Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) was a Christian-democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideal successor of the Italian People's Party (1919–1926), which had the same symbol, a crossed shield (scudo crociato).
The DC, a catch-all party comprising both right-wing and left-wing factions, dominated the Politics of Italy for almost 50 years from 1944 until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992–1994....
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Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) was a Christian-democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideal successor of the Italian People's Party (1919–1926), which had the same symbol, a crossed shield (scudo crociato).
The DC, a catch-all party comprising both right-wing and left-wing factions, dominated the Politics of Italy for almost 50 years from 1944 until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992–1994.
It was succeeded by several parties, including the Italian People's Party, the Christian Democratic Centre, the United Christian Democrats and the current Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. However, most former Christian Democrats are now affiliated to the centre-right The People of Freedom and the centre-left Democratic Party.
The party was founded as the revival of the tradition of the Italian People's Party (PPI), a political party created in 1919 by Luigi Sturzo, a Roman Catholic priest. The PPI won over 20% of the votes in the 1919...
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