Federation of Christian Populars
Italian political party
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The Federation of Christian Populars (Italian: Federazione dei Cristiano Popolari, FDCP) was a short-lived Christian-democratic political party in Italy which has been a faction within The People of Freedom (PdL), a broad centre-right party led by Silvio Berlusconi, and later became part of the New Centre-Right (NCD).
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Federation of Christian Populars Federazione dei Cristiano Popolari | |
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| President | Mario Baccini |
| Founded | 20 June 2008 |
| Dissolved | 15 November 2013 |
| Split from | The Rose for Italy |
| Merged into | New Centre-Right |
| Ideology | Christian Democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | The People of Freedom (2009-2013) |
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| www.fdcp.it | |
The party was founded by Mario Baccini, after that he left the Rose for Italy and took part to the foundation of the PdL.[1] The party was joined by Antonio Satta and his Sardinian Autonomist Populars, a splinter group from UDEUR.[2] In October 2008 the FCP officially decided to merge into the PdL.[3] In October 2012 the balance of accounts of the PdL showed that the Christian Populars had received €40,000 of financial support from the mother-party.[4]
In August 2009 Satta launched the Christian Popular Union, which joined the Union of the Centre (UdC) instead.[5][6]
In November 2013 the Christian Populars left the PdL and joined the newly formed New Centre-Right.[7][8][9]
Leadership
- President: Mario Baccini (2008–2009)
- Vice President: Antonio Satta (2008–2009), Fabio Desideri (2008–2009)
- Coordinator: Fabio Rastelli (2008–2009)