Christian Popular Union

Christian Popular Union
Unione Popolare Cristiana
LeaderAntonio Satta
SecretaryAntonio Gaia[1]
Founded2009
Split fromUnion of Democrats for Europe
IdeologyRegionalism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre
National affiliationCentre-left coalition
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Council of Sardinia
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The Christian Popular Union (Italian: Unione Popolare Cristiana, UPC) is a regionalist and Christian-democratic[2] political party in Italy.

History

The UPC was launched in August 2009 by Antonio Satta, a former Christian Democrat who had been the regional leader of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) and, later, of the Sardinian Autonomist Populars.[3][4] The party was based and had its best electoral results in Sardinia, but had a structure countrywide, consisting primarily of former members of the UDEUR, notably including Gianfranco Saraca, Luca Bagliani, Danilo Bertoli, Sergio Deorsola, and Antonio Potenza (leader of Basilicata's United Populars).[5][6]

In the 2010 Sardinian provincial elections the party did especially well in northern Sardinia: 10.7% in Sassari[7] and 6.2% in Olbia-Tempio.[8] Massimo Mulas, a regional councillor elected with the Union of Sardinians in the 2009 regional election, joined the party during the legislature.[citation needed] In June 2012, through Mulas, the UPC joined the newly formed parliamentary group Sardinia Tomorrow, along with other centrist councillors.[9][10]

In the 2014 regional election the party won 1.7% of the vote[11] and one regional councillor, Gaetano Ledda.[12]

In 2015 the Council of State reassessed the composition of the Regional Council and two more UPC members, Antonio Gaia and Piefranco Zanchetta, gained seats.[13][14] A month before, however, Ledda had left the party and joined The Base Sardinia.[15][16]

In the run-up of the 2018 general election the UPC joined the Popular Civic List (CP), a centrist electoral list within the centre-left coalition, comprising mainly Popular Alternative (AP), Italy of Values (IdV), the Centrists for Europe (CpE), Solidary Democracy (DemoS), the Union for Trentino (UpT) and Italy Is Popular (IP).[17] CP obtained a mere 0.5% and no seats.

In the 2019 regional election the party won 1.5% of the vote and no seats in a joint list with the Italian Socialist Party.

In the 2024 regional election the party was a junior partner of a joint list formed primarily by Action and More Europe.

Leadership

References

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  6. ^ "Potenza (Popolari Uniti) su crisi capoluogo di regione". Regione Basilicata (in Italian). 2015-03-16. Archived from the original on 2023-08-20.
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  9. ^ "Regione, nasce Sardegna Domani. Addio Pdl?". Sardies (in Italian). 2012-06-07. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
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  15. ^ "Gaetano Ledda passa dall'Upc alla Base". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 2015-07-07. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  16. ^ "La Base raddoppia in Consiglio Regionale con Gaetano Ledda". Sardegna Reporter (in Italian). 2015-07-05. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  17. ^ "Centrosinistra, c'è anche il terzo mini-alleato del Pd: Civica Popolare guidata dalla Lorenzin. Simbolo? Una margherita - Il Fatto Quotidiano". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-01-02.