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Union for Trentino
Unione per il Trentino
SecretaryTiziano Mellarini
Presidentvacant
FounderLorenzo Dellai
Founded7 June 2008
Preceded byDaisy Civic List
Headquartersvia Lunelli, 64
38100 Trento
Newspapernone
Membership (2014)2,800[1]
IdeologyRegionalism[2]
Centrism[2]
Christian democracy[2]
Social conservatism[3]
National affiliationAlliance for Italy (2009–12)
Civic Choice (2012–13)
Populars for Italy (2013–14)
Solidary Democracy (2014–16)
European affiliationnone
International affiliationnone
European Parliament groupno MEPs
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 630
Senate
1 / 319
European Parliament
0 / 73
Provincial Council
5 / 35
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.

History

Background and foundation

Main article: Daisy Civic List

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,[4] 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.[5][6][7] The Daisy thus suffered the separation of the "Democrats" from the "regionalists".[8] 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.[9]

The new regionalist party, named Union for Trentino, was launched on 7 June,[10][11] while the provincial PD was established on 8 June with the primary election for the first provincial secretary: Alberto Pacher.[12] On 15 July Marco Tanas, a 35-year-old former Socialist, and Flavia Fontana were elected secretary and president of the UpT, respectively.[13]

Dellai's third term as President

In the 2008 provincial election Dellai was re-elected President of the Province. The UpT gained 17.9% of the vote (making it the coalition's and the region's second largest party) anand six seats, plus Dellai's, in the Provincial Council.[14]

In the autumn of 2009 the UpT started playing an active role at the national level. On 11 December Dellai was a founding member of Alliance for Italy, which emerged mainly as a centrist split from the PD, along with Francesco Rutelli, Linda Lanzillotta, Bruno Tabacci and Elvio Ubaldi.[15] Dellai was appointed by Rutelli national coordinator of the new party.

While he was increasingly engaged at the national level, Dellai was also active in Trentino and within the framework of the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion. In an interview, he pressed forward toward a provincial federation with the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) and the local Union of the Centre (UdC), while he also hinted that the UpT would form a sister party both in South Tyrol and Tyrol. This project was called by Dellai the "Party of Trentino".[16]

Between 2010 and 2010 the UpT was led by Vittorio Fravezzi, a close ally of Dellai. In February 2012, during a party congress, Fontana was elected in his place by a large majority.[17][18] Despite this and the "silence" by Silvano Grisenti (a former regional minister, convicted for corruption and later acquitted, who had forced Fravezzi's replacement and controlled 40% of the party's membership), the UpT seemed far from being united.[19] During the congress, the goal of a "Party of Trentino" was confirmed, but this time the two parties which were invited to merge with the UpT were the PATT and the regional section of the Democratic Party (PD).[20][21]

Playing a role in the national stage

In late December 2012 Dellai resigned from President of Trentino[22] in order to take part to the foundation of Civic Choice (SC), a centrist party led by Mario Monti.[23][24] Dellai was one of the leading figures of the new party and the UpT threw its weight behind him in this effort.[25]

In the 2013 general election the UpT formed the core of the SC list for the Chamber of Deputies: the newly formed party won 19.6% in Trentino[26] and Dellai was elected deputy.[27] For the Senate the UpT formed an alliance with the PD and the PATT: the alliance won all three single-seat constituencies of Trentino and UpT's Fravezzi was elected senator in the constituency of Rovereto.[28] Dellai became floor leader of SC in the Chamber.[29]

In July the party suffered a setback in Trentino as its candidate in the centre-left primary election for President of Trentino, Mauro Gilmozzi, came third after the PATT's and the PD's candidates.[30] The party was thus not able to secure the succession of Dellai.

In the provincial election the UpT garnered 13.3%[31] and obtained 5 provincial councillors.[32] Trentino Project (PT), set up by former UpT bigwig Grisenti, won 9.0%.

In April 2014 the outsider Donatella Conzatti defeated Corrado Buratti,[33] outgoing president and candidate of the party's old guard, to become the party's secretary.[34][35]

At the national level, in November 2013 Dellai left SC and was a founding member of the Populars for Italy (PpI), which he subsequently left in July 2014 to form Solidary Democracy (Demo.S). In the 2014 European Parliament election the UpT endorsed Herbert Dorfmann, top candidate of the South Tyrolean People's Party.[36][37]

Dellai's return and defeat

In the run-up of the 2015 municipal election in Trento Dellai launched Democratic Civic Construction (CCD), intended to integrate a larger electorate than that of the UpT alone.[38] The list, which was approved by the provincial board of the party, despite Conzatti's opposition,[39] and could be intended as a move toward an integration of the UpT into the PD,[40] was the third largest in the election.[41] The list was present also in Dro, where senator Fravezzi was re-elected mayor by a landslide.[42]

In October Conzatti, who had lost the support of the party's majority, announced that the UpT would elect its new leadership during a congress in January 2016.[43]

In the run-up of the congress, two candidates announced their bid for secretary: Dellai, supported by the party's old guard, and Tiziano Mellarini, regional minister and standard-bearer of a diverse front including Conzatti, Gilmozzi, all the pronvincial councillors and the municipal section of Trento; Dellai proposed a centre-left characterisation of the party, a closer relationship with the PD and a renewed alliance with the PATT, while Mellarini, a centrist, craved for an alliance with centrist parties and took inspiration from the European People's Party, would like the UpT to be equidistant from both the PD and the PATT.[44] During the congressional campaign, while re-affirming his allegiance to the "autonomist centre-left" coalition and denying any "neocentrist turn", Mellarini made clear that the CCD should not become a party (its members could be active as UpT members) and that a dialogue with unaffiliated "civic" forces, possibly including PT, should be welcome; on the contrary, Dellai and his supporters, notably including Fravezzi, explained that his bid was intended to "avoid the genetic modification of the party" and that CCD would go on anyawy.[45][46]

On congress' day Dellai retired from the race and hinted that he was leaving the party. Consequently, Mellarini was almost unanimously elected secretary.[47][48][49]

Popular support

The electoral results of the UpT in Trentino since 2008 are shown in the table below.

