Democratic Centre (Italy)

Democratic Centre
Centro Democratico
PresidentBruno Tabacci
SecretaryMargherita Rebuffoni
Founded28 December 2012; 11 years ago (2012-12-28)
Merger ofRights and Freedom
Part of Alliance for Italy
HeadquartersVia Pierluigi da Palestrina 63, Rome
IdeologyChristian left
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationCentre-left coalition
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 400
(Into PD–IDP)
Senate
0 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional
Councils
1 / 896
Website
www.ilcentrodemocratico.it Edit this at Wikidata
Party leader Bruno Tabacci.

Democratic Centre (Italian: Centro Democratico, CD) is a centrist,[1] Christian leftist[2][3][4] and social-liberal political party in Italy. Most of its members, including its leader Bruno Tabacci, are former Christian Democrats. Since its beginnings, the CD has been also part of the centre-left coalition, centred around the Democratic Party (PD).

The CD, along with the Italian Radicals and Forza Europa, was a founding member of More Europe (+E), a liberal party. As such, it was indirectly a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) at the level of European Union. The CD had formed a partnership with the ALDE Party since the 2014 European Parliament election.

  1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Bruno Tabacci, l'eroe radical-democristiano che ha salvato +Europa". Formiche.net. 5 January 2018.
  3. ^ Francesco Boezi (5 January 2018). "La "conversione" di Bruno Tabacci, così "sposa" la Bonino". il Giornale.
  4. ^ Pietrangelo Buttafuoco (5 January 2018). "Nemmeno i radicali sono immuni allo "Scudo crociato"". Il Foglio.