Letta began his political career in the party Christian Democracy (DC),[REF] the dominant center right Roman Catholic party.
Following the collapse of the DC in 1994, Letta joined its immediate successor, the much smaller Italian People's Party; after serving as secretary general of the Treasury's Euro Committee (1996-1997), he became deputy secretary of the party in 1997-1998, when it was fully allied with the centre-left [REF].