Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. UDEUR Populars (Popolari UDEUR, UDEUR) are a small centrist and Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Led by Clemente Mastella, the party is strong in Southern Italy, especially in Campania (where Mastella comes from), but is almost irrelevant in Northern Italy. The "UDEUR" part of the name refers to "Union of Democrats for Europe" (Unione Democratici per l''Europa), which was the party''s name until November 2003. UDEUR emerged in May 1999 after the break up of the Democratic Union for the Republic. This party was founded in June 1998, under the leadership of Francesco Cossiga, by the merger of the United Christian Democrats of Rocco Buttiglione, the Christian Democrats for the Republic (a splinter group from the Christian Democratic Centre) of Mastella, the Patto Segni of Mario Segni and splinters from Forza Italia, National Alliance and Lega Nord.