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30-508: The party was founded in February 2008 by splinters from the UDEUR who wanted to continue the alliance with the centre-left governing coalition, both locally and nationally. They included Antonio Potenza (regional minister), Gaetano Fierro and Luigi Scaglione , all three regional deputies of Basilicata, and several provincial and municipal ministers, including Carmine Nigro , President of

60-558: A candidate with FI, was not re-elected. The party was revived in the run-up of the 2018 general election , in alliance with the Union of the Centre (UdC), and re-styled once again its symbol. However, Mastella later formed a new pact with FI, under which his wife would run in the election, and in February 2018 they officially joined FI. In 2020, Mastella re-branded the party under the name Us Campanians ( Noi Campani ), taking part in

90-661: A former leading figure of the Italian Socialist Party , who was appointed regional secretary in Campania. In 2010 the party was briefly known as Populars for the South , as it was active only in the South by that time. In 2011 Mastella ran for mayor of Naples and gained just 2.5% of the vote. In 2013, the UDEUR became an associate party of Forza Italia (FI). At the 2014 European Parliament election Mastella,

120-697: A joint list called "The Daisy" for the 2001 general election . The Daisy, led by Francesco Rutelli (who was also candidate for Prime Minister for the whole centre-left), won 14.5% of the vote, only two points less than the Democrats of the Left (DS). Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy was established as a single party during the founding congress of Parma in March 2002. On that occasion the Italian People's Party, The Democrats and Italian Renewal merged to form

150-451: A joint list formed by CD and other "Populars" obtained 3.3% of the vote and no elects. In the 2024 regional election the party ran in a joint list with the Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy with Rotondi , obtaining 2.5% of the vote and no seats. Union of Democrats for Europe The Union of Democrats for Europe ( Italian : Unione Democratici per l'Europa , UDEUR ), also known as UDEUR Populars ( Popolari UDEUR ),

180-964: A vote of confidence in the Senate on 24 January, clearing the way toward a snap election. In the following weeks the party suffered several splits leading to several regional parties, notably the Democratic Populars in Campania , the United Populars in Basilicata and the Sardinian Autonomist Populars in Sardinia , while the Umbrian regional section joined Christian Democracy . Most leading members, including Antonio Satta (who would later launch

210-648: The 2004 European Parliament election UDEUR achieved 1.3% of the national vote (5.4% in Campania, 4.0% in Basilicata, 3.8% in Calabria and 2.7% in Sicily), enough to elect an MEP , who sat in the European People's Party – European Democrats (EPP–ED) group. At the 2005 regional elections the party had its best result ever, having scored 10.3% in Campania, 11.1% in Basilicata and 8.7% in Calabria. Toward

240-501: The 2020 Campania regional election in support of the Democratic governor, Vincenzo De Luca . In 2021, Mastella launched a new political party in order to compete in countrywide elections: Us of the Centre ( Noi di Centro ). Democracy is Freedom %E2%80%93 The Daisy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy ( Italian : Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita , DL ), commonly known simply as The Daisy ( La Margherita ),

270-524: The Christian Popular Union ), Stefano Cusumano , Mauro Fabris , Armando Veneto and Tommaso Barbato , left. At the 2008 general election both The People of Freedom (PdL) and the Union of the Centre (UdC) refused the UDEUR as coalition partner. The party was thus reduced to a regional party in Campania . The party chose not to present any list in the election and even Mastella decided not to run for re-election. In February 2009

300-463: The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats . Leading members of the party included: DL was mainly composed of four factions, the first three of them supporting Francesco Rutelli 's leadership: The electoral results of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy in the 10 most populated regions of Italy are shown in the table below. As DL was founded in 2002, the electoral results from 1994 to 2001 refer to

330-499: The Democratic Party (PD), a unitary centre-left party in anticipation of a move to a two-party system . Democracy Is Freedom was a pro-European centrist party, with a strong support among Catholics , especially progressive ones: the party was described as " social Christian ". The party put together social conservatives with social progressives , economic liberals and social democrats . Many former members of

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360-532: The Province of Matera . In the 2008 general election the party won 4.1% of the vote in Basilicata for the Senate . In the 2010 regional election the party gained 5.9% of the vote and one regional councillor, Luigi Scaglione. In the 2013 regional election the party, in alliance with the Democratic Centre (CD), won 5.0% of the vote, but no Popular was elected. In the 2019 regional election

390-743: The Segni Pact (PS) and Italian Socialists (SI), which later merged into the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) in 1998. In 1998 splinters from the centre-right coalition formed the Democratic Union for the Republic (UDR), later transformed into Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), to support the D'Alema I Cabinet . In 1999 splinters of PPI, UD and other groups formed The Democrats (Dem). Between 1998 and 2000, there were several precursors of such idea at

420-737: The Union for French Democracy . In the European Parliament , the EDP and ELDR European parties established the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group (ALDE). In 2005, DL participated in the foundation of the Alliance of Democrats , a worldwide network of centrist parties, along with the New Democrat Coalition of the United States Democratic Party , the EDP member parties and

450-712: The Italian People's Party, one of the ancestor parties of DL, were members or close supporters of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions (CISL), the Catholic trade union. After the 2004 European elections the new party decided not to become a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) or of the European People's Party , but founded the European Democratic Party (EDP) together with

