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Christian Democracy (Italy, 2004)
Christian Democracy (''Democrazia Cristiana'', DC), also known as Christian Democracy – Third Pole of the Centre (''Democrazia Cristiana – Terzo Polo di Centro''), is a minor Christian democracy, Christian-democratic list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. It was founded in July 2004 by Angelo Sandri following is expulsion from the Christian Democracy (Italy, 2002), Christian Democracy led by Giuseppe Pizza. Since then the party has taken part in long legal battles on the property of the symbol and the name of the original Christian Democracy (Italy), Christian Democracy with its rival party. In the 2007 local elections, the party formed a temporary alliance with the Christian Democracy for Autonomies of Gianfranco Rotondi, while in the 2008 Italian general election, 2008 general election it was part of the Union of the Centre (2002), Union of the Centre alliance led by Pier Ferdinando Casini. Since then, it has regained its autonomy. In February 2012, ...
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Logo DC 2004
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name that it represents, as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a Typographic ligature, ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon (publishing), colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper's ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' states that the first surviving written record of the term 'logo' dates back to 1937, and ...
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Union Of The Centre (2002)
The Union of the Centre (, UdC), whose complete name is Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (''Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro'', UDC), is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. Lorenzo Cesa is the party's current secretary, while Antonio De Poli its president. For years, Pier Ferdinando Casini was the most recognisable figure and ''de facto'' leader of the party, before eventually distancing from it in 2016. The UdC is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), of which Casini was president from 2004 to 2015. The party was formed as "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats" in December 2002 upon the merger of the Christian Democratic Centre (CCD), the United Christian Democrats (CDU) and European Democracy (DE). In 2008 the party was the driving force behind the "Union of the Centre" (UdC), an alliance comprising, among others, The ...
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Christian Democratic Parties In Italy
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title (), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term '' mashiach'' () (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.3 billion Christians around the world, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Americas, about 26% live in Europe, 24% live in sub-Saharan Africa, a ...
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2004 Establishments In Italy
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the charact ...
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Clemente Mastella
Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947) is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Benevento since 20 June 2016. He also served as leader of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), a minor centrist and Christian-democratic Italian party. Mastella, who began his career in the Christian Democracy (DC) party, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1976, is known for his '' trasformismo'', changing over his career many political parties and affiliations. Mastella was Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the first Berlusconi government from 10 May 1994 to 17 January 1995 and Minister of Justice in the second Prodi government from 17 May 2006 to 17 January 2008. During the same period, he was a member of the Senate of the Republic and determined the narrow majority of Romano Prodi's government, which ended when he started the 2008 Italian government crisis that led to Prodi's resignation as prime minister and Silvio Berlusconi return to power after ...
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Europeanists
Europeanists () is a political party in Italy. Amid a government crisis triggered after Matteo Renzi announced that he would revoke Italia Viva's support to the government of Giuseppe Conte, Europeanists formed on 27 January 2021 as a component of a joint parliamentary group in the Italian Senate (together with MAIE and Democratic Centre), with the aim to support Conte's cabinet. History On 18 January the government won the vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies with 321 votes in favour, 259 against and 27 abstentions. On the following day, the government won a vote of confidence in the Senate with 156 votes in favor, 140 against and 16 abstentions; however, the cabinet failed to reach the absolute majority in the house. Among those who voted in support of Conte in the Senate, there were members of the future Europeanists group, like the then-senators of Forza Italia (FI), Andrea Causin and Mariarosaria Rossi, as well as former members of the Five Star Movement (M5S), li ...
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2022 Italian General Election
Snap election, Snap general elections were held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President of Italy, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved Parliament on 21 July, and called for new elections. 2022 Sicilian regional election, Regional elections in Sicily were held on the same day. The results of the general election showed the Centre-right coalition (Italy), centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, a National conservatism, national-conservative party, winning an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. Meloni was appointed Prime Minister of Italy on 22 October, becoming the first woman to hold the office. In a record-low voter turnout, Meloni's party became the largest in Parliament with 26% of the vote; as per the pre-election agreement among the centre-right coalition parties, she became the prime ministerial candidate supported by the winning coalition. The Lega (p ...
