Fassa Association

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox political party

| name = Fassa Association

| native_name = Associazione Fassa

| logo = Fassa_Assocation_Logo.jpg

| leader1_title = President

| leader1_name = Armando Mich

| leader2_title = Political secretary

| leader2_name = Luca Guglielmi

| foundation = {{start date and age|2008}}

| split = Daisy Civic List

| headquarters = Strèda Dolomites n° 56, Canazei

| ideology = {{nowrap|Ladin minority interests}}
Christian democracy

| position = Centre-right

| national = Forza Italia (until 2020)
League (2020–present)

| seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|400|hex=#39B5BD}}

| seats2_title = Senate

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|200|hex=#39B5BD}} (Into the League)

| seats3_title = Provincial Council

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|35|hex=#39B5BD}}

| website = {{url|http://www.forzafassa.it/}}

| colorcode = #39B5BD

| country = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

| country2 = Italy

}}

Fassa Association (Associazione Fassa), often referred simply as Fassa, is a minor Christian-democratic{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/trento.html|title=Trentino/Italy|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2018|access-date=6 October 2018|archive-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122000331/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/trento.html|url-status=live}} political party in Trentino, Italy. The party seeks to represent the Ladin minority in the Province and especially Ladins living in Fassa Valley.

History

Fassa was formed as Fassa List (Lista Fassa) in August 2008 as a centre-right alternative to the centre-left Ladin Autonomist Union (UAL), which used to garner a large majority of Ladin votes in Fassa Valley. Its first leader was Gino Fontana, mayor of Vigo di Fassa and, formerly, provincial councillor for Daisy Civic List, a centrist party aligned with the so-called "regionalist centre-left".https://www.corriere.it/politica/08_ottobre_19/trento_pd_udc_bad1a7c6-9dab-11dd-b589-00144f02aabc.shtml A year later, the List was institutionalised and became a fully fledged party under the current name.{{cite web |last=Felicetti |first=Mario |date=2009-05-16 |title=Il centrodestra rilancia Nasce "Progetto Fassa" |url=http://www.ladige.it/articoli/2009/05/16/centrodestra-rilancianasce-progetto-fassa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225322/http://www.ladige.it/articoli/2009/05/16/centrodestra-rilancianasce-progetto-fassa |archive-date=2014-07-14 |access-date=2014-08-14 |website=L'Adige |publisher= |language=it}}

In the 2008 provincial election, the party won 0.6% of the vote (26.6% in Fassa Valley).{{Cite web |date=2008-11-09 |title=Elezioni provinciali - 9 novembre 2008 |url=http://www.elezioni2008.provincia.tn.it/000017_Prov/Liste/000001.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207081358/http://www.elezioni2008.provincia.tn.it/000017_Prov/Liste/000001.html |archive-date=2009-02-07 |access-date= |website=Provincia autonoma di Trento |language=IT}}

In March 2012, {{Ill|Elena Testor|it}} was elected president of the party and Luca Guglielmi secretary.{{cite web |last=Redolfi |first=Valentina |date=2012-03-23 |title=L'Associazione Fassa guarda avanti |url=http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/03/23/news/l-associazione-fassa-guarda-avanti-1.4127499 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624060313/http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/03/23/news/l-associazione-fassa-guarda-avanti-1.4127499 |archive-date=2012-06-24 |access-date=2014-08-14 |website=Trentino Corriere Alpi |publisher=}} In September 2013, Riccardo Franceschetti, mayor of Moena and leading member of the UAL, left his party to join Fassa.{{cite web |last=Bonani |first=Gilberto |date=2013-09-27 |title="In valle serve più decisione" |url=http://ricerca.gelocal.it/trentinocorrierealpi/archivio/trentinocorrierealpi/2013/09/27/NZ_52_A.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140743/http://ricerca.gelocal.it/trentinocorrierealpi/archivio/trentinocorrierealpi/2013/09/27/NZ_52_A.html |archive-date=2014-07-14 |access-date=2014-08-14 |website=Trentino Corriere Alpi |publisher= |language=it}}

In the 2013 provincial election, the party won 0.8% of the vote (31.9% in Fassa Valley).{{cite web |title=Elezioni provinciali - 27 Ottobre 2013 |url=http://www.elezioni-2013.provincia.tn.it/Risultati/Liste/000538.html |access-date=2014-08-14 |website=Provincia autonoma di Trento |publisher= |language=it}}

In the 2015 Fassa community election, the party prevailed over the UAL and Testor was elected Procuradora (President of the Fassa community).{{cite web |date=2015-05-10 |title=COMPOSIZIONE DEL CONSEI GENERAL |url=http://www.comunitavalle.provincia.tn.it/binary/pat_comunita_valle/elezioni_fassa_2015/composizione_Consei_componenti_eletti.1439207201.pdf |website=Provincia Autonoma di Trento |language=it}}{{cite web |date=2015-05-19 |title=Fassa, oggi l'insediamento della procuradora Elena Testor |url=http://www.ladige.it/territori/fiemme-fassa/2015/05/19/fassa-oggi-linsediamento-procuradora-elena-testor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315224447/http://www.ladige.it/territori/fiemme-fassa/2015/05/19/fassa-oggi-linsediamento-procuradora-elena-testor |archive-date=2018-03-15 |access-date=2018-03-15 |website=L'Adige}}

