Background
Panto was born at Meolo, in the Province of Venice.
Panto was born at Meolo, in the Province of Venice.
After being a long-time supporter of the Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, in 2004 he founded a new Venetist and fiscal federalist party called North-East Project (Progetto NordEst, PNE), in which he welcomed many former Leghisti as Ettore Beggiato, Mariangelo Foggiato and Diego Cancian. The PNE list took the 5.4%, electing two regional deputies. In 2006 provincial elections in Treviso, he came third with the 10.3%, after Leonardo Muraro (Liga Veneta-Lega Nord/House of Freedoms) and Lorenzo Biagi (Doctor of Laws/The Union), while the PNE list scored 10.8%.
He was also involved in the entrepreneurs" trade union European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE), founded by Fabio Padovan.
He died at Venice in a helicopter accident on 26 November 2006.