Founded 3 May 1977 Political position Centre-right | Dissolved 1978 | |
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Merger of Catalan Centre
Democratic Union of Catalonia Ideology Christian democracy
Liberalism
Catalan nationalism | ||
Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia (Catalan: Unió del Centre i la Democràcia Cristiana de Catalunya, UC-DCC) 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. The coalition was officially registered on May 3, 1977.
History
It was composed of Catalan Centre and the historic Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC). 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-UCD. In 1978 UDC created a coalition with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, founding the long-running Convergence and Union.