Christian Democratic Centre

Christian Democratic Centre

Centro Cristiano Democratico
Christian Democratic Centre Centro Cristiano Democratico
Abbreviation	CCD
Leader	Pier Ferdinando Casini
Founded	18 January 1994
Dissolved	6 December 2002
Split from	Christian Democracy
Merged into	Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
Headquarters	Rome
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre to centre-right
National affiliation	Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government (1994), Pole for Freedoms (1996–2001), House of Freedoms (2001–02)
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Christian Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Colors	White
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

The Christian Democratic Centre (Italian: Centro Cristiano Democratico, CCD) was a Christian-democratic^[2] political party in Italy from 1994 to 2002. Formed from a right-wing split from Christian Democracy, the party joined the centre-right coalition,^[3] and was a member of the European People's Party (EPP).^[4]

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