Third Pole (Italy)
Third Pole (Italian: Terzo Polo), whose complete name was Federation of the centre – Third Pole (Federazione di Centro – Terzo Polo), was a small Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Southern Italy and especially in Abruzzo. Its leaders were Vincenzo Scotti (Secretary), former Christian Democratic Minister of the Interior, and Nino Cristofori (President).
The party contested the 2006 general election as The centre – Third Pole (Il Centro – Terzo Polo), independently from the two major coalitions. In 2007 the party counted four regional councillors: and (Abruzzo), Antonio Milo (Campania) and (Basilicata). In January 2008 the party formed a political pact with Raffaele Lombardo's Movement for Autonomy (MpA), whose power base was in Sicily.[1] The plan was to create a network of regionalist Christian-democratic parties.
After the 2008 general election Scotti was appointed Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in Berlusconi IV Cabinet and later also president of the MpA. In the 2008 Abruzzo regional election the MpA won 3.3 of the vote and De Matteis was re-elected regional deputy.
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