Act to Stop the Decline

Act to Stop the Decline (Italian: Fare per Fermare il Declino, Fare or FFD) was a liberal[4] political party in Italy, founded in 2012 as Stop the Decline (Fermare il Declino, FiD).

FFD was launched in July 2012 as a spinoff of a cultural movement, "Fermare il Declino" initiated by a group of seven economists with an open letter published in Italy's major newspapers: Oscar Giannino, Michele Boldrin, Sandro Brusco, Alessandro De Nicola, Andrea Moro, Carlo Stagnaro and Luigi Zingales.

[10] On 8 December 2012 it was announced that the association would run an electoral list in the 2013 general election.

[11][12] In the election, held in February 2013, the party obtained 1.2%, returning no seats.

Boldrin publicly expressed his regret about the decision to take part in SE and criticized its coalition partners and Guy Verhofstadt.