Popular Italy whose complete name is Popular Italy – Movement for Europe (Italia Popolare – Movimento per l'Europa, IP–MpE) was a tiny christian-democratic

Christian Democracy

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 faction within the Italian

Italy

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 Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

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 and, later, a tiny political party in Italy.

Its leading members were Lino Duilio, Gerardo Bianco and Alberto Monticone, all three MPs elected for Democracy is Freedom – Daisy. They were the most skeptical group of that party about the merge with Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left

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 to form the Democratic Party and they are currently cold supporters of it. Although being members of the Italian People's Party when this party decided to join The Olive Tree (Bianco was then party secretary), they were very proud of their christian-democratic identity and never left the European People's Party

European People's Party

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.

Prior to the 2008 general election

Italian general election, 2008

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, the group joined the White Rose

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 of Bruno Tabacci

Bruno Tabacci

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. Gerardo Bianco and Alberto Monticone were appointed Vice Presidents of the new party by President Savino Pezzotta

Savino Pezzotta

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 and Secretary Mario Baccini

Mario Baccini

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. Only Lino Duilio remained member of the Democratic Party. Soon after Popular Italy left even the White Rose over disagreements on the composition of the electoral lists of the Union of the Centre (the new alliance between the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and the White Rose) and decided to support again the Democratic Party.