2008 provinc. 2009 European 2013 general 2013 provincial 2014 European
17.9 – 19.6[50] 13.3 12.2[51]

Leadership

References

  1. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/12/22/news/upt-la-sfida-dellai-mellarini-fa-volare-gli-iscritti-1.12666291?ref=search
  2. ^ a b c Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  3. ^ Per la segreteria Upt è sfida Buratti-Conzatti - Cronaca - Trentino Corriere Alpi
  4. ^ Ministero dell'Interno - Elezioni della Camera dei Deputati
  5. ^ Alle Provinciali arriva il Pd Lunelli: "Sconfitta, colpa mia" | Trentino
  6. ^ Pd, Pacher accelera "Subito le primarie" | Trentino
  7. ^ La sindrome Illy attanaglia la Margherita | Trentino
  8. ^ Pd, sarà il 15 giugno la data delle primarie | Trentino
  9. ^ http://www.ladige.it/inc/class/easy_download.inc.php?path_file=/oggetti/2008_05&nome_file=LAMargherit.pdf
  10. ^ Civica Margherita del Trentino
  11. ^ l'Adige.it - Quotidiano Indipendente del Trentino Alto Adige
  12. ^ Pd, boom di votanti Pacher vince col 70% | Trentino
  13. ^ Unione, Dellai "incorona" Tanas | Trentino
  14. ^ http://www.elezioni2008.provincia.tn.it/
  15. ^ «Alleanza per l' Italia» Nasce il partito guidato da Rutelli
  16. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/dettaglio/dellai-chiude-lesperienza-upt-e-lancia-il-partito-del-trentino/2092681
  17. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/02/27/news/upt-fontana-e-il-nuovo-segretario-5657588
  18. ^ Upt, è Flavia Fontana il nuovo segretario | L'Adige
  19. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/02/28/news/sorpresa-dall-upt-sono-spariti-i-grisentiani-5660327
  20. ^ Notizia del 27.02.2012 | Unione per il Trentino
  21. ^ Notizia del 29.02.2012 | Unione per il Trentino
  22. ^ Notizia del 27.12.2012 | Unione per il Trentino
  23. ^ Notizia del 24.12.2012 | Unione per il Trentino
  24. ^ Notizia del 24.12.2012 | Unione per il Trentino
  25. ^ Il Trentino, laboratorio dell’alleanza dem-Monti | Europa Quotidiano
  26. ^ http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/scrutini/20130224/C060830000.htm
  27. ^ http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/scrutini/20130224/C060000000.htm
  28. ^ http://elezioni.interno.it/senato/scrutini/20130224/S040020000.htm
  29. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/03/19/news/dellai-eletto-capogruppo-di-scelta-civica-alla-camera-1.6728555
  30. ^ http://www.corriere.it/politica/13_luglio_13/pd-primarie-trentino-rossi-in-testa_fa376650-ec05-11e2-8187-31118fc65ff2.shtml
  31. ^ Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento
  32. ^ Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento
  33. ^ Congresso Upt, l’outsider Conzatti ci prova - Cronaca - Trentino Corriere Alpi
  34. ^ La svolta dell’Upt Vince Conzatti - Cronaca - Trentino Corriere Alpi
  35. ^ lavocedeltrentino.it - Donatella Conzatti è il nuovo segretario dell' UPT
  36. ^ Notizia del 02.05.2014 | Unione per il Trentino
  37. ^ Dellai: «Dico no ad Alfano sì al sostegno a Dorfmann» - Cronaca - Trentino Corriere Alpi
  38. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/03/07/news/dellai-lancia-il-cantiere-democratico-1.11002392?ref=search
  39. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/03/17/news/conzatti-in-minoranza-via-libera-al-cantiere-democratico-di-dellai-1.11067095?ref=search
  40. ^ http://lavocedeltrentino.it/index.php/oggi-in-primo-piano/19148-cantiere-di-dellai-operai-cercansi
  41. ^ http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2015/elezioni/comunali/trento.html#risultati
  42. ^ http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2015/elezioni/comunali/dro.html#risultati
  43. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/09/27/news/upt-congresso-a-gennaio-scontro-su-data-e-tessere-1.12169187?ref=search
  44. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/10/31/news/segreteria-upt-e-sfida-dellai-mellarini-1.12367070?ref=search
  45. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/12/09/news/la-coalizione-non-si-tocca-ma-il-cantiere-non-serve-1.12593782
  46. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2015/12/12/news/dellai-perde-trento-spettro-di-scissione-1.12609994
  47. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2016/01/23/news/dellai-ritira-la-candidatura-e-rottura-con-l-upt-mio-progetto-non-compreso-e-diventato-il-partito-degli-assessori-1.12827543?ref=search
  48. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2016/01/24/news/generale-senza-colonnelli-fine-amara-di-un-sodalizio-1.12836337?ref=search
  49. ^ http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/trento/cronaca/2016/01/24/news/mellarini-segretario-ma-dellai-lascia-l-upt-1.12836816?ref=search
  50. ^ The party took part to the election as part of Civic Choice.
  51. ^ Share of vote of the South Tyrolean People's Party, which included a candidate of the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party and was endorsed by the UpT.

Sources

External links

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