Democratic Centre (Italy)

Democratic Centre
Centro Democratico
President Bruno Tabacci
Founded 28 December 2012
Split from Alliance for Italy,
Italy of Values
Ideology Centrism[1]
Political position Centre
National affiliation Italy. Common Good (2013)
with PD (2013–present)
European Choice (2014)
For Italy (2014–2015)
with Demo.S (2014–present)
Colours Orange
Chamber of Deputies
3 / 630
Senate
0 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Website
www.ilcentrodemocratico.it

The Democratic Centre (Italian: Centro Democratico, CD), officially Democratic Centre – Rights and Freedom (Centro Democratico – Diritti e Libertà), is a centrist[1] political party in Italy.

History

The party, whose leader is Bruno Tabacci, was launched on 28 December 2012 as an electoral list, becoming a member of the centre-left coalition Italy. Common Good, which was formed to contest the 2013 Italian general election.[2]

The CD originally included large chunks of Alliance for Italy (ApI), led by Francesco Rutelli and Tabacci, and Rights and Freedom (DL), a breakaway group from Italy of Values (IdV) led by Massimo Donadi.[3][4] Regarding ApI, most leading members and incumbent MPs of the party joined the CD,[5][6] while Rutelli chose not to be a candidate.[7]

In 2013 general election the CD gained 0.5% of the vote both for the Chamber, returning six deputies (Franco Bruno, Roberto Capelli, Anielo Formisano, Carmelo Lo Monte, Pino Pisicchio and Bruno Tabacci),[8] and the Senate.[9] In the event, the party was stronger in Basilicata (4.4%),[10] Calabria (2.0%),[11] and Apulia (1.5%).[12]

In the 2013 Basilicata regional election the CD, in alliance with the United Populars,[13] won 5.0% of the vote[13] and ex-IdV Nicola Benedetto[14] was returned to the Regional Council.[15]

In March 2014 it was announced that the CD would contest the 2014 European Parliament election within European Choice (SE), an electoral list in support of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) comprising Civic Choice, Act to Stop the Decline and the Italian Liberal Party. The list received just 0.7% of the vote, and failed to return any MEPs.

In June 2014 Pisicchio, until then vice president of the party, left over disagreements with Tabacci.[16][17][18] In October also the other vice president of the party, Formisano, left the CD and returned to IdV.[19] Between 2013 and 2015 other two of the party's initial six deputies quit (Bruno remained loyal to ApI, while Lo Monte ended up in the Italian Socialist Party), leaving the CD with only two deputies, Tabacci and Capelli.

In 2014 the party formed, in the Chamber, a joint group with Solidary Democracy (Demo.S),[20] an alike outfit formed by splinters from Civic Choice and, later, the Populars for Italy, under the leadership of Andrea Olivero and Lorenzo Dellai.[21] At the local level, the CD formed various centrist alliances with Demo.S,[22][23] Civic Choice,[24][25] the Union of the Centre[26][27] and/or Reality Italy,[28] but only two CD councillors were elected in the 2014 and 2015 regional elections, both in Campania.

In late 2015 Domenico Rossi, a deputy and undersecretary who had previously been a member of Civic Choice and the Populars for Italy, joined the party.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2013 167,170 (#11) 0.49
6 / 630
–
 Bruno Tabacci
Senate of the Republic
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2013 163,427 (#11) 0.53
0 / 315
–
 Bruno Tabacci

European Parliament

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2014
with European Choice
0 / 73
–
Bruno Tabacci

Leadership

References

  1. 1 2 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  2. ↑ ""Centro Democratico", la lista di Tabacci - Il Post". Ilpost.it. 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  3. ↑ "Donadi e Tabacci lanciano Centro democratico: siamo con Bersani - Il Messaggero". Ilmessaggero.it. 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  4. ↑ "POLITICA - Napoli - Formisano e Pisicchio aderiscono a nuova iniziativa politica "Centro Democratico"". Casertanews.it. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  5. ↑ http://www.ilcentrodemocratico.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CDListaCamera2013.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.ilcentrodemocratico.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CDListaSenato2013.pdf
  7. ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2013/gennaio/19/massimalisti_meglio_anno_sabbatico_co_0_20130119_56aebcca-6200-11e2-9bc7-a0efef9747d2.shtml
  8. ↑ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=C&dtel=24/02/2013&tpa=I&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S
  9. ↑ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=24/02/2013&tpa=I&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S
  10. ↑ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=24/02/2013&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=17&levsut1=1&ne1=17&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S
  11. ↑ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=24/02/2013&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=18&levsut1=1&ne1=18&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S
  12. ↑ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=24/02/2013&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=16&levsut1=1&ne1=16&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S
  13. 1 2 "Elezioni del 25 maggio 2014 - Ministero dell'Interno". Elezioni.interno.it. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  14. ↑ "Biografia". Nicolabenedetto.it. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  15. ↑ "Elezioni Basilicata consiglieri regionali eletti nessuna donna eletta". Termometropolitico.it. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  16. ↑ "La Stampa - Tabacci: "Pisicchio è fuori dal Centro Democratico"". Lastampa.it. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  17. ↑ Pierangela scrive:. "L'On. Pino Pisicchio defenestrato, finisce una dinasty potentissima – Il quotidiano italiano". Ilquotidianoitaliano.it. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  18. ↑ "Pisicchio, esperienza Centro Democratico chiusa alle europee (26 giu 2014) - ilVelino/AGV NEWS". Ilvelino.it. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  19. ↑ http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/425067/la-nuova-italia-dei-valori-e-il-ritorno-nellidv-di-aniello-formisano
  20. ↑ http://www.camera.it/leg17/217?idlegislatura=17&idGruppo=2449&idGruppoMisto=&tipoVis=
  21. ↑ http://www.askanews.it/politica/centro-nasce--demos-democrazia-solidale--dellai-olivero-tra-promotori_711458411.htm
  22. ↑ http://www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/elezioni/risorse/simboli/democrazia-solidale/view
  23. ↑ http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/emilia-romagna-esclusa-lista-centro-democratico-1.344747
  24. ↑ http://www.sceltacivica.it/doc/1747/presentate-le-liste-di-scelta-civica-centro-democratico-in-campania-per-le-elezioni-regionali-del-prossimo-31-maggio.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.irpinianews.it/regionali-centro-democratico-e-scelta-civica-presentano-i-candidati/
  26. ↑ http://www.pugliain.net/udc-centro-democratico-e-realta-italia-tutti-insieme-per-emiliano/
  27. ↑ http://www.elezioniregionepuglia.it/lista-popolari-con-emiliano-presentato-il-simbolo/
  28. ↑ http://www.ansa.it/basilicata/notizie/2015/04/02/patto-centro-democratico-realta-italia_a108895b-9c03-4785-860c-0683f1509c1e.html
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