A delegation from the PDCS took part in Rome, at the European Parliament’s liaison office, in the presentation of the Martens Centre’s volume on Christian Democracy, which devotes a chapter to San Marino.
Below is the full press release.
SAN MARINO’S CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC TRADITION ENTERS THE EUROPEAN DEBATE
A delegation from the Christian Democratic Party of San Marino (PDCS), made up of Political Secretary Gian Carlo Venturini, Head of International Relations Lorenzo Bugli, and Secretary General of the Young Christian Democrats Emanuele Cangini, attended today in Rome, at the European Parliament’s liaison office, the presentation of the Martens Centre volume “Christian Democracy, Conservatism and the Challenge of Extremism” (Rubbettino), edited by Klaus Welle and Federico Ottavio Reho.
The event, promoted by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, the political foundation of the European People’s Party, featured speeches by Carlo Corazza, Antonio Polito, Gaetano Quagliariello, Federico Ottavio Reho and Klaus Welle, moderated by Flavia Giacobbe. The discussion centred on the future of Europe’s centre-right, the relationship between the popular and conservative traditions, and the defence of the democratic order built after 1945.
The volume brings together contributions from politicians and scholars of the popular family, including Manfred Weber, Antonio Tajani and Mikuláš Dzurinda. It is the first edition in a national language of the Union — in Italian — born from the collaboration between the Martens Centre, the De Gasperi Foundation, the Luigi Sturzo Institute, the Circolo Esperia and the Fondazione Santo Marino. Its central argument is clear: the real dividing line does not run between Popular, Conservative and Liberal forces, but between those who believe in Europe and those who do not believe in the common European home.
The Italian edition includes a chapter by Antonio Campati on Italian Christian Democracy, now a chapter of history, and a chapter by Lorenzo Muccioli telling the story of San Marino and the PDCS: the only place where the Christian Democratic tradition has survived uninterrupted. Reho himself acknowledges this in the preface. In Italy, Christian Democracy came to an end; in San Marino, the PDCS, founded in 1948, has remained a living party across the decades, present both within the institutions and in society at large.
Today, those values are not mere memory. They are a necessity. In a world gripped by polarisation and war, the centrality of the person, subsidiarity, the pursuit of the common good and the European choice remain the core values of our democracy. Building bridges, not walls. Uniting, not dividing.
In Rome, the PDCS brought with it the richness of a history spanning almost eighty years and of an experience that has remained true to itself while evolving alongside the country.
A small Republic, a great tradition. At the service of Europe and the country.
Rome, 13 October 2026 – PDCS Press Office
