Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia

Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia (Catalan: Unió del Centre i la Democràcia Cristiana de Catalunya, UCiDCC) was an electoral coalition formed in Catalonia (Spain) for the Congress of Deputies in the 1977 general elections, the first democratic elections after the death of dictator Francisco Franco. This coalition was supported by the Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State, which was not presented as such in Catalonia.[1] The coalition was officially registered on May 3, 1977.[2]

Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia

Unió del Centre i la Democràcia Cristiana de Catalunya
Founded3 May 1977
Dissolved1978
Merger ofCatalan Centre
Democratic Union of Catalonia
IdeologyChristian democracy
Liberalism
Catalan nationalism
Political positionCentre-right

History

It was composed of Catalan Centre and the historic Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC).[3] It obtained two deputies, both by Barcelona: Antón Cañellas by UDC and Carlos Güell de Sentmenat by Catalan Centre. The first joined the Basque-Catalan Group, while the second did in the Mixed Group. Cañellas would follow in the Catalan Minority (created in October 1977 after the division of the Basque-Catalan Group), even after leaving UDC until its passage, at the end of term, to the UCD Group.

In late 1978, Cañellas let UDC to form the Democratic Union Broad Centre, which soon after made a coalition with the Union of the Democratic Centre and Centre Union of Catalonia, party in which Catalan Centre had merged, in Centrists of Catalonia. In 1978 UDC created a coalition with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, founding the long-running Convergence and Union.

References
  1. Barrio, Astrid (2009). "Alianzas entre partidos y cambio organizativo: el caso de Convergència i Unió". Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert (in Spanish): 51–74. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. M.S.D. (4 May 1977). "Con la formación de siete coaliciones se clarifica el panorama catalán". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). p. 24. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. Fernández Amador, Mónica (25 February 2014). El poder municipal en Almería durante la transición a la democracia (in Spanish). Universidad de Almería. p. 363. ISBN 9788416027156. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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