Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party

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Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese
Secretary Franco Panizza
President Walter Kaswalder
Founded 17 January 1988
Merger of UATT and AI
Preceded by PPTT
Headquarters corso 3 Novembre, 72
38122 Trento
Ideology Regionalism[1]
Autonomism
Christian democracy[1]
National affiliation SVP–PATT
European affiliation none
International affiliation none
European Parliament group no MEPs
Colors      Black
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 630
Senate
1 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional Government
1 / 20
Provincial Council
8 / 35
Website
www.patt.tn.it
Politics of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Political parties
Elections

The Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (Italian: Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese , PATT) is a regionalist,[1] autonomist,[2] and Christian democratic[1] political party in Trentino, Italy. The PATT is the unofficial counterpart of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) in Trentino and the two parties contested together several general and European elections.

Franco Panizza is the party's current secretary, while Walter Kaswalder its long-time president. Ugo Rossi, a former leader of the party, has served as the President of Trentino since 2013. Panizza and Rossi represent the party's centrist wing, which strongly supports the alliance with the Democratic Party and the Union for Trentino (coalition partners of the PATT since 2002), while Kaswalder holds a more conservative (and traditional) position, that resonates well with the party's grassroots.[3][4]

History

Background

The party was founded on 25 July 1948 as the Trentino Tyrolean People's Party (PPTT).

Between 1972 and 1976, the PPTT was represented in the Italian Senate by Sergio Fontanari.

In 1982 a split between the conservative wing, led by Franco Tretter, and the centrist wing of the party, led by longstanding leader Enrico Pruner, occurred. The first group retained the name of the party, but then changed it to Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union (UATT), while the latter took the name of Integral Autonomy (AI).[5]

Foundation and early years

In 1988 the UATT and AI were merged to form the PATT.

In the 1993 provincial election the party had its best result ever (20.2%), thanks to the crisis of Christian Democracy (DC).[6] The PATT's leader, Carlo Andreotti, was President of the Province of Trento for the successive five years, at the head of a coalition composed of the PATT and the Italian People's Party, one of the successors of the DC, and some minor parties.

In 1996 splinters from the PATT, led by Sergio Casagranda and Domenico Fedel (who had been more recently active with Lega Autonomia Trentino), launched a new party named Integral Autonomy (AI).

In the 1998 provincial election the PATT's share of the vote declined to 12.4%, due to the presence of AI (3.8%) and, especially, the success of the newly formed Daisy Civic List (22.2%). AI entered in coalition with the Daisy, while the PATT formed an alliance with the House of Freedoms and, primarily, Lega Nord Trentino for the 2001 general election: under this arrangement, Giacomo Bezzi stood as candidate in the single-seat-constituency of Lavis, but was narrowly defeated.[7]

Alliance with Daisy and the SVP

In 2002 the PATT entered into an alliance with the Daisy-dominated centre-left coalition. Consequently, Carlo Andreotti was appointed President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol at the head of a coalition comprising the SVP, the Daisy, the Democrats of the Left and the Greens. Contextually, the Trentino Autonomists (AT), formed by the merger of AI with the provincial section of Italian Renewal and additional PATT splinters led by Dario Pallaoro in 2000, joined forces with the PATT.

In the run-up of the 2003 provincial election Bezzi led the party into a stable alliance with the Daisy and also the centre-left at the provincial level, but Andreotti, who would serve as President of the Region until 2004, disagreed, left the party and formed Autonomist Trentino (TA). In the election, Andreotti, who ran for president for the centre-right coalition led by Forza Italia, was soundly defeated (60.8% to 30.7%) by incumbent Lorenzo Dellai (Daisy), who appointed Franco Panizza of the PATT to his government. Moreover, the PATT won just 9.0% of the vote, but TA did much worse and garnered a mere 2.2%.[8][9] Two years later, Bezzi was replaced as secretary by Ugo Rossi.

After the 2006 general election, thanks to an electoral pact with the SVP and the electoral victory by the centre-left coalition The Union, the PATT was for the first time represented in the Chamber of Deputies by its former secretary Giacomo Bezzi. In 2007 the AT were formally merged into the PATT.

2008 general and provincial elections

In the 2008 general election the PATT formed an alliance with the Daisy Civc List and the SVP for the Senate (Sergio Muraro of the PATT was the candidate in the single-seat constituency of Pergine Valsugana),[10] while for the Chamber of Deputies the PATT supported the SVP.

Prior to the electoral campaign, Bezzi, who was not running for re-election, announced that he was going to vote for the centre-right in the election.[11] Also, would-be senator Muraro did not rule out the possibility of an alliance with the centre-right, if Silvio Berlusconi would have become Prime Minister again.[12] In the election, the centre-left was for the first time defeated in Trentino[13] and Muraro was not elected.[14] The loss brought the PATT into a bitter turmoil. Bezzi finally left the party and formed the Popular Autonomists (AP), along with two minor regionalist parties, Autonomist Trentino and the Popular Autonomy Movement.

