Democratic Union of Alto Adige
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The Democratic Union of Alto Adige ({{langx|it|Unione Democratica dell'Alto Adige}}) was an Italian-speaking Christian-democratic political party active in South Tyrol, Italy. Its long-time leader was Luigi Cigolla. The party had a counterpart in Trentino, the Autonomist People's Union. Like their counterpart, it was the local branch of the United Christian Democrats before switch to the Democratic Union for the Republic.{{Cite web|url-access=registration|url=https://www.academia.edu/80510586|lang=de|page=79|title=Denk-Mal Die Schuld der Anderen.|author=Giada Noto|year=2020|access-date=6 May 2024}}
The party emerged in 1993 as a local split from Christian Democracy and garnered 1.7% of the vote in that year's provincial election.
In the 2003 provincial election the party 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, re-elected to the Provincial Council for the third time in a row,{{Cite web|url=http://www.provinz.bz.it/aprov/amministrazione/amministrazione/405.asp|title = Amministrazione trasparente | Provincia autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige}} was appointed provincial minister.{{cite web |url=http://www.uibk.ac.at/politikwissenschaft/mitarbeiterinnen/pallaver/pdf/pallaver_561-600.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524105530/http://www.uibk.ac.at/politikwissenschaft/mitarbeiterinnen/pallaver/pdf/pallaver_561-600.pdf |archivedate=2011-05-24 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.provincia.bz.it/vote/2003/risultati_provincia.htm|title=CIVIS, das neue Südtiroler Bürgernetz: Wahlen}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.provincia.bz.it/aprov/giunta-provinciale/cigolla.asp|title=Amministrazione provinciale | Provincia autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige}}
In 2008 the party was merged with the provincial section of Italy of Values,http://ricerca.quotidianiespresso.it/altoadige/archivio/altoadige/2008/09/11/AZ6PO_AZ601.html which obtained a mere 1.6% in the provincial election, leaving Cigolla without his seat.