Fassa
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Fassa is a minor Christian-democratic
political party in the province of Trentino, Italy
, which seeks to represent the Ladin
minority in the Province and especially that living in Fascia Valley
. Its leader is Gino Fontana, mayor of Vigo di Fassa
and formerly a provincial deputy for Daisy Civic List
.
It was formed on 3 August 2008 as a centre-right alternative to the centre-left Ladin Autonomist Union
. In the 2008 provincial election the party won 0.6% of the vote (26.6% in the Ladin constituency), while UAL gained 1.2% (54.0%).
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
political party in the province of Trentino, Italy
Italy
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, which seeks to represent the Ladin
Ladin
Ladin is a language consisting of a group of dialects spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno...
minority in the Province and especially that living in Fascia Valley
Fascia Valley
The Fascia Valley is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. As an administrative valley community of Trentino it is called Region Comun General de Fascia.The valley is the home of the Ladin community in Trentino, which make up the majority of the population...
. Its leader is Gino Fontana, mayor of Vigo di Fassa
Vigo di Fassa
Vigo di Fassa is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km northeast of Trento...
and formerly a provincial deputy for Daisy Civic List
Daisy Civic List
The Daisy Civic List was a regionalist Christian-democratic and centrist Italian political party active in Trentino.-History:It was founded in 1998 by Lorenzo Dellai and other local politicians active in several centrist parties, both from the centre-left and the centre-right at the national...
.
It was formed on 3 August 2008 as a centre-right alternative to the centre-left Ladin Autonomist Union
Ladin Autonomist Union
The Ladin Autonomist Union is a minor progressive political party in the province of Trentino, Italy, which seeks to represent the Ladin minority in the Province and especially that living in Fascia Valley...
. In the 2008 provincial election the party won 0.6% of the vote (26.6% in the Ladin constituency), while UAL gained 1.2% (54.0%).