Autonomist People's Union
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The Autonomist People's Union was a christian-democratic
Italian political party active in Trentino. The party was previously known as Democratic People's Union (1998 regional election) and People's Centre (2003 provincial election).
The party emerged from the provincial section of the United Christian Democrats
(CDU) but soon splintered from it. In the 1998 provincial election
the party obtained 10.4% and 3 provincial deputies, while five years later stopped at 2.2%. The party had however a convincing result in the 2006 general election
, when its leader Gubert won 11.0% of the vote in the senatorial constituency of Pergine Valsugana
.
The party's long-time leader was Renzo Gubert, deputy from 1994 to 1996 and senator from 1996 to 2006. During his last term in the Senate, Gubert was affiliated to the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC), but he broke with that party before the 2006 general election and later joined the Christian Democracy for Autonomies (DCA). As regional section of DCA, the party merged into The People of Freedom
, whose list for the 2008 provincial election included Renzo Gubert, who failed election.
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
Italian political party active in Trentino. The party was previously known as Democratic People's Union (1998 regional election) and People's Centre (2003 provincial election).
The party emerged from the provincial section of the United Christian Democrats
United Christian Democrats
The United Christian Democrats was a Christian democratic party in Italy.-History:It began in 1995 by a split of those members of the Italian People's Party who wanted to enter into an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia...
(CDU) but soon splintered from it. In the 1998 provincial election
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election, 1998
The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election of 1998 took place on 22 November 1998.The South Tyrolean People's Party and the Daisy Civic List resulted the two most voted parties at the regional level. The SVP retained its outright majority in South Tyrol, while the Civica became the...
the party obtained 10.4% and 3 provincial deputies, while five years later stopped at 2.2%. The party had however a convincing result in the 2006 general election
Italian general election, 2006
In the Italian general election, 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 the incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right House of Freedoms, was narrowly defeated by Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left The...
, when its leader Gubert won 11.0% of the vote in the senatorial constituency of Pergine Valsugana
Pergine Valsugana
Pergine Valsugana is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 9 km east of Trento...
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The party's long-time leader was Renzo Gubert, deputy from 1994 to 1996 and senator from 1996 to 2006. During his last term in the Senate, Gubert was affiliated to the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC), but he broke with that party before the 2006 general election and later joined the Christian Democracy for Autonomies (DCA). As regional section of DCA, the party merged into The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
, whose list for the 2008 provincial election included Renzo Gubert, who failed election.