480-534: The Republic (a splinter group from the Christian Democratic Centre ), the Segni Pact and splinters from Forza Italia , National Alliance and Lega Nord . At its foundation, the UDEUR included a minister in Massimo D'Alema 's government , Salvatore Cardinale at the ministry of Communications. At its electoral debut at the 1999 European Parliament election , the party received 1.6% of

510-508: The Segni Pact and SI), those of 1999 (European) and 2000 (regional) to the combined result of PPI, Dem and RI, those of 2001 (general and Sicilian regional) the DL federation (comprising at the time PPI, Dem, UDEUR and RI). From 2004 (European) the results refer to DL, formed by PPI, Dem and RI, after the defection of UDEUR. The result for the 2006 general election refers to the election for

540-505: The UDEUR formed an alliance with the PdL in Campania; under the agreement, the UDEUR supported centre-right candidates in the 2009 provincial and municipal elections in the region and Mastella was elected to the 2009 European Parliament election in the PdL list. After being almost disbanded in 2008, the party tried to recover and broaden its base. Some former UDEUR members came back and new members joined. The latter included Giulio Di Donato ,

570-795: The centrist components of The Olive Tree , which were divided in many parties, was discussed at least from 1996. In the 1996 general election , there were actually two centrist lists within the Italian centre-left coalition : the Populars for Prodi , an electoral list including the Italian People's Party (PPI), Democratic Union (UD), the Italian Republican Party (PRI) and the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), and that of Italian Renewal (RI), including

600-403: The combined result of the precursor parties. The results of 1994 (general) refer to the combined result of PPI , Segni Pact and AD , those of 1994 to the combined result of PPI and Pact of Democrats (joint-list of Segni Pact and AD, including also SI ), those of 1996 (general and Sicilian regional) to the combined result of the joint-list of PPI and UD and RI (whose list was composed of

630-598: The end of the 2001–06 parliamentary term, Mastella decided to continue the alliance with the centre-left, although he and his party were in conflict with the secularist policies proposed by the new coalition partner Rose in the Fist and despite the presence of far-left parties such as the Communist Refoundation Party . At the 2006 general election the UDEUR was part of The Union centre-left coalition in support of Romano Prodi . It obtained 1.4% of

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660-443: The entire The Olive Tree centre-left coalition, DL gained 14.6% of the vote. The list's success led to a debate over forming a joint party. When DL was effectively transformed into a party in early 2002, the UDEUR refused to join and remained an independent party within the centre-left. In 2004 the party changed its official name to UDEUR Populars and amended its symbol accordingly (it would later go back to its original name). At

690-500: The national vote. The Daisy became a single party in February 2002. It was set up by former left-leaning Christian Democrats , centrists, social-liberals (former Liberals and former Republicans ), as well as other left-wing politicians from the former Italian Socialist Party and Federation of the Greens . On 14 October 2007, DL merged with the Democrats of the Left to form the Democratic Party (PD). The idea of uniting

720-458: The new party, while the UDEUR decided to remain separate. In the 2006 general election , The Daisy was member of the victorious alliance The Union , and won 39 out of 315 senators . The Olive Tree list, of which DL was a member since the 2004 European Parliament election , won 220 seats out of 630 in the Chamber of Deputies . On 14 October 2007, DL, DS and numerous minor parties merged to form

750-548: The party resisted only in Campania , Mastella's heartland, and few other regions. The party was briefly revived in the run-up of the 2018 general election . The UDEUR emerged in May 1999 at the breakup of the Democratic Union for the Republic (UDR). This party had been founded in June 1998, under the leadership of Francesco Cossiga , by the merger of Rocco Buttiglione 's United Christian Democrats , Mastella's Christian Democrats for

780-974: The regional and local level in Northeast Italy , notably the Reformist Popular Centre in Friuli-Venezia Giulia , the Daisy Civic List in Trentino , the Autonomist Federation in Aosta Valley and Together for Veneto in Veneto . Initially some of these experiments were intended to include both Christian-inspired parties and secular ones, such as SDI and PRI. However, on 12 October 2000, only PPI, Dem, UDEUR and RI agreed to join forces with

810-554: The vote, electing 14 deputies (4 in The Olive Tree 's list) and 3 senators. The Union won the election, and Mastella was appointed Minister of Justice in Romano Prodi's second government . On 16 January 2008 Clemente Mastella, who was under investigation by prosecutor Luigi de Magistris , resigned as Minister of Justice and on 21 January decided to withdraw his party's support to Romano Prodi, who himself resigned after

840-621: The vote, having its strongholds in the South (5.1% in Campania , 3.4% in Basilicata , 4.4% in Calabria and 7.1% in Sicily ). In the run-up to the 2001 general election the UDEUR joined the Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) electoral list, along with the Italian People's Party , The Democrats and Italian Renewal . Under the leadership of Francesco Rutelli , who ran also as leader of

870-490: Was a centrist political party in Italy . The party was formed from the merger of three parties within the centre-left coalition : the Italian People's Party , The Democrats and Italian Renewal . The party president and leader was Francesco Rutelli , former mayor of Rome and prime ministerial candidate during the 2001 general election for The Olive Tree coalition, within which The Daisy electoral list won 14.5% of

900-670: Was a minor centrist , Christian-democratic political party in Italy . Led by Clemente Mastella , minister of Labour in Berlusconi I Cabinet (1994–1995), minister of Justice in Prodi II Cabinet (2006–2008) and current mayor of Benevento (since 2016), the party has been at times very strong in Southern Italy , but almost irrelevant in Northern Italy . After a decline in terms of popularity in 2007–2008,

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