In the 2008 provincial election the AP supported Sergio Divina, senator and leader of Lega Nord Trentino, as candidate for president, while the PATT remained aligned with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and Dellai's Union for Trentino (UpT). Dellai was re-elected by a landslide and the PATT gained 8.5% of the vote and three provincial deputies.[15] The PATT took part to the new government of Dellai with two provincial ministers, Panizza and Rossi.

2013 general and provincial elections

For the 2013 general election, the PATT formed an alliance with the SVP, the UpT and the PD.[16][17] This led to the best result ever for the party in a general election: Mauro Ottobre was elected deputy in the SVP's list,[18] which gained 4.8% in Trentino, and Panizza was elected senator in the constituency of Trento.[19]

In the run-up of the 2013 provincial election, Rossi of the PATT won the province's centre-left primary election.[20]

In the provincial election, Rossi was elected President with a landslide 58.1% of the vote,[21] while the PATT garnered 17.6%[22] and 7 elects in the Provincial Council (plus Rossi).[23] Bezzi, former PATT leader, stood as candidate for Forza Trentino and gained a mere 4.3% of the vote. Following the election, Rossi formed a eight-member strong government, including three ministers of the PD, two of the UpT, one of the PATT (Michele Dallapiccola) and one independent (Carlo Daldoss).[24]

The PATT contested the 2014 European Parliament election in alliance with the SVP,[25] whose list was supported also by the UpT.[26] The list won 12.2% in Trentino.[27]

Popular support

The electoral results of the PATT in Trentino since 1992 are shown in the table below.

1992 general 1993 provinc. 1994 general 1994 European 1996 general 1998 provinc. 1999 European 2001 general 2003 provinc. 2004 European 2006 general 2008 general 2008 provinc. 2009 European 2013 general 2013 provinc. European
5.7[28] 20.2 18.6[29] 11.3[28] 15.4[29] 12.4 2.9[28] 6.0[28] 9.0 3.8[28] 5.1[28] 4.8[28] 8.5 6.1[28] 4.8[28] 17.6 12.2[28]

Leadership

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://lavocedeltrentino.it/index.php/oggi-in-primo-piano/21797-kaswalder-suona-la-carica-torniamo-ai-valori-del-passato
  4. ↑ http://ricerca.gelocal.it/trentinocorrierealpi/archivio/trentinocorrierealpi/2015/11/13/trento-rossi-bis-e-alleati-col-patt-l-idea-agita-il-centrodestra-23.html?ref=search
  5. ↑ http://trentinocorrierealpi.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Quando-tremo-lintero-consiglio/1521706
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Camera del 13 Maggio 2001
  8. ↑ http://www.elezioni.provincia.tn.it/2003_10_26/index.html
  9. ↑ Parties and Elections in Europe
  10. ↑ Civica Margherita del Trentino
  11. ↑ Lo strappo di Bezzi: "Io voto per Divina" | Trentino
  12. ↑ Muraro: "Berlusconi? Non dico se lo voterei" | Trentino
  13. ↑ http://politiche.interno.it/politiche/camera080413/C060830000.htm
  14. ↑ http://politiche.interno.it/politiche/senato080413/S040030000.htm
  15. ↑ http://www.elezioni2008.provincia.tn.it/
  16. ↑ Patto per l'autonomia Svp-Pd-Patt - Trentino-Alto Adige/Suedtirol - ANSA.it
  17. ↑ Patto per l’Autonomia: «Impegni che Monti ci ha negato» | Notizie | PATT
  18. ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/scrutini/20130224/C060000000.htm
  19. ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/senato/scrutini/20130224/S040010000.htm
  20. ↑ http://www.corriere.it/politica/13_luglio_13/pd-primarie-trentino-rossi-in-testa_fa376650-ec05-11e2-8187-31118fc65ff2.shtml
  21. ↑ Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento
  22. ↑ Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento
  23. ↑ Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento
  24. ↑ http://www.trentotoday.it/politica/nuova-giunta-provincia-autonoma-di-trento.html
  25. ↑ Pd, Svp, Patt E Sloveni Insieme Per Le Europee | Notizie | Patt
  26. ↑ Notizia del 02.05.2014 | Unione per il Trentino
  27. ↑ [Scrutini] Europee - Elezioni del 25 maggio 2014 - Ministero dell'Interno
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8 28.9 In list with the South Tyrolean People's Party at the national level.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 This result refers to single-seat constituencies, as the party did not presented a list for proportional representation.

Sources

External links

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