Association of Italians of Romania - RO.AS.IT. Asociația Italienilor din România Associazione degli Italiani di Romania | |
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| President | Ioana Grosaru |
| General Secretary | Andi Gabriel Grosaru |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Registered | 1996 |
| Newspaper | Piazza Romana Siamo di Nuovo Insieme |
| Ideology | Italianminority politics |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| European affiliation | European Democratic Party |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 330 |
| Senate | 0 / 136 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 33 |
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TheAssociation of Italians of Romania – RO.AS.IT. (Romanian:Asociația Italienilor din România – RO.AS.IT.;Italian:Associazione degli Italiani di Romania – RO.AS.IT.) is anethnic minority political party inRomania representing theItalian community of the country. The main objective of the organisation is to preserve the traditions and customs of the Italian community and promote theItalian language,culture, andhistory. It is supported by the Department of Interethnic Relations and the Italian Embassy in Bucharest. In 2014, it joined theEuropean Democratic Party (EDP).
The party was established in 1993 inSuceava,Suceava County,Bukovina.[1] It contested the1996 general elections, but was beaten by theItalian Community of Romania (CIR), which retained the seat reserved for the Italian community in theChamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from theelectoral threshold only applied as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2][3]
The party contested the2000 elections as part of theItalian Community of Romania,[4] but ran separately in the2004 elections and beat the CIR by 987 votes to win the Italian seat, withMircea Grosaru becoming the party's MP. It has retained it in every election since. Following Grosaru's death in 2014, his sonAndi-Gabriel became the party's MP.
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 1996 | 9,833 | 0.08 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2000 | Part of theItalian Community of Romania | – | – | – | ||
| 2004 | 6,168 | 0.06 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 9,567 | 0.14 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 7,943 | 0.11 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 3,486 | 0.05 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 4,170 | 0.07 | 1 | – | – | – |
