Valdostan Union
{{Short description|Centrist political party in Italy}}
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Valdostan Union}}
| name = Valdostan Union
| native_name = Union Valdôtaine
| logo = 150px
| leader1_title = President
| leader1_name = Joël Farcoz
| foundation = {{start date and age|1945|09|13|df=y}}
| headquarters = 29, Avenue des Maquisards
11100 Aosta
| newspaper = Le Peuple Valdôtain
| youth_wing = Jeunesse Valdôtaine
| ideology = Regionalism
{{nowrap|French-speaking minority interests}}
| position = Centre
| regional = Aosta Valley (1983–present)
Autonomies for Europe (2019)
| national = The Olive Tree (1995–2006)
Centre-right coalition (2008–2014)
Centre-left coalition (from 2014)
| international =
| european = European Free Alliance
| europarl = ELDR Group (2000–2003)
| seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}
| seats2_title = Senate
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}
| seats3_title = European Parliament
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|73|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}
| seats4_title = Regional Council of Aosta Valley
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|11|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}
| seats5_title = Conference of Regions
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|1|21|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}
| website = {{URL|www.unionvaldotaine.org}}
| country = Aosta Valley
}}
The Valdostan Union{{cite book|author=Davide Vampa|title=The Regional Politics of Welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SkgWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|year=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-39007-9|page=59}}{{Citation |first1=Carlo |last1=Guarnieri |first2=James L. |last2=Newell |title=Italian Politics: Quo Vadis? |publisher=Istituto Cattaneo, Berghahn Books |year=2005 |page=x}}{{Citation |first=James G. |last=Kellas |title=Nationalist Politics in Europe: The Constitutional and Electoral Dimensions |publisher=Palgrave |year=2004 |page=99}} ({{langx|fr|Union valdôtaine}}, UV), also Valdostian Union{{Citation |first1=Robert |last1=Ackland |first2=Rachel |last2=Gibson |title=Hyperlinks and Networked Communication: A Comparative Study of Political Parties Online |journal=International Journal of Social Research Methodology |year=2013 |volume=16 |issue=3 |doi=10.1080/13645579.2013.774179 |hdl=1885/62206 |s2cid=145457671 |at=annex A1 |url=http://voson.anu.edu.au/papers/IJSRMappendix.pdf|hdl-access=free }}{{Citation |first=Seth |last=Jolly |title=Economics, Institutions and Culture: Explaining Regionalist Party Success in Europe |publisher=European Union Studies Association |year=2013 |url=http://euce.org/eusa/2013/papers/1c_jolly.pdf |page=35}} or Valdotanian Union,{{cite book|editor1=Fabio Padovano|editor2=Roberto Ricciuti|chapter=Appendix 2|title=Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vcZor2k55AC&pg=PA36|year=2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-72141-5|page=36}}{{cite book|editor=Tom Lansford|title=Political Handbook of the World 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lUF1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA714|year=2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-5825-6|page=714}} is a regionalist{{cite book|author=Guy Puzey|chapter=Two-Way Traffic: How Linguistic Landscapes Reflect and Influence the Politics of Language|editor1=Durk Gorter|editor2=Heiko F. Marten|editor3=Luk Van Mensel|title=Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFBE656MBMQC&pg=PA137|year=2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-27244-6|page=137}} and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the French-speaking minority in the region. One of its leading members, Renzo Testolin, has been the President of Aosta Valley since March 2023, replacing Erik Lavévaz, also of the UV.
The UV has been steadily represented in the Italian Parliament since 1976 and, due to the disappearance of the Christian Democracy party in the early 1990s, it later became the catch-all party of the region, similarly to the South Tyrolean People's Party in South Tyrol. The party re-groups most Valdostan autonomists under its banner and steadily increased its share of vote from 11.6% in 1973 to 47.2% in 2003, which was followed by a decline and splits. However, it has led the regional government almost with no interruption since 1974.
The UV has been member of the European Free Alliance since 2022. The party was a member also previously, until 2007.
History
=Early years=
The UV was founded by Valdostan elements of the Italian resistance movement on 3 September 1945.
The party was originally a close ally of the Christian Democracy (DC), with which it shared government between 1946 and 1954 under Severino Caveri (UV). After that, the party distanced itself from the DC, while approaching the left-wing.
After a five-year spell in opposition, the UV won the 1959 regional election as part of a left-wing coalition with the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) with 51.6% against the 48.6% received by an alternative coalition comprising the DC, the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) and the Italian Republican Party (PRI).
The UV–PCI–PSI coalition, led by UV's Oreste Marcoz (1959–1963) and then, again, Caveri (since 1963), governed until 1966, when the Socialists decided to switch sides and to enter in coalition with the DC, as they had done at the country-level three years before. This caused the split of UV's conservative faction, which established the Valdostan Rally (RV), in order to support the coalition led by DC's Cesare Bondaz. In the 1968 regional election the UV received a mere 16.7% of the vote (the RV got 5.4%), while in 1973 Valdostan regional election, after the split of the social-democratic faction, the Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP), it was reduced at 11.6% (the UPV obtained 6.7% and the RV 1.6%, while the Popular Democrats, a left-wing split of the DC, won 22.4%). After that low point, the UV was ready to surge again.
=Resurgence=
The UV returned to government in 1974 at the head of a UV–UVP–RV regionalist coalition led by Mario Andrione. In the 1978 regional election the UV returned to be the largest party with 24.7% of the vote and Andrione formed a government with the DC and the DP. In 1984 Andrione was replaced by Augusto Rollandin at the head of the government, which included the DC and the Progressive Democratic Autonomists (ADP), born by the merger of the DP and the UVP. During the 1980s the UV strengthened its role as largest party in the region: 27.1% in 1983 and 34.2% in 1988. Since the 1970s the UV was steadily represented in the Italian Parliament: Pierre Fosson was a member of the Senate from 1976 to 1987, while Luciano Caveri (scion of the party's left-wing) represented the UV in the Chamber of Deputies from 1987 to 2001. Caveri served also as undