Citizens' Union for South Tyrol
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Citizens' Union for South Tyrol
BürgerUnion für Südtirol |
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| President | Andreas Pöder |
| Founded | 2 October 1989 |
| Headquarters | via Garibaldi, 6 39100 Bolzano |
| Newspaper | Zukunft Heimat |
| Membership | unknown |
| Ideology |
National conservatism Social conservatism |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 630
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| Senate |
0 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 72
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| Provincial Council |
1 / 35
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| Website | |
| http://www.buergerunion.st/ | |
The Citizens' Union for South Tyrol (German: BürgerUnion für Südtirol, BUfS; formerly Union for South Tyrol, German: Union für Südtirol, UfS) is a national-conservativepolitical party active in South Tyrol committed to the German-speaking minority and its right to self-determination. Recently, the party re-branded itself as a centrist party and distanced from the separatism of other German-speaking parties. Its current leader is Andreas Pöder.
The Union for South Tyrol was founded on 2 October 1989 by the merger of the nationalist South Tyrolean Homeland Federation of Eva Klotz (2.3% in the 1988 provincial election), the national-liberal Freedom Party of South Tyrol led by Gerold Meraner and right-wing splinters from the South Tyrolean People's Party led by Alfons Benedikter.
In the 1993 provincial election the party won 4.8% of the vote and gained 2 seats in the Provincial Council, one for Klotz and one for Benedikter. In the 1996 general election the party had its best result ever (7.7% for party list and 19.2% in single-seat constituencies), because the South Tyrolean People's Party had formed an alliance with some Italian parties.
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