In the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, Fassa supported the No,{{cite news |date=2016-11-27 |title=Referendum, ecco chi si è schierato |url=http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2016/11/27/news/referendum-ecco-chi-si-e-schierato-1.14480897 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220051136/http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2016/11/27/news/referendum-ecco-chi-si-e-schierato-1.14480897 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |access-date=2018-09-24 |work=Trentino Corriere Alpi |publisher= |language=it}} which won with {{#expr:(725+268+207+720+383+237+771)*100/(1156+443+307+1215+714+418+1456) round 1}}% of the votes in the Fassa valley.{{cite web |title=Referendum 04/12/2016 - Area ITALIA - Regione TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE - Provincia TRENTO |url=https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=F&dtel=04/12/2016&tpa=I&tpe=P&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=4&levsut1=1&lev2=83&levsut2=2&ne1=4&ne2=83&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&ms=S |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924190210/https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=F&dtel=04/12/2016&tpa=I&tpe=P&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=4&levsut1=1&lev2=83&levsut2=2&ne1=4&ne2=83&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&ms=S |archive-date=2018-09-24 |access-date=2018-09-24 |website=Eligendo |publisher= |language=it}}

In the 2018 general election, Testor affiliated to Forza Italia,{{cite web |last=Tessari |first=Gianpaolo |date=2018-01-24 |title=Testor, la val di Fassa ora guarda a destra |url=http://www.giornaletrentino.it/cronaca/trento/testor-la-val-di-fassa-ora-guarda-a-destra-1.1501393 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023137/http://www.giornaletrentino.it/cronaca/trento/testor-la-val-di-fassa-ora-guarda-a-destra-1.1501393 |archive-date=2018-03-16 |access-date=2018-03-15 |website=Trentino |language=it}} and was elected to the Italian Senate from the single-seat constituency of Pergine Valsugana.{{cite web |title=Senato 04/03/2018 {{!}} Area ITALIA (escl. Valle d'Aosta) {{!}} Regione TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE {{!}} Collegio Plurinominale TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL - 01 {{!}} Collegio 06 - PERGINE VALSUGANA |url=https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=04/03/2018&tpa=I&tpe=L&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=4&levsut1=1&lev2=1&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=4&ne2=41&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=S&ms=S&ne3=416&lev3=6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316022948/http://elezioni.interno.gov.it/senato/scrutini/20180304/scrutiniSI04160000000 |archive-date=2018-03-16 |access-date=2018-03-15 |website=Eligendo |language=it}}{{cite web|url=http://www.trentotoday.it/politica/elezioni-politiche-2018/eletti-collegio-trento-rovereto-pergine.html|title=Elezioni in Trentino: tutti gli eletti uninominali sono del centrodestra, ecco i nuovi deputati e senatori}} In 2019 Armando Mich was elected new party president, succeeding to Testor.https://www.radioetv.it/2019/11/12/armando-mich-nuovo-presidente-dellassociazione-fassa

The party confirmed its representation in the Provincial Council both in the 2018 provincial election (1.0% of the vote and 38.9% in Fassa Valley) and the 2023 provincial election (0.9% of the vote and 42.3% in Fassa Valley) .

Electoral results

Results are expressed in %.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	\|2008 provincial	2013 provincial	2015 communal	2018 general	2018 provincial	2020 communal	2022 general	2023 provincial
\|Trentino	0.6	0.8	–	1.0{{efn\|name=fn1\|First-past-the-post votes for Elena Testor.}}	1.0	–	1.0{{efn\|name=fn1}}	0.9
\|Fassa Valley	26.6	31.9	59.4	55.0{{efn\|name=fn1}}	38.9	47.8{{Cite web \|title=RISULTATI PROCURADOR - Elezioni Comun General de Fascia - 20 e 21 settembre 2020 \|url=http://www.comunitavalle.provincia.tn.it/binary/pat_comunita_valle/elezioni_comun_general_de_Fascia_2020/risultati_Proclamazione_Procurador_da_pubblicare.1602233754.pdf \|website=Provincia Autonoma di Trento}}	59.7	42.3

Leadership

President: Anita Santuari (2009–2012), Elena Testor (2012–2019), Armando Mich (2019–present)
Secretary: Riccardo Cociardi (2009–2012), Luca Guglielmi (2012–present)

References

External links

[http://www.forzafassa.it/ Official website]

Category:Political parties in Trentino

Category:Ladinia

Category:Christian democratic parties in Italy

Category:Catholic political parties

Category:Political parties of minorities

Category:Political parties of minorities in Italy