New Centre (Andorra)

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New Centre
Nou Centre
Founded2005
Dissolved22 February 2011
Merged into Democrats for Andorra
Headquarters Andorra la Vella
Ideology Christian democracy
Conservatism
Political position Centre-right
International affiliation Centrist Democrat International
ColoursBlack
Website
noucentreandorra.com

The New Centre (Catalan : Nou Centre, NC) was a Christian-democratic [1] political party in Andorra. The party was founded in 2005 as a merger between the Andorran Democratic Centre and Century 21 political parties after they had been in an electoral alliance since 2001. [1] For the 2009 Andorran parliamentary election, the party joined the centre-right Reformist Coalition, which gained 11 seats in the General Council of the Valleys. [1]

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