| Valdotanian Union | |
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| President | Guido Césal |
| Founded | 3 September 2005 |
| Headquarters | Piazza Emile Chanoux, 14 11100 Aosta |
| Newspaper | Le Peuple Valdôtain |
| Membership | unknown |
| Ideology | Regionalism, Centrism |
| Coalition | Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley |
| International | none |
| European party | none |
| European Parliament Group | currently no MEPs |
| Website | http://www.union valdotaine.org |
The Valdotanian Union (Union Valdôtaine, UV) is a regionalist centrist Italian political party, which is the largest political force in Aosta Valley. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Politics, regionalism is a Political ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular Region or group of regions whether traditional or formal In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley ( Vallée d'Aoste Autonomie Progrès Fédéralisme, APF is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley In Politics, regionalism is a Political ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular Region or group of regions whether traditional or formal In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes Several Political parties operate in Italy, and historically they have been even more than today Its leaders are Guido Césal, party president, and Luciano Caveri, president of the Region.
UV has been steadily represented in the Italian Parliament since 1976 and, thanks to the disappearance of DC, it has became the catch-all party of the Region, similarly to the South Tyrolean People's Party is in the Province of Bolzano. The Parliament of Italy ( Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The South Tyrolean People's Party ( Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP is a regionalist political party active in the Italian Province of Bolzano-Bozen The Province of Bolzano-Bozen (Provincia autonoma di Bolzano Autonome Provinz Bozen Ladin: Provinzia Indeed the party steadily increased its share of vote from the 11. 5% of 1973 to the 47. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. 2% of 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. UV has led the regional government since 1974 (with the exception of only three years). Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
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History
Early years
The party was founded on 3 September 1945. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Originally a close ally of Christian Democracy, with which it shared government between 1946 and 1954, it soon distanced itself from that party, while approaching and strengthening its ties with the parties of the left-wing. Christian Democracy ( Democrazia Cristiana, DC the Christian democratic party of Italy, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)
After five years of opposition, in 1959 UV won the regional election in coalition with the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) with 51. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia) The Italian Socialist Party ( Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI was a democratic socialist / social democratic political party founded in Genoa 6% against the 48. 6% of a coalition composed by the Christian Democracy (DC), the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) and the Italian Republican Party (PRI). The Italian Liberal Party ( Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI was a liberal Italian political party. The Italian Democratic Socialist Party ( Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano, PSDI is a minor social-democratic Italian political party. The Italian Republican Party ( Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI is a liberal Italian political party. The three-party coalition composed of UV, PCI and PSI governed until 1966, when the Socialists decided to switch sides and to enter in coalition with DC, as they had done at the national level three years before. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.
At that point UV suffered a split by its conservative faction, which established the Valdotanian Rally (RV), in order to support the coalition led by Christian Democrat Cesare Bondaz. The Valdotanian Rally ( Rassemblement Valdôtain, RV was a conservative Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. In the 1968 regional election UV won only 16. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 7% of the vote (RV 5. 4%), while in 1973, after the split of the social-democratic faction, the Progressive Valdotanian Union (UPV), UV stopped at 11. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Progressive Valdotanian Union ( Union Valdôtaine Progressiste, UVP was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley 5%, damaged both by the result of UPV (6. 7%) and RV (1. 6%), as well as by the success of the Popular Democrats (22,4%), born by the split from DC of the internal left. The Popular Democrats ( Democratici Popolari, DP was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.
Resurgence
UV returned in government in 1974 at the head of a regionalist coalition led by Mario Andrione composed also of UPV and RV, which was enlarged in 1975 to DC and PSI. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1978, after a regional election in which UV had become the largest party in the Region with 24. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) 7%, DP, PSDI and PRI replaced PSI as coalition partners of UV, DC, UPV and RV.
