Act! (Italy)

Act! Fare!
Secretary	Flavio Tosi
Coordinator	Fabio Venturi
Founded	21 July 2015
Split from	Lega Nord
Headquarters	Via delle Nazioni, 19 37135 Verona
Think tank	Ricostruiamo il Paese
Ideology	Federalism Liberalism[1]
Political position	Centre-right[2]
European affiliation	none
European Parliament group	no MEPs
Colours	Yellow, black
Chamber of Deputies	4 / 630
Senate	3 / 315
European Parliament	0 / 73
Website
www.farecontosi.it
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Act! (Italian: Fare!, F!) is a centre-right political party in Italy, based in Veneto.

Its leader is Flavio Tosi, mayor of Verona and former leader of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, who was ejected from it in the run-up of the 2015 Venetian regional election, due to his opposition to Matteo Salvini's political line.^[3]

History

When Tosi was ejected from Lega Nord, he was joined by three deputies (Matteo Bragantini, Roberto Caon, Emanuele Prataviera), three senators (Patrizia Bisinella, Raffaela Bellot, Emanuela Munerato),^[4] and nine regional councilors of Veneto (Luca Baggio, Matteo Toscani, Francesco Piccolo, Daniele Stival, Giuseppe Stoppato, Diego Bottacin, Maurizio Conte, Andrea Bassi, Leonardo Padrin, Mauro Mainardi, Renzo Marangon and Moreno Teso (see Tosi List for Veneto#Split from Liga Veneta).

In the regional election in Veneto Tosi ran for President won 11.9% of the vote, losing to Liga Veneta's incumbent President Luca Zaia, and two lists close to Tosi, the Tosi List for Veneto and Il Veneto del Fare con Tosi, obtained a combined 7.1% and four regional councillors (Bassi, Conte, Stefano Casali and Giovanna Negro).

In July Tosi re-organised his followers into a full-fledged party, name Act! (Fare!). Immediately, Michele Boldrin, leader of Act to Stop the Decline, sued Act! as the names of the two parties looked too similar,^[5] but nothing consequential happened.

In September a fourth deputy joined the party: Marco Marcolin, also from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.^[6]

In October Act! became an occasional supporter of the centre-left government led by Matteo Renzi, whom Tosi held in high esteem, fueling rumors that the party might either enter in stable alliance with or join Renzi's Democratic Party.^[7] However, during the party's national convention in February 2016, Tosi rejected any notion of a stable alliance with Renzi, while expressing his interest for an agreement with other centre-right forces.^[8] There are in fact rumors that F! might soon join forces with Raffaele Fitto's Conservatives and Reformists, Gaetano Quagliariello's Identity and Action and Mario Mauro's Populars for Italy: such an alliance could boast more than 20 deputies and 15 senators.^[9][10][11]

Ideology

Act! adopts a moderate approach, supporting conservatism on public security, liberalism on social themes, economic liberalism and federalism. On issues the issues, here are some of the positions held by the party:

• on social themes, it supports civil unions (not LGBT adoption),^[12] legalization of prostitution, unification of law enforcement, re-introduction of 6 months of conscription;
• on the economy, it supports tax cuts, abolition of the so-called "house tax" (IMU) and end to "field researchs";^[13]
• on constitutional issues, it supports federalism, unification of small municipalities, a strong premiership, spoils system for public works and the Senate's abolition;^[14]
• on the judiciary, it supports abolition of early release of those convicted of serious crimes, anti-bureaucracy and role separation between judge and public prosecutor;^[15]
• in foreign policy, it supports to the War on Terror (including a war declaration to ISIL), limitation to immigration, and more independency from European Union.^[16]
• on defense, it supports more spending for the military.^[17]

Electoral results

Regional elections

Region	Latest election	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won
Veneto	2015	131,955 (#5)	7.1	4 / 51

Leadership

• Secretary: Flavio Tosi (2015–present)
• Coordinator: Fabio Venturi (2015–present)

References

1. "Ecco il partito di Tosi". L'Intraprendente. 21 July 2015.
2. Claudio Peri (21 July 2015). "Il partito di Flavio Tosi: "Fare!"". Panorama.
3. Il partito di Flavio Tosi: "Fare!"
4. Partito di Tosi prossimo al lancio: martedì 21 luglio a Roma alla Camera dei Deputati
5. Flavio Tosi nei guai: "Fare per farmare il declino" gli fa causa
6. Michele Muro (September 2015). "E la Lega restò senza parlamentari veneti". L'Intraprendente.
7. Alberto Maggi (12 October 2015). "Renzi-Tosi, patto segreto. Eccolo". Affari Italiani.
8. "Tosi: "Noi i veri moderati Renzi non ha rivali e vince"". Il Mattino di Padova. 29 February 2016.
9. "Tutte le sintonie tra Fitto, Marchini, Passera, Quagliariello e Tosi - Formiche.net". formiche.net. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
10. "Ncd, Quagliariello lancia il quarto petalo. Cassano: "Voleva il Ministero" - Affaritaliani.it". affaritaliani.it. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
11. "Camera, Alfano perde pezzi: i deputati di Quagliariello emigrano nel gruppo Misto - Il Fatto Quotidiano". ilfattoquotidiano.it. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
12. Antonio Rapisarda (28 January 2016). "Tosi: "Tifo Renzi non Salvini"". Il Tempo.
13. "Economia e Lavoro". Act!. 13 November 2015.
14. "Buon Governo". Act!. 13 November 2015.
15. "Giustizia". Act!. 13 November 2015.
16. "Italia-Europa". Act!. 13 November 2015.
17. "Difesa Nazionale". Act!. 13 November 2015.

External links

• Official website