Community Democratic League (Lega Democratica Comunitaria, LDC) is a Venetist

Venetism

Venetian nationalism is an ideology and a regionalist movement demanding more autonomy, or even independence from Italy, for Veneto, and promoting the re-discovery the Republic of Venice's heritage, traditions, culture and language...

 and Christian-socialist

Christian socialism

Christian socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two philosophies as being interrelated. This category can include Liberation theology and the doctrine of the social gospel...

 political party active in Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

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The party was founded in July 2011 by some splinters of Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

–Lega Nord (LV–LN) led by Davide Lovat. Lovat had been an activist of Liga Veneta in the province of Vicenza

Province of Vicenza

The Province of Vicenza is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.The province has an area of 2,723 km², and a total population of 840,000 . There are 121 comuni in the province...

 for 18 years before becoming a leading voice against party leadership. A keen Venetist and left-winger, in February 2011 he was expelled from the party. Some months on, along with other splinters from LV–LN, Lovat started organizing the LDC. In 2012 the new party will run its lists in the provincial election of Vicenza, a Venetist stronghold, and in the municipal election of Veneto, possibly in alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

 (PD).

The name "Community Democratic League" was chosen by Lovat, who has studied political science

Political science

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 and theology

Theology

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, as a reference both to the "National Democratic League" of Romolo Murri

Romolo Murri

Romolo Murri was an Italian politician and ecclesiastic. This Catholic priest was suspended for having joined the party Lega Democratica Nazionale and who is widely considered in Italy as the precursor of Christian democracy.In 1894 was a promoter of the FUCI, in 1901 of Democrazia cristiana...

, a radical priest, and the National League for Democracy

National League for Democracy

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 of Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize

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 Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

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. Lovat set the party in the tradition of Christian socialism

Christian socialism

Christian socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two philosophies as being interrelated. This category can include Liberation theology and the doctrine of the social gospel...

 and early Venetism. According to its manifesto, the LDC supports regionalism

Regionalism (politics)

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, the reform of the Italian Constitution

Constitution of Italy

The Constitution of the Italian Republic was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1947, with 453 votes in favour and 62 against. The text, which has since been amended 13 times, was promulgated in the extraordinary edition of Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 298 on 27 December 1947...

 following the German model

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

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, restrictions to immigration

Immigration

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 on economic grounds, and European integration

European integration

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 in the form of the Gaullist

Charles de Gaulle

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 "Europe of Peoples and Nations". The party opposes xenophobia

Xenophobia

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, neo-liberalism, the exploitation of religion

Religion

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s for political purposes, and the influence of the United States

United States

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 over Europe

Europe

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