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Populars For Italy
Populars for Italy (, PpI) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy led by Mario Mauro, minister of Defence in Letta Cabinet and, previously, long-serving MEP for Forza Italia. History The party was launched in November 2013 by splinters from Civic Choice (SC) led by Mario Mauro and Lorenzo Dellai, who wanted to continue supporting Enrico Letta's government (in which Mauro served as minister of Defence), but disagreed with SC's perceived liberal outlook. Soon after, the PpI formed joint parliamentary groups, named For Italy, with the Union of the Centre (UdC). According to its leaders, the party would soon merge with the UdC into a new "centrist" party. The party was officially founded on 28 January 2014. In the meantime, Mauro was appointed president. In February 2014, Mauro was not confirmed as minister of Defence in Matteo Renzi's government, but the PpI joined the government with one deputy minister ( Andrea Olivero at Agriculture) and three undersecretaries. ...
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2019 European Parliament Election In Italy
The 2019 European Parliament election in Italy were held on 26 May 2019, electing members of the 9th Italian delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union. Background In 2014, the governing Democratic Party (PD) of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi won the election with 40.8% of the vote and 31 seats, followed by the Five Star Movement (M5S) with 21.2% and 17 seats and Forza Italia (FI) with 16.8% and 13 seats. As a result, the PD was the second largest national party in the European Parliament by number of seats after the German CDU/CSU and the largest among the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). The PD's score was also the best result for an Italian party in a nationwide election since the 1958 general election, when the Christian Democracy (DC) won 42.4% of the vote. However, after less than three years from the 2014 electoral landslide, Renzi was forced to resign after the defeat in the constit ...
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Giampiero Catone
Giampiero Catone (born 1 June 1956 in Naples, Campania) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Giampiero Catone was born on 1 June 1956 in Naples. He graduated in Political Sciences at the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara. In 2005, he became director for the political newspaper La Discussione. In the 2006 general election, Catone was elected in the Chamber of Deputies into the Forza Italia list and he joined the DCA- NPSI group. In the 2008 general election Catone was again elected in the Chamber of Deputies with The People of Freedom. On 23 September 2010, he left the PDL's group to join Future and Freedom. On 14 December 2010 he decided to vote the trust to the Berlusconi Cabinet and he announced the abandonment of FLI, to switch to the mixed group. On 20 January 2011 he joined the Responsible Initiative group and on 5 May he was appointed Undersecretary to the Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea of the Berlusconi Cabinet. In March 2012 Ca ...
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Popular Agreement
Popular Agreement (, IP) was a small political party in Italy led by Giampiero Catone. History Popular Agreement was founded in November 2012 by the deputy Giampiero Catone, member of the centre-right parliamentary group People and Territory. The party was born from the merger of 12 small political parties and associations: the clubs "La Discussione", the Democratic Alliance (''Alleanza Democratica''), the Christian Democracy – Third Pole of the Centre (''Democrazia Cristiana – Terzo Polo di Centro''), the Rebirth of Christian Democracy (''Rinascita della Democrazia Cristiana''), the Italian Christian Democrats (''Cristiani Democratici Italiani''), the Libertarian Right (''Destra Libertaria''), The Lotus (''Il Loto''), The Tulip (''Il Tulipano''), the Christian League (''Lega Cristiana''), the Italian Movement Young Europeans (''Movimento Italiano Giovani Europei''), the Party of the Land (''Partito della Terra'') and the Italian Catholic Pole (''Polo Cattolico Italiano''). ...
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2013 Italian General Election
General elections were held in Italy on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic for the 17th Italian Parliament. The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good, led by the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD), obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a majority bonus that effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force and narrowly defeated the centre-right alliance of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in the popular vote. Close behind, the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force, well ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. In the Senate, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. In April 2013 a Grand coalition (Italy), grand coalit ...
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