Democratic Union of Alto Adige

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The Democratic Union of Alto Adige (Italian: Unione Democratica dell'Alto Adige) was an Italian-speaking Christian-democratic political party in South Tyrol, Italy. Its long-time leader was Luigi Cigolla. The party had a counterpart in Trentino, the Autonomist People's Union. Like its counterpart, it was the local branch of the United Christian Democrats before switching to the Democratic Union for the Republic. The party emerged in 1993 as a local split from Christian Democracy and won 1.7% of the vote in that year's provincial election. In the 2003 provincial election it formed an alliance with Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy and the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats named Autonomist Union. The coalition won 3.7% and Cigolla was re-elected to the Provincial Council for the third time and was appointed provincial minister. In 2008 the party merged with the provincial section of Italy of Values, which obtained 1.6% in the provincial election, leaving Cigolla without his seat.