In 1984 Andrione was replaced by Augusto Rollandin, another member of UV, at the head of the government, which was composed by UV, DC, DP, UPV and PRI from 1983 to 1988. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) In the 1980s UV strengthened its role as largest party in the Region: 27. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. 1% in 1983 and 34. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 2% in 1988. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) After the 1988 election, Rollandin governed at the head of a coalition composed of UV, DC, PSI, PRI and the Autonomists Democrats Progressives (ADP), born by the merger of DP and UVP. The Autonomists Democrats Progressives ( Autonomistes Démocrates Progressistes, ADP was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party
After having being excluded from government for two years and from the leadership of the Region for three years, UV was back in government in 1993, at the head of a centre-left coalition led by Dino Viérin and composed of UV, the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the Greens, ADP, PSI and PRI. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Democratic Party of the Left ( Partito Democratico della Sinistra, PDS was a post- communist democratic-socialist political party in Italy The Federation of the Greens ( Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is a green and eco-socialist Italian political party. The coalition was continued in 1998-2006 by of UV and the Democrats of the Left (DS), with the support of two regionalist parties, the Edelweiss Aosta Valley (SA) and the Autonomist Federation (FA), in 1998-2001. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition Edelweiss Aosta Valley ( Stella Alpina Valle d'Aosta, SA is a Christian democratic and centrist Italian political party active in Aosta The Autonomist Federation ( Fédération Autonomiste, FA is a centrist, social-liberal and social-democratic Italian political party Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
The regionalist coalition
Despite the close ties with the parties of the centre-left, UV contested the 2006 general election in competition with The Union (rallied in the Autonomy Liberty Democracy list), as part of the regionalist coalition named Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley, causing the split of the Valdotanian Renewal (RV), but it lost and since then the party was no more represented in the Italian Parliament. In the Italian general election 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 The Union ( Italian: L'Unione) was an Italian Centre-left Political party coalition led by Romano Prodi, the Autonomy Liberty Democracy ( Autonomie Liberté Démocratie, ALD is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley. Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley ( Vallée d'Aoste Autonomie Progrès Fédéralisme, APF is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley Valdotanian Renewal ( Renouveau Valdôtain, RV is a progressive - centrist Italian political party. This was however a turning point in regional politics since UV dismissed DS as its coalition partner and formed a regionalist three-party coalition with SA and FA.
In the 2008 general election UV member Antonio Fosson was elected to the Senate for the regionalist coalition, defeating incumbent Carlo Perrin (41. A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The Italian Senate ( Italian: Senato della Repubblica, 'Senate of the Republic' is the Upper house of the Parliament of Italy. 4% against 37. 4%), but was not able to take back also the seat in the Chamber of Deputies as Ego Perron was narrowly defeated by incumbent Roberto Nicco, member of the regional Democratic Party (37. The Italian Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei Deputati) is the Lower house of the Parliament of Italy. The Democratic Party ( Partito Democratico, PD is a Centre-left political party in Italy. 8% against 39. 1%). Senator Fosson, who abstained from the vote of confidence on Berlusconi IV Cabinet[1], joined a centrist group composed of the South Tyrolean People's Party (as usual), the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (three members, all coming from Sicily), the representative of the Associative Movement Italians Abroad and three senators for life (Giulio Andreotti, Francesco Cossiga and Emilio Colombo). The Berlusconi IV Cabinet has been the Cabinet of the government of Italy since 8 May 2008. The South Tyrolean People's Party ( Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP is a regionalist political party active in the Italian Province of Bolzano-Bozen The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats ( Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro, UDC is a christian-democratic Italian political party. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. The Associative Movement Italians Abroad ( Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero, MAIE is an Italian political party representing voters living in South America A senator for life is a member of the Senate elected or appointed for lifetime Giulio Andreotti (born 14 January 1919 in Rome) is an Italian Politician of the centrist Christian Democratic party Francesco Cossiga (born July 26, 1928) is an Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic. Emilio Colombo (born April 11 1920) is an Italian diplomat and politician
In the 2008 regional election UV won 44. The Valdotanian regional election of 2008 took place on 25 May 2008. 4% of the vote and 17 regional deputies (out of 35), while the three-party regionalist coalition won 62. 0% and a large majority, composed of 22 regional deputies. Augusto Rollandin was the most voted regional deputy with 13,836 preference votes, while incumbent President Luciano Caveri was only seventh with 2,770 votes (down from 7,313) and party leader Guido Césal 25th thus failing the re-election. [2] Rollandin will be the new President of the Region, replacing Caveri, who said that "who takes more votes becomes President". [3]
References
- ^ Legislatura 16º (Italian). Senato della Repubblica. The Italian Senate ( Italian: Senato della Repubblica, 'Senate of the Republic' is the Upper house of the Parliament of Italy. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- ^ SI VOTA PER ELEGGERE IL CONSIGLIO REGIONALE DELLA VALLE D’AOSTA (Italian). Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta (2008-05-25). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed
- ^ Aosta, torna l'Imperatore - LASTAMPA.it
Sources
- Regional Council of Aosta Valley – History of Aosta Valley
- Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Governments since 1946
- Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Elections
- Cattaneo Institute – Archive of Election Data
- Parties and Elections in Europe – Aosta Valley
- Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
External links
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