Union of Democrats for Europe

Union of Democrats for Europe Unione Democratici per l'Europa
Leader	Clemente Mastella
Founded	23 May 1999 (1999-05-23)
Dissolved	2013
Preceded by	Democratic Union for the Republic
Succeeded by	Us of the Centre
Headquarters	Largo Arenula, 34 00186 Rome
Newspaper	Il Campanile
Membership	unknown
Ideology	Christian democracy[1]
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	The Daisy (2001–2002) The Union (2005–2008) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–2019)
European affiliation	European People's Party (1998–2015)
European Parliament group	European People's Party (1998–2014)
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International (1998–2015)
Website
www.popolariudeur.it
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The Union of Democrats for Europe (Italian: Unione Democratici per l'Europa, UDEUR), also known as UDEUR Populars (Popolari UDEUR),^[2][3] was a minor centrist, Christian-democratic political party in Italy.

Led by Clemente Mastella, minister of Labour in Berlusconi I Cabinet (1994–1995), minister of Justice in Prodi II Cabinet (2006–2008) and current mayor of Benevento (since 2016), the party has been at times very strong in Southern Italy, but almost irrelevant in Northern Italy. After a decline in terms of popularity in 2007–2008, the party resisted only in Campania, Mastella's heartland, and few other regions. The party was briefly revived in the run-up of the 2018 general election.