Christian Popular Union

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Christian Popular Union
Unione Popolare Cristiana
Leader Antonio Satta
Secretary Antonio Gaia [1]
Founded2009
Split from Union of Democrats for Europe
Ideology Regionalism
Christian democracy
Political position Centre
National affiliation Centre-left coalition
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Council of Sardinia
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The Christian Popular Union (Italian : Unione Popolare Cristiana, UPC) is a regionalist and Christian-democratic [2] political party in Italy.

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History

The UPC was launched in August 2009 by Antonio Satta, a former Christian Democrat who had been the regional leader of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) and, later, of the Sardinian Autonomist Populars. [3] [4] The party was based and had its best electoral results in Sardinia, but had a structure countrywide, consisting primarily of former members of the UDEUR, notably including Gianfranco Saraca, Luca Bagliani, Danilo Bertoli, Sergio Deorsola, and Antonio Potenza (leader of Basilicata's United Populars). [5] [6]

In the 2010 Sardinian provincial elections the party did especially well in northern Sardinia: 10.7% in Sassari [7] and 6.2% in Olbia-Tempio. [8] Massimo Mulas, a regional councillor elected with the Union of Sardinians in the 2009 regional election, joined the party during the legislature.[ citation needed ] In June 2012, through Mulas, the UPC joined the newly formed parliamentary group Sardinia Tomorrow, along with other centrist councillors. [9] [10]

In the 2014 regional election the party won 1.7% of the vote [11] and one regional councillor, Gaetano Ledda. [12]

In 2015 the Council of State reassessed the composition of the Regional Council and two more UPC members, Antonio Gaia and Piefranco Zanchetta, gained seats. [13] [14] A month before, however, Ledda had left the party and joined The Base Sardinia. [15] [16]

In the run-up of the 2018 general election the UPC joined the Popular Civic List (CP), a centrist electoral list within the centre-left coalition, comprising mainly Popular Alternative (AP), Italy of Values (IdV), the Centrists for Europe (CpE), Solidary Democracy (DemoS), the Union for Trentino (UpT) and Italy Is Popular (IP). [17] CP obtained a mere 0.5% and no seats.

In the 2019 regional election the party won 1.5% of the vote and no seats in a joint list with the Italian Socialist Party.

In the 2024 regional election the party was a junior partner of a joint list formed primarily by Action and More Europe.

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