Democratic Union for the New Republic

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Democratic Union for the New Republic
Unione Democratica per la Nuova Repubblica
President Randolfo Pacciardi
Founded1 March 1964
Dissolved1980
Merged into Italian Republican Party
NewspaperFolla
Nuova Repubblica
Youth wing Primula Goliardica
Ideology Republicanism
Reformism
Conservative liberalism
Political position Centre-right
Colours    Green, white, red

Democratic Union for the New Republic (Italian : Unione Democratica per la Nuova Repubblica, UDNR), usually referred to as New Republic (Nuova Repubblica, NR) was a short-lived political party in Italy founded on 1 March 1964 by Randolfo Pacciardi, a former leading member of the Italian Republican Party (PRI). [1]

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History

In 1963, Randolfo Pacciardi had been expelled by the PRI after he had voted against the first Italian centre-left government, which was supported by his party. A few months later, in March 1964, he founded the Democratic Union for the New Republic. The party, which was inspired by Charles de Gaulle's party in France, included several post-fascists such as Enzo Dantini and Antonio Aliotti, from the National Vanguard, and future member of Christian Democracy Vittorio Sbardella. New Republic thus had a right-wing connotation. Its main goals were to transform Italy into a presidential republic and to introduce a plurality voting system. [2]

Connected to New Republic was the university movement Primula Goliardica , later absorbed by Lotta di Popolo . The party's journals were Folla (since 1964) and Nuova Repubblica (since 1966). In 1980 Pacciardi and his followers, whose electoral results had been dismal, returned to the PRI. [3]

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

ElectionLeadersVotes%Seats
1968 Randolfo Pacciardi63,4020.20
0 / 630

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References

  1. Il tintinnio di sciabole, Critica Sociale, August 2013, p. 5
  2. Giannoni, Alberto (17 November 2012). "Randolfo Pacciardi, il padre della Repubblica "maledetto" dai partiti". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. Pacciardi, il repubblicano accusato di golpismo