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Christian Democracy (Italy, 2012) - Wikipedia

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Christian Democracy Democrazia Cristiana
Secretary	Salvatore Cuffaro
President	Renato Grassi
Founded	30 March 2012
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
Colours	Blue
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 400
Senate	0 / 200
European Parliament	1 / 76
Website
https://www.democraziacristiana.cloud
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Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) is a minor Christian democratic political party in Italy.

History

The sentence of the United Sections of the Court of Cassation n. 25999/2010 definitively sanctioned that the historical Christian Democracy did not have a juridical continuity with the various formations that had claimed the succession of that party. The ruling also made it clear that Christian Democracy was never dissolved by Congress, the only statutory body entitled to take such a decision. Therefore, on the initiative of Clelio Darida, with a notice in the Official Gazette of March 12, 2012, the National Council in charge in 1993 was reconvened to deliberate the election of the Political Secretary and the President. The council, meeting in Rome on March 30, 2012, elected Gianni Fontana as Political Secretary, Silvio Lega as President of the National Council and Clelio Darida as Honorary President.^[1]^[2] Therefore, the political subjects who claimed the name "Christian Democracy" became three, led respectively by Giuseppe Pizza, Angelo Sandri and Gianni Fontana. Even the party led by Fontana resumed the celebration of the congresses continuing the numbering from the last of those celebrated by the historical DC, the XVIII held in 1989. Thus, in November 2012 the XIX congress was celebrated, which ratified the election of Fontana as Secretary. Subsequently, however, the members of the reborn DC changed its nature and name to "Christian Democracy Association" and Gianni Fontana took on the role of president of the association.

In May 2012 Giampiero Catone, a deputy elected with The People of Freedom and formerly a leading member of the Christian Democratic Centre, the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and Christian Democracy for Autonomies, joined the party, which was thus given parliamentary representation.^[3]

In December 2018 Gianfranco Rotondi, president of the Federation of Christian Democracy, Mario Tassone, secretary of the New CDU, Giorgio Merlo, leader of "White Network" and Renato Grassi, secretary of the DC, signed a federative pact for the reconstitution of the Christian Democracy,^[4] that, in June 2019, became a foundation.^[5]

In the 2022 general election the DC joined the joint list of Action and Italia Viva.^[6] Contextually, Christian Democracy Sicily, that is the Sicilian branch of the party, obtained 6.5% of the vote in the 2022 Sicilian regional election.

In May 2023, during a congress, Salvatore Cuffaro was elected secretary, while Grassi became president.^[7]

Leadership

Secretary: Gianni Fontana (2012–2018), Renato Grassi (2018–2023), Salvatore Cuffaro (2023–present)
President: Silvio Lega (2012–2018), Gianni Fontana (2018–2019), Renzo Gubert (2019–2023), Renato Grassi (2023–present)
Honorary President: Clelio Darida (2012–2017)

Election results

European Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024	Salvatore Cuffaro	Into FI–NM		0 / 76	New	–

References

^ "Gianni Fontana nuovo segretario DC". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
^ "Torna in campo la DC. Gianni Fontana segretario, Silvio Lega presidente | Blitz quotidiano". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ "DC: CATONE, MOVIMENTO LA DISCUSSIONE CONFLUISCE NELLA DEMOCRAZIA CRISTIANA - AgenParl - Agenzia Parlamentare per l'informazione politica ed economica". Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
^ "Rotondi: "Oggi primo passo per la ricostruzione della Dc". L'eterno ritorno della Balena bianca". la Repubblica. December 19, 2018.
^ "La Dc muore, anzi no: e Rotondi la trasforma in una fondazione". ilGiornale.it. June 8, 2019.
^ Adesione della DC al Terzo Polo
^ "Cuffaro eletto segretario nazionale della DC - Notizie - Ansa.it". 7 May 2023.

External links

Official website Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine

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