Alliance of the Centre (, AdC), whose full name is Alliance of the Centre for the Territories (), is a

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. It was founded in November 2008 as Alliance of the Centre for Freedom () by splinters from the Union of the Centre (UdC) who wanted to return to an alliance with

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and support his fourth government. Its leader is

Francesco Pionati Francesco Pionati (born 15 July 1958 in Avellino), is an politics of Italy, Italian politician and journalist. Son of Giovanni Pionati, former mayor of Avellino, he went into the RAI television on direct reporting by Ciriaco De Mita and he sta ...

, deputy and formerly spokesman of the UdC. At the

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, AdC was part of

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, an electoral coalition including

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, the

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and the

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, which gained 2.2% of the vote and no MEPs. In the 2010 general regional elections AdC ran its lists in a handful of regions, electing only one regional councillor in Pionati's homeregion,

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(2.35%). In the 2011 Molise regional election the party got the 6.73% of the vote and 2 seats in the Regional Council. On 20 January 2011, AdC was a founding component of Responsible Initiative (later renamed People and Territory), a

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group in the

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during the 16th Legislature. In October 2012, the balance of accounts of the People of Freedom (PdL) showed that the Alliance of the Centre had received €80,000 of financial support from PdL. The party was renamed ''Alliance of the Centre for the Territories'' in July 2019.

Leadership

*Secretary:

External links

Official websiteOfficial website of Francesco Pionati

References

{{Italian political parties Centrist parties in Italy Christian democratic parties in Italy Catholic political parties The Autonomy 2008 establishments in Italy Political parties established in 2008