Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia
{{Infobox political party
| name = {{Lang|it|Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia|italic=no}}
| logo = Lega Friuli-VG Logo.jpg
| logo_size = 151px
| country = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
| leader = Massimiliano Fedriga
| leader1_title = Secretary
| leader1_name = Marco Dreosto
| foundation = 1990
| split = Friuli Movement
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| ideology = Regionalism
Federalism
Populism
| national = {{nowrap|{{Lang|it|Lega Nord|italic=no}} (1991–2020)}}
Lega per Salvini Premier (2020–present)
| seats1_title = Regional Council
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|13|48|hex={{party color|Lega Nord}}}}(2023)
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| flag = File:Bandiere dal Friûl.svg
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| seats2_title = Chamber of Deputies (FVG seats)
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| seats3_title = Senate
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{{Lang|it|Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia|italic=no}} ({{langx|en|"League Friuli-Venezia Giulia"}}), whose complete name is {{lang|it|Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia per Salvini Premier}} ({{langx|en|"League Friuli-Venezia Giulia for Salvini Premier"}}), is a regionalist political party active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The party was a "national" section of {{Lang|it|Lega Nord|italic=no}} (LN) from 1991 to 2020 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Friuli-Venezia Giulia since 2020.
The party is currently led by Marco Dreosto. Its leading member is Massimiliano Fedriga, President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia since 2018.
History
The party was established in 1990 as Lega Friuli by a group of leading members of the Friuli Movement, including Roberto Visentin, Pietro Fontanini, Rinaldo Bosco, Sergio Cecotti and Alessandra Guerra. After that the Friuli Movement decided not join Lega Nord, they formed Lega Friuli in order to join. Visentin was the founding and longstanding leader of the party until 1999, before leaving it altogether in 2001.
LNF members were President or Vice President of the Region (1993–2003), President of the province of Pordenone (1995–1999), President of the province of Udine (1995–1999), mayor of Pordenone (1993–2001) and mayor of Udine (1998–2003). The party was the region's largest at the 1993 regional election (26.7%) and the 1996 general election (23.2%).{{cite web|url=http://elezionistorico.interno.it/ |title=::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni |publisher=Elezionistorico.interno.it |access-date=2013-10-25}}
In 2001 Lega Nord Friuli was merged with Lega Nord Trieste to form a united regional section. At the time the party suffered many splits and a strong decline in term of votes, especially if compared to neighbouring Liga Veneta.
In the 2003 regional election Guerra was candidate for President of the House of Freedoms coalition. She was defeated by Riccardo Illy and the party gained only 9.3% of the vote. Between 2001 and 2007 Visentin, Bosco, Cecotti, Fontanini, Guerra, Giuseppe Zoppolato (national secretary from 2000 to 2003) and Marco Pottino (national secretary from 2005 to 2007) left or were ejected in party struggles. Guerra joined the Democratic Party in 2009,{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/luglio/18/leghista_Guerra_prende_tessera_del_co_9_090718021.shtml |title=E l' ex leghista Guerra prende la tessera del Pd |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2013-10-25}} later switched to the Federation of the Greens{{cite web | url=https://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/udine/cronaca/2018/02/08/news/i-verdi-confermano-guerra-candidata-presidente-in-fvg-1.16447232 | title=I Verdi confermano: Alessandra Guerra candidata presidente in FVG | date=8 February 2018 }} and finally joined the left-wing, pacifist Peace Land Dignity list for the 2024 EP election.{{cite web | url=https://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/regione/2024/03/20/news/ritorno_ex_pasionaria_lega_alessandra_guerra_candidata_europee_movimento_michele_santoro-14160662 | title=Il ritorno dell'ex pasionaria della Lega: Alessandra Guerra candidata con il movimento di Santoro | date=20 March 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/24_marzo_18/parabola-alessandra-guerra-lega-pd-fino-santoro-tra-politica-yoga-ed-esoterismo-7c5c26b0-e566-11ee-aefc-c5f60529f996.shtml | title=La parabola di Alessandra Guerra: Dalla Lega al Pd, fino a Santoro (Tra politica, yoga ed esoterismo) | date=18 March 2024 }}
In 2007 Fontanini was re-integrated in the party and in 2008 he was elected President of the Province of Udine and national secretary of the LNFVG.{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/05/27/news/fontanini-un-leader-mancato-1.5163092 |title=Fontanini, un leader mancato - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto |publisher=Messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it |date=2012-05-27 |access-date=2013-10-25}} This represented a sort of return to normality for the party, which won 13.0% of the vote in the general election.{{cite web|url=http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=C&dtel=13/04/2008&tpa=I&tpe=I&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=9&levsut1=1&ne1=9&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S |title=::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Camera del 13 Aprile 2008 |publisher=Elezionistorico.interno.it |access-date=2013-10-25}} At the 2009 European Parliament election the party won 17.5% of the vote,{{cite web|url=http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=E&dtel=07/06/2009&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=2&levsut1=1&lev2=6&levsut2=2&ne1=2&ne2=6&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&ms=S |title=::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Europee del 7 Giugno 2009 |publisher=Elezionistorico.interno.it |access-date=2013-10-25}} its best score in more than a decade. Moreover, from 2008 to 2013 the party was part of the regional government led by Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom.
