Social-liberal and social-democratic, the party's ideology lately tilted toward Christian democracy.

In the 1998 regional election the party list, which also included some members of the Christian Democratic Centre and the United Christian Democrats, obtained 9.7% of the vote and four regional councillors.

[4] In 2013 a larger group of Socialists, led by Leonardo La Torre, a former leader of the party, left[5] and joined the Valdostan Union.

[6][7] In the 2013 regional election the FA, which included the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats,[8][9] obtained a mere 2.2% of the vote and was excluded from the Regional Council, after 15 years of continuous presence.

[12][13] In 2014 the party was merged into a short-lived outfit named "Create VdA",[14][15][16][17] which was finally merged into the UV,[18] of which La Torre was still a regional councillor.