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led by Mario Tassone. The party takes the name of the

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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

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, 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

' 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

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–UDC, without getting MPs, while in the

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the party joined the

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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

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, 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

, that, on 8 June 2019, became a foundation.La Dc muore, anzi no: e Rotondi la trasforma in una fondazione
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References

External links

Official website
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