrist political party in Italy.
It was founded in February 1998 by Francesco Cossiga (former Prime Minister and ...
of
Francesco Cossiga
Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
.
, a Sardinian who had been
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
and
President of Italy. In the
1999 regional election Floris won 6.2% as candidate for president, while the party won 4.1% and three regional councillors.
In the
2004 regional election the UDS, which had been re-established taking the current name, won 3.9% of the vote and two regional councillors. After that, the party became a stable regional ally of
The People of Freedom (PdL). In the
2009 regional election, in coalition with the centre-right, the UDS won 3.5% of the vote and got two regional councillors elected (Floris and a member of the
New Italian Socialist Party). In the
2010 provincial elections the party was strongest in the
Province of Cagliari
Cagliari ( it, provincia di Cagliari; sc, provìntzia de Casteddu) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy and its capital city was Cagliari.
It had an area of , and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There were 71 ' ...
, where it won 3.8% of the vote.
Since 2008 the party was for a while the regional section of the
Alliance of the Centre, a small party that was later merged into PdL.
In the
2014 regional election the UDS obtained 2.6% of the vote and Floris was once again re-elected to the Council.
Sardegna - Elezioni Regionali del 16 febbraio 2014 - la Repubblica.it
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See also
*Sardinian nationalism
Sardinian nationalism or also Sardism (''Sardismu'' in Sardinian; ''Sardismo'' in Italian) is a social, cultural and political movement in Sardinia calling for the self-determination of the Sardinian people in a context of national devolution, ...
References
{{Political parties in Italy
Political parties in Sardinia
Political parties established in 1998
Sardinian nationalist parties
1998 establishments in Italy