Act! (Italy)

Act! Fare!
President	Flavio Tosi
Founded	21 July 2015
Split from	Lega Nord
Headquarters	Via delle Nazioni, 19 37135 Verona
Think tank	Ricostruiamo il Paese
Ideology	Federalism Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
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!code: it is deprecated , F!) is a centre-right political party in Italy, based in Veneto.

History

The party was formed by 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. F! was immediately joined by three deputies (Matteo Bragantini, Roberto Caon, Emanuele Prataviera), three senators (Patrizia Bisinella, Raffaela Bellot, Emanuela Munerato) and four regional councilors in Veneto (three elected with the Tosi List for Veneto and one with Il Veneto del Fare). All of them were Tosi loyalists who followed him out of the League.

In the regional election in Veneto Tosi won 11.9% of the vote, losing to Liga Veneta's incumbent President Luca Zaia, and two lists close to Tosi, notably including the Tosi List for Veneto, won a combined 7.1%.

In July Michele Boldrin, leader of Act to Stop the Decline, sued Act! as the names of the two parties looked too similar.

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

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. 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. 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.

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 (but not LGBT adoption), legalization of prostitution in brothels, 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";
• on constitutional issues, it supports federalism, unification of small municipalities, a strong premiership, spoils system for public works and the Senate's abolition;
• on the judiciary, it supports abolition of early release of comdanneds, de-bureaucracization and role separation between judge and public prosecutor;
• 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.
• on defense, it supports more spending for the military.

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