Daisy Civic List
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The Daisy Civic List was a regionalist
Christian-democratic
and centrist
Italian political party active in Trentino.
and other local politicians active in several centrist
parties, both from the centre-left
and the centre-right
at the national level, as the Italian People's Party, Italian Renewal
, the United Christian Democrats
and splinters from the Christian Democratic Centre.
In the 1998 provincial election
the Civica won 22.0% of the vote and Dellai was appointed President of the Province of Trento, at the head of a centre-left coalition, along with two major allies: the Democrats of the Left
(DS) and the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
(PATT).
Taking example from Trentino and bordering Veneto
, where Massimo Cacciari
formed a similar list named Together for Veneto
for the 2000 regional election
, four centre-left parties united to form Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) in 2001. Since that moment, the Daisy Civic List became the provincial section of the national party with the similar name, although maintaining some of its autonomy and peculiarities. In particular it was more conservative and than national DL, because of its explicit characterization as a christian-democratic party.
In the 2003 provincial election the party won 25.9% of the vote and its leader Lorenzo Dellai was re-elected by a landslide: 60.8% compared to 30.7% of his major opponent, Carlo Andreotti.
In 2007, when DL merged with the DS, although most of the members of the Daisy Civic List joined the new Democratic Party
(PD), they rejected the merge at the regional level, where Civica and the DS continued to act as distinct parties.
In 2008 Trentino centrists decided to retain a double party affiliation: to the PD at the national level, to the Daisy at the regional one, and Giiorgio Lunelli, the party coordinator, declared that the Daisy would not join the Democratic Party "neither today, nor after the [provincial] election, never".
After the defeat of the centre-left in Trentino in the 2008 general election
, Daisy was divided among those who wanted to continue on the road toward the consolidation of the regional party and those who wanted to establish the provincial PD along with the local Democrats of the Left. On 30 April the party decided both the merger into PD and the creation of a new regional party federated with it, as supported by both Dellai and Lunelli.
Daisy thus suffered the separation of the "Democrats" from the "regionalists". Dellai, Lunelli, supported by 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 decided to join the PD. The new regionalist party, named Union for Trentino
(UpT), was launched on 7 June, while the provincial PD was established on 8 June. With the foundation of UpT the Daisy ceased to exist.
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...
Christian-democratic
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...
and centrist
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
Italian political party active in Trentino.
History
It was founded in 1998 by Lorenzo DellaiLorenzo Dellai
Lorenzo Dellai is an Italian politician, the governor of the province of Trentino and the President of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol....
and other local politicians active in several centrist
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
parties, both from the centre-left
Centre-left
Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...
and the centre-right
Centre-right
The centre-right or center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist...
at the national level, as the Italian People's Party, Italian Renewal
Italian Renewal
The Italian Renewal was a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini along with some former Liberals, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Republicans and Social Democrats...
, the United Christian Democrats
United Christian Democrats
The United Christian Democrats was a Christian democratic party in Italy.-History:It began in 1995 by a split of those members of the Italian People's Party who wanted to enter into an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia...
and splinters from the Christian Democratic Centre.
In the 1998 provincial election
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election, 1998
The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election of 1998 took place on 22 November 1998.The South Tyrolean People's Party and the Daisy Civic List resulted the two most voted parties at the regional level. The SVP retained its outright majority in South Tyrol, while the Civica became the...
the Civica won 22.0% of the vote and Dellai was appointed President of the Province of Trento, at the head of a centre-left coalition, along with two major allies: the Democrats of the Left
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
(DS) and the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
The Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party is a regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:The party was founded in 1948 as Trentino Tyrolean People's Party . In 1982 a split between the conservative wing, led by Franco Tretter, and the centrist wing of the...
(PATT).
Taking example from Trentino and bordering Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
, where Massimo Cacciari
Massimo Cacciari
Massimo Cacciari is an Italian philosopher and politician.Born in Venice, Massimo Cacciari graduated in philosophy from the University of Padua , where he also received his doctorate, writing a thesis on Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Judgment." In 1985, he became professor of Aesthetics at the...
formed a similar list named Together for Veneto
Together for Veneto
Together for Veneto was a centrist Italian coalition of parties active in Veneto.It was formed for the 2000 regional election by the local sections of three national parties: the Italian People's Party, The Democrats and Italian Renewal...
for the 2000 regional election
Venetian regional election, 2000
The Venetian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.Giancarlo Galan was re-elected for the third time President of the Region by a landslide over the centre-left candidate Massimo Cacciari ....
, four centre-left parties united to form Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) in 2001. Since that moment, the Daisy Civic List became the provincial section of the national party with the similar name, although maintaining some of its autonomy and peculiarities. In particular it was more conservative and than national DL, because of its explicit characterization as a christian-democratic party.
In the 2003 provincial election the party won 25.9% of the vote and its leader Lorenzo Dellai was re-elected by a landslide: 60.8% compared to 30.7% of his major opponent, Carlo Andreotti.
In 2007, when DL merged with the DS, although most of the members of the Daisy Civic List joined the new Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
(PD), they rejected the merge at the regional level, where Civica and the DS continued to act as distinct parties.
In 2008 Trentino centrists decided to retain a double party affiliation: to the PD at the national level, to the Daisy at the regional one, and Giiorgio Lunelli, the party coordinator, declared that the Daisy would not join the Democratic Party "neither today, nor after the [provincial] election, never".
After the defeat of the centre-left in Trentino in the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
, Daisy was divided among those who wanted to continue on the road toward the consolidation of the regional party and those who wanted to establish the provincial PD along with the local Democrats of the Left. On 30 April the party decided both the merger into PD and the creation of a new regional party federated with it, as supported by both Dellai and Lunelli.
Daisy thus suffered the separation of the "Democrats" from the "regionalists". Dellai, Lunelli, supported by 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 decided to join the PD. The new regionalist party, named Union for Trentino
Union for Trentino
The Union for Trentino is a regionalist centrist and Christian-democratic political party active in the province of Trentino, Italy. The party is currently led by Marco Tanas....
(UpT), was launched on 7 June, while the provincial PD was established on 8 June. With the foundation of UpT the Daisy ceased to exist.
Popular support
The electoral results of the Civica in the Province of Bolzano since 1998 are shown in the table below.| 1998 provinc. | 1999 European | 2001 general | 2003 provinc. | 2004 European | 2006 general | 2008 general |
| 22.0 | 20.9 | 16.7 | 25.9 | |||