Sardinian Autonomist Populars
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The Sardinian Autonomist Populars (Popolari Autonomisti Sardi, PAS) was a tiny regionalist
Christian-democratic
Italian political party based in Sardinia
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It was founded on 1 March 2008 by Sardinian splinters from the UDEUR Populars led by Antonio Satta, until then deputy secretary of the party. All the eight provincial federations which formed the Sardinian section of UDEUR left it.
After trying to form an alliance for the 2008 general election
either with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats or the Movement for Autonomy
, in June it joined forces with splinters of the White Rose
led by Mario Baccini
in order to form the Federation of Christian Populars
(FCP). Antonio Satta became Vice President of the new party, while Enrico Piras was appointed regional leader. In August 2009, however, Satta left FCP in order to launch the Christian Popular Union
.
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...
Christian-democratic
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 based in Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
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It was founded on 1 March 2008 by Sardinian splinters from the UDEUR Populars led by Antonio Satta, until then deputy secretary of the party. All the eight provincial federations which formed the Sardinian section of UDEUR left it.
After trying to form an alliance for the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
either with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats or the Movement for Autonomy
Movement for Autonomy
The Movement for Autonomies is a regionalist Christian democratic political party in Italy. It demands economic development and greater autonomy for Sicily, mainly, and for other regions of Southern Italy...
, in June it joined forces with splinters of the White Rose
White Rose (Italy)
The White Rose , whose official name is Popular Civic Federative Movement , is a Christian-democratic and centrist political party in Italy.-History:...
led by Mario Baccini
Mario Baccini
Mario Baccini is an Italian politician, former member of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and promoter of the White Rose.He started his political activity as town councilor in Rome, for the Christian Democracy...
in order to form the Federation of Christian Populars
Federation of Christian Populars
The Federation of Christian Populars was a tiny Christian-democratic political party in Italy which is now a faction within The People of Freedom , a broad centre-right party led by Silvio Berlusconi....
(FCP). Antonio Satta became Vice President of the new party, while Enrico Piras was appointed regional leader. In August 2009, however, Satta left FCP in order to launch the Christian Popular Union
Christian Popular Union
The Christian Popular Union is a christian-democratic political party in Sardinia.The party was launched in August 2009 by Antonio Satta, a former Christian Democrat who had been the regional leader of UDEUR Populars and, later, of the Sardinian Autonomist Populars...
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