Popular-UDEUR

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The Popular-UDEUR (Italian: Popolari-UDEUR) is a small centrist political party in Italy, led by Clemente Mastella. It is affiliated to the European People's Party, and is part of the centre-left alliance The Union.

The UDEUR part of the name commemorates its earlier title Unione Democratici per l'Europa (Democratic Union for Europe), that was its name till November 2003. From November 2003 to November 2004 it was known as Alleanza Popolare-UDEUR (Popular Alliance-UDEUR).

European Parliament Election 2004

In the 2004 European Parliamentary Election it achieved 1.3% of the national vote, sufficient to elect its leader as an MEP.

Logo of the Popular-UDEUR for the general election of 2006

The new-born party joins the new centre-left party-alliance denominated Daisy is Freedom a coalition which obtains 15% of the votes. However the new alliance becomes a single party and Mastella decides not to join. In the european elections UDEUR obtains substancial results electing 2 MEPs. It's electoral strong point is in Campania where Mastella comes from. In fact in the regional elections of 2005 it obtained aroud 17% of the votes in Campania.

Udeur, in the person of Mastella is really critical towards the cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi doing a strong and tough opposition. Mastella decides to keep the party in the centre-left coaltion although having contrast with the laical and liberal policies of the new political project Rose in the Fist. In fact the party remains in the political sphere of the centre but it's policies are thinly compatible with the centre-left caolition.

At the general elections of April 2006, UDEUR presents itself individually but in a political alliance of The Union. It obtains 1,4% of the votes electing 10 deputies and 3 senators. The Union wins and Romano Prodi forms his second cabinet where Mastella becomes Minister of the Justice.

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Political parties of Italy ^[edit]

	The Union	House of Freedoms
Represented in Parliament	Federation of the Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left, Daisy—Democracy is Freedom, European Republican Movement) \| Communist Refoundation Party \| Rose in the Fist (Italian Democratic Socialists, Italian Radicals) \| Party of Italian Communists \| Italy of Values \| Federation of the Greens \| Popular-UDEUR \| South Tyrolese People's Party \| Autonomy Liberty Democracy	Forza Italia \| National Alliance \| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats \| LN/MpA (Northern League, Movement for Autonomy) \| New DC/NPSI (Christian Democracy for the Autonomies, Socialist Party New PSI) \| For Italy in the World with Tremaglia
Minor	Pensioners' Party \| The Socialists \| Italian Democratic Socialist Party \| Left-Wing Radicals \| Federation of Italian Liberals \| Federation of Liberal Democrats \| United Democratic Christians \| Consumers' List \| New Party of Action \| United Consumers \| Party of Christian Democracy \| Republicans for the Union (Democratic Republicans, Republican Democracy) \| League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance \| Project Sardinia \| Veneto Front League	Social Alternative (Social Action, New Force, National Social Front) \| Social Movement Tricolour Flame \| Italian Liberal Party \| Liberal Reformers \| No Euro Movement \| Italian Republican Party \| Secular Italy \| United Pensioners \| Christian Extended Pact \| CD - Shield with the Cross - Libertas \| Environmental List-Ecological Democrats \| Federalist Greens \| S.O.S. Italy \| New Sicily \| Pact for Sicily \| Unitalia
Regional	Aosta Valley Live \| Die Freiheitlichen \| Valdotanian Union \| Ladins \| Sardinian Action Party \| Independence-Republic of Sardinia \| Sardinia Nation \| Union for South Tyrol \| Sicilian Alliance
Others	Fascism and Freedom Movement \| For the South \| Green Greens \| Humanist Party \| Internationalist Communist Party \| Italian Association in South America \| Italian Marxist-Leninist Party \| Liberal Socialist Action Party \| Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party \| Moderate Italy \| Monarchist Alliance \| National Democratic Party \| National New Order \| National Right-New ISM \| North-East Project \| Pact of Liberal Democrats \| Social Idea Movement \| Southern League
Historical	Christian Democracy \| Italian Communist Party \| Italian Socialist Party \| Italian Social Movement \| Democratic Party of the Left \| Proletarian Democracy \| Proletarian Unity Party \| Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity] \| Unified Socialist Party \| Democratic Alliance \| National Fascist Party

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