In 2012 Fontanini, who was not able to unite a party divided in too many factions (notably including those led by Claudio Violino and Enzo Bortolotti), stepped down from national secretary.{{cite web|url=http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/05/24/news/lega-fontanini-molla-non-mi-ricandido-1.5144837 |title=Lega, Fontanini molla "Non mi ricandido" - Cronaca - Il Piccolo |publisher=Ilpiccolo.gelocal.it |date=2012-05-24 |access-date=2013-10-25}} Matteo Piasente was elected in his place with the support of the 58.8% of delegates during a party congress. Fontanini, who grudgingly favoured Piasente, did not even take part to the congress,{{cite web |url=http://www.ilfriuli.it/index.php/top-news/32629-svolta-del-carroccio.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909072600/http://www.ilfriuli.it/index.php/top-news/32629-svolta-del-carroccio.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-09 |title=Il Friuli - Svolta del Carroccio |publisher=Ilfriuli.it |date=2012-05-28 |access-date=2013-10-25 }}{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/05/27/news/lega-piasente-senza-rivali-1.5163083 |title=Lega, Piasente eletto segretario - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto |publisher=Messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it |date=2012-05-27 |access-date=2013-10-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornaledelfriuli.net/udine-cron/matteo-piasente-e-il-nuovo-segretario-regionale-della-lega-nord-con-207-voti-ubaldi-e-mazzaro-si-fermano-rispettivamente-a-55-e-44/ |title=Matteo Piasente è il nuovo segretario regionale della Lega Nord con 207 voti. Ubaldi e Mazzaro si fermano rispettivamente a 55 e 44. |publisher=Il Giornale Del Friuli |access-date=2013-10-25}} but nevertheless continued to be a leading member.
In the 2013 regional election the LNFVG obtained a mere 8.3% of the vote and just three regional councillors, due to Tondo's defeat.
Soon after an expenses scandal, involving Regional Council floor leaders Danilo Narduzzi and Mara Piccin, emerged and the party looked increasingly divided among supporters of Piasente, including Violino and Narduzzi (who promptly resigned from deputy national secretary), Massimiliano Fedriga and Fontanini,{{cite web|url=http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/06/26/news/guerra-tra-bande-nella-lega-sconvolta-dai-rimborsi-pazzi-1.7320081 |title="Guerra tra bande" nella Lega Nord del Fvg sconvolta dai rimborsi pazzi - Cronaca - Il Piccolo |publisher=Ilpiccolo.gelocal.it |date=2013-06-26 |access-date=2013-10-25}}{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/06/28/news/uragano-spese-la-lega-si-frantuma-1.7334225 |title=Uragano spese, la Lega si frantuma - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto |publisher=Messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it |date=2013-06-28 |access-date=2013-10-25}} who asked Piasente to resign.{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/06/29/news/fontanini-all-attacco-repulisti-nella-lega-1.7339418 |title=Fontanini all'attacco: repulisti nella Lega - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto |publisher=Messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it |date=2013-06-29 |access-date=2013-10-25}} He actually stepped down in late June and was replaced by commissioner Gianpaolo Dozzo,{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/06/30/news/lega-commissariata-dozzo-fa-pulizia-1.7344982 |title=Lega commissariata. Dozzo fa "pulizia" - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto |publisher=Messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it |date=2013-06-30 |access-date=2013-10-25}} who strove to preserve party unity.{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/07/05/news/la-lega-fa-quadrato-sul-gruppo-regionale-1.7371739 |title=La Lega fa quadrato sul gruppo regionale - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto |publisher=Messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it |date=2013-01-16 |access-date=2013-10-25}}
In 2014, at a congress in Udine, Fedriga was unanimously elected national secretary, the first hailing from the Venetian-speaking Trieste in party's history.{{cite web|url=http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/udine/cronaca/2014/09/28/news/massimiliano-fedriga-segretario-del-carroccio-in-fvg-1.10014570|title=Massimiliano Fedriga segretario del Carroccio in Fvg - Cronaca - Messaggero Veneto|date=28 September 2014|access-date=2 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/trieste/cronaca/2014/09/28/news/fedriga-incoronato-segretario-regionale-della-lega-1.10015712|title=Fedriga incoronato segretario regionale della Lega - Cronaca - Il Piccolo|date=28 September 2014|access-date=2 March 2018}}
In 2015–2017 Cecotti and Visentin were founding members of the centr-left Pact for Autonomy. Visentin would also become president of the Autonomies and Environment Pact, a network of regionalist and green parties, and vice president of the European Free Alliance.
