Stefano Fassina Explained

Stefano Fassina
Office1:Deputy Minister of Economy and Finances
Term Start1:3 May 2013
Term End1:4 January 2014
Primeminister1:Enrico Letta
Predecessor1:Vittorio Grilli
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start2:15 March 2013
Term End2:13 October 2022
Constituency2:Lazio 1
Birth Date:17 April 1966
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Party:Democratic Party (2009–2015)
Future to the Left (2015)
Italian Left (2015–2018)
Fatherland and Constitution (since 2018)
Alma Mater:Bocconi University

Stefano Fassina (born 17 April 1966) is an Italian economist and politician. He is a former member of the Chamber of Deputies and of Italy's Democratic Party. Since 2018, he is the leader of the left-wing political association Fatherland and Constitution.

Biography

Born in Rome, Fassina was the university leader of the Youth Left in 1996. After graduating in economics from Bocconi University, he became consultant for the Italian Minister of Finance in Romano Prodi's government. From 2002 to 2005, he worked at the International Monetary Fund. In November 2009, Fassina started his political career as coordinator on economic issues for the Democratic Party. He was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2012. On 2 May 2013, Fassina became the Italian Deputy Minister of Economy and Finances in the Enrico Letta government; he was dismissed on 4 January 2014,[1] [2] in disagreement with the new party leader Matteo Renzi's political line.[3]

In May 2015, Fassina refused to support Renzi, who had become Prime Minister of Italy, and his proposal for a new Italian electoral law.[4] On 23 June 2015, he announced his decision to leave the Democratic Party,[5] [6] saying Renzi was "taking the party too far to the right".[7] He joined the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2015, he proposed a "controlled disintegration of the Eurozone".[8]

In September 2018, Fassina founded Fatherland and Constitution, a left-wing souverainist political association.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2014-01-04 . Fassina minaccia le dimissioni 'Io all'oscuro su testo Stabilità' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104214532/http://www.unita.it/italia/fassina-minaccia-le-dimissioni-br-io-all-oscuro-su-testo-stabilita-1.527876 . 2014-01-04 . 2023-02-24 . L'Unità. it.
  2. News: 2014-01-05 . Le dimissioni di Fassina . 2023-02-24 . Il Post . it.
  3. News: Italian junior minister who demanded government reshuffle resigns. Reuters. 2014-01-04. 2015-08-03.
  4. News: 2015-06-24. Italy's Renzi hit by new defection as party strife increases. Yahoo! News. 2015-08-03.
  5. News: 2015-05-10. Scuola, Fassina in piazza contro la riforma Giannini: 'Lascio il Pd. Torno al mio lavoro' . 2023-02-24 . Libero . it.
  6. News: 2015-06-24 . Pd, Fassina ora conferma: 'Lascio il partito e non da solo' . 2023-02-24 . Corriere della Sera . it.
  7. Web site: Gavin. Jones. Andrew. Heavens. 2015-06-24. Italy's Renzi hit by new defection as party strife increases. Reuters. 2023-06-19.
  8. News: 2015-07-30. European 'alliance of national liberation fronts' emerges to avenge Greek defeat. The Telegraph. 2015-08-03.
  9. News: 2018-09-08 . Nasce 'Patria e Costituzione', il nuovo soggetto politico 'sovranista' e di sinistra di Stefano Fassina . 2023-02-24 . HuffPost Italia . it.