Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Union of the Centre (Italian: Unione di Centro, UdC) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Italy. Its secretary is Lorenzo Cesa, but its most popular figure and actual leader is Pier Ferdinando Casini. The party is a member of the European People's Party and the Centrist Democrat International, of which Casini is president.The party was formed in December 2002 as Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro, UDC) as the merger of the Christian Democratic Centre, the United Christian Democrats and European Democracy. In 2008 the party was the driving force behind the UdC, an alliance comprising, among others, The Rose for Italy, the Populars for the Constituent Assembly of the Centre, the Liberal Clubs, the Party of Christian Democracy, Christian Democratic Party, Veneto for the European People's Party, the Democratic Populars and the Autonomist Democrats. Since then, the party's official name was neglected in favour of \"Union of the Centre\" and, since most of the UdC member parties have joined the UDC too, the UDC and the UdC started to overlap almost completely to the point that they are now undistinguishable.The UDC was part of the Pole/House of Freedoms from its establishment through 2008. Later it has been affiliated neither to the centre-right nor the centre-left at the national level. Despite this, the party takes part in several regional, provincial and municipal governments with Forza Italia, the largest force of the Italian centre-right (notably in Campania and Calabria), but recently formed alliances also with the centre-left Democratic Party in other regions (notably in Marche) and at the very local level. In the 2013 general election the UdC was part of With Monti for Italy, the coalition formed around Mario Monti's Civic Choice. More recently the party, which sits in the Renzi Cabinet, has sided with the Angelino Alfano's New Centre-Right."@en }
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- Union_of_the_Centre_(2002) abstract "The Union of the Centre (Italian: Unione di Centro, UdC) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Italy. Its secretary is Lorenzo Cesa, but its most popular figure and actual leader is Pier Ferdinando Casini. The party is a member of the European People's Party and the Centrist Democrat International, of which Casini is president.The party was formed in December 2002 as Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro, UDC) as the merger of the Christian Democratic Centre, the United Christian Democrats and European Democracy. In 2008 the party was the driving force behind the UdC, an alliance comprising, among others, The Rose for Italy, the Populars for the Constituent Assembly of the Centre, the Liberal Clubs, the Party of Christian Democracy, Christian Democratic Party, Veneto for the European People's Party, the Democratic Populars and the Autonomist Democrats. Since then, the party's official name was neglected in favour of \"Union of the Centre\" and, since most of the UdC member parties have joined the UDC too, the UDC and the UdC started to overlap almost completely to the point that they are now undistinguishable.The UDC was part of the Pole/House of Freedoms from its establishment through 2008. Later it has been affiliated neither to the centre-right nor the centre-left at the national level. Despite this, the party takes part in several regional, provincial and municipal governments with Forza Italia, the largest force of the Italian centre-right (notably in Campania and Calabria), but recently formed alliances also with the centre-left Democratic Party in other regions (notably in Marche) and at the very local level. In the 2013 general election the UdC was part of With Monti for Italy, the coalition formed around Mario Monti's Civic Choice. More recently the party, which sits in the Renzi Cabinet, has sided with the Angelino Alfano's New Centre-Right.".