Union for Trentino
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Union for Trentino
Unione per il Trentino |
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| Secretary | Tiziano Mellarini |
| President | Fabio Pipinato |
| Founder | Lorenzo Dellai |
| Founded | 7 June 2008 |
| Preceded by | Daisy Civic List |
| Headquarters | via Lunelli, 64 38100 Trento |
| Newspaper | none |
| Membership (2014) | 2,800 |
| Ideology |
Regionalism Centrism Christian democracy Social conservatism |
| National affiliation |
Alliance for Italy (2009–12) Civic Choice (2012–13) Populars for Italy (2013–14) Solidary Democracy (2014–16) |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Chamber of Deputies |
1 / 630
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| Senate |
1 / 319
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Provincial Council |
5 / 35
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| Website | |
| http://www.unioneperiltrentino.it | |
The Union for Trentino (Italian: Unione per il Trentino, UpT) is a regionalist and Christian-democratic political party active in Trentino, Italy. The party has its roots in the experience of Daisy Civic List and was founded on 7 June 2008.
In the run-up of the 1998 provincial election Lorenzo Dellai formed the Daisy Civic List in order to unite Trentino centrists affiliated with the centre-left into a single political force. In 2000 Francesco Rutelli took the Daisy as an example when he launched Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) at the national level. The Daisy Civic List thus became the provincial section of DL. In 2007 DL merged with the Democrats of the Left in order to form the Democratic Party (PD).
After the defeat of the centre-left in Trentino in the 2008 general election, the Daisy was divided among those who wanted to continue on the road toward the consolidation of the regionalist party and those who wanted to establish the provincial section of the PD. The Daisy thus suffered the separation of the "Democrats" from the "regionalists". Lunelli, supported by Dellai, former senator Mauro Betta and eight provincial deputies out of twelve, decided to take part to the foundation of the regionalist party, while senator Claudio Molinari and deputy Letizia De Torre chose to join the PD.
The new regionalist party, named Union for Trentino, was launched on 7 June, while the provincial PD was established on 8 June with the primary election for the first provincial secretary: Alberto Pacher. On 15 July Marco Tanas, a 35-year-old former Socialist, and Flavia Fontana were elected secretary and president of the UpT, respectively.
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