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The Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica UDR) was a short-lived centrist Christian democratic political party in Italy.It was founded in February 1998 by Francesco Cossiga Clemente Mastella (ex-Christian Democratic Centre then leader of the Christian Democrats for the Republic) Rocco Buttiglione (leader of the United Christian Democrats) Mario Segni (leader of Patto Segni) Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (ex-FI) Enrico Ferri (ex-CCD) and Irene Pivetti (ex-Lega Nord) along with many other MPs elected for the centre-right in order to provide a majority in Parliament for Massimo D’Alema’s government.