In the 2018 regional election Fedriga was elected President with 57.1% of the vote and the party obtained 34.9% of the vote.
In the 2023 regional election Fedriga was re-elected President with 64.2% of the vote and the combined score of the party's list and Fedriga's personal list was 36.8%.
Popular support
In the 2018 regional election the party obtained its best result ever: 34.9% of the vote. The party's strongholds are Carnia (46.5%), which is part of the province of Udine (34.2%, without Carnia, which forms a separate constituency), and the province of Pordenone (36.7%).{{cite web | url=https://elezioni.regione.fvg.it/000497_Reg/Liste/000001.html?aggregazionePadreId=000001 | title=HOME }}
The electoral results of Lega Nord in the region are shown in the tables below.
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| 1992 general | 1993 regional | 1994 general | 1996 general | 1998 regional | 1999 European | 2001 general | 2003 regional | 2004 European | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European |
| |15.3 | 26.7 | 16.9 | 23.2 | 17.3 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 13.0 | 17.5 |
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| 2013 general | 2013 regional | 2014 European | 2018 general | 2018 regional | 2019 European | 2022 general | 2023 regional | 2024 European |
| |6.7 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 25.8 | 34.9 | 42.6 | 11.0 | 36.8{{efn|Combined result of party list and Fedriga's personal list.}} | 14.9 |
{{notelist}}
Election results
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|+ | colspan="6" |Chamber of Deputies |
| Election year
!Votes !% !Seats !+/- |
|---|
| 1992
|137,201 (3rd) |16.78 |{{Composition bar|3|15|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 3 |
| 1994
|150,250 (2nd) |16.92 |{{Composition bar|6|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 3 |
| 1996
|195,616 (1st) |23.19 |{{Composition bar|4|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |
| 2001
|66,252 (5th) |8.24 |{{Composition bar|2|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |
| 2006
|58,030 (4th) |7.17 |{{Composition bar|1|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
| 2008
|99,540 (3rd) |13.04 |{{Composition bar|2|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 1 |
| 2013
|48,310 (5th) |6.70 |{{Composition bar|1|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
| 2018
|178,194 (1st) |25.86 |{{Composition bar|4|13|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 3 |
| 2022
|64,086 (3rd) |10.95 |{{Composition bar|3|8|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
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|+ | colspan="6" |Senate of the Republic |
| Election year
!Votes !% !Seats !+/- |
|---|
| 1992
|112,638 (3rd) |14.51 |{{Composition bar|1|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 1 |
| 1994
| colspan="2" |with PdL |{{Composition bar|3|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 2 |
| 1996
|180,493 (3rd) |24.13 |{{Composition bar|2|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
| 2001
| colspan="2" |with CdL |{{Composition bar|1|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
| 2006
|53,737 (5th) |7.12 |{{Composition bar|1|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} | - |
| 2008
|92,852 (3rd) |13.02 |{{Composition bar|1|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} | - |
| 2013
|46,740 (5th) |6.94 |{{Composition bar|0|7}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
| 2018
|164,105 (1st) |25.49 |{{Composition bar|2|7|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 2 |
| 2022
|64,525 (3rd) |10.89 |{{Composition bar|1|4|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ | colspan="6" |Regional Council |
| Election year
!Votes !% !Seats !+/- |
|---|
| 1993
|212,423 (1st) |26.67 |{{Composition bar|18|60|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 18 |
| 1998
|114,186 (2nd) |17.36 |{{Composition bar|12|60|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 6 |
| 2003
|46,409 (5th) |9.33 |{{Composition bar|4|60|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 8 |
| 2008
|73,239 (3rd) |12.93 |{{Composition bar|8|57|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 4 |
| 2013
|33,047 (5th) |8.28 |{{Composition bar|3|49|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Decrease}} 5 |
| 2018
|147,340 (1st) |34.91 |{{Composition bar|17|49|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} |{{Increase}} 14 |
| 2023
|75,117 (1st) |19.02 (party list) |{{Composition bar|18|49|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |
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Leadership
- Secretary: Roberto Visentin (1990–1999), Edouard Ballaman (1999–2000), Giuseppe Zoppolato (2000–2003), Fulvio Follegot (2003–2005), Marco Pottino (2005–2007), Manuela Dal Lago (commissioner, 2007–2008), Pietro Fontanini (2008–2012), Matteo Piasente (2012–2013), Gianpaolo Dozzo (commissioner, 2013–2014), Massimiliano Fedriga (2014–2019), Vannia Gava (commissioner, 2019–2020), Marco Dreosto (2020–present, commissioner 2020–2023)
- President: Rinaldo Bosco (1991–2003), Alessandra Guerra (2005–2007), Enzo Bortolotti (2008–2012), Fulvio Follegot (2012–2015), Mario Pittoni (2016–2020)