Christian Democracy for the Autonomies

This article is about the Italian political party formed in 2004. For other parties with identical or similar name, see Christian democracy (disambiguation).

Christian Democracy for the Autonomies Democrazia Cristiana per le Autonomie

Secretary	Gianfranco Rotondi
Deputy Secretary	Mauro Cutrufo
Founded	25 June 2005
Dissolved	27 March 2009
Merged into	The People of Freedom
Headquarters	Piazza del Gesù, 46 00186 Rome
Newspaper	La Discussione
Membership	unknown
Ideology	Christian democracy Autonomism
National affiliation	House of Freedoms (2005–08) The People of Freedom (2008–09)
European affiliation	none
International affiliation	none
European Parliament group	none
Website
http://www.democraziacristiana perleautonomie.com
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Christian Democracy for the Autonomies (Italian: Democrazia Cristiana per le Autonomie, DCA) was a minor Christian-democratic political party in Italy.

History

DCA was founded on 25 October 2004 by a split from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) led by Gianfranco Rotondi, who wanted closer ties with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia and who criticized the political line of the then leader of UDC Marco Follini. The party became part of the House of Freedoms coalition following its foundation.

Logo of the joint ticket DCA-NPSI for the 2006 general election

The party was part in the 2006 general election on a joint-list with the New Italian Socialist Party. The list gained 0.7% of the votes and, despite not having passed the 2% threshold, it still elected four deputies since it was the party which received more votes under the 2% in its coalition. Two of these deputies were members of DCA, while two more candidates were elected on the list of Forza Italia. Gianfranco Rotondi was too elected Senator on the list of Forza Italia, along with his colleague and deputy Mario Cutrufo.

DCA was part of The People of Freedom (PdL) list for the 2008 general election. On 3 April 2008, during a meeting in Milan, the party announced an alliance within the new party with the Liberal Populars of Carlo Giovanardi.^[1] After the election, in which the party got three deputies and one senator elected, Gianfranco Rotondi joined the Berlusconi IV Cabinet as Minister without portfolio.

In 2009 the party was eventually merged into the PdL and its members launched a network of circles named after the party's newspaper, La Discussione, led by Giampiero Catone.^[2] In October 2012, the balance of accounts of the People of Freedom showed that Christian Democracy for Autonomies had received € 96,000 of financial support from PdL.^[3]

Leadership

Secretary: Gianfranco Rotondi (2005–2009)
- Deputy-Secretary: Mauro Cutrufo (2005–2009)
- Organization Secretary: Giampiero Catone (2005–2009)
President: Publio Fiori (2005–2006)

References

↑ ALICE Notizie
↑ http://www.circoliladiscussione.it/
↑ Cuzzocrea, Annalisa (31 October 2012), "Spuntano i fondi ai transfughi così il partito ha finanziato Scilipoti", La Repubblica

External links

Factions of Forza Italia

Christian democrats (Scajoliani–Columbus Foundation
Popular Construction–The Populars of Italy Tomorrow
Christian Democracy
Christian Democracy for the Autonomies
Union of Democrats for Europe) – liberal centrists (Liberamente
Dellutriani) – liberals (Free Foundation) – social democrats (majority of the New Italian Socialist Party) – liberal conservatives (Protagonist Italy
Foundation of Freedom) – grassroots (Freedom Army
Promoters of Freedom
Circles of Freedom
Clubs of Freedom
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Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms Segni Pact – National Alliance House of Freedoms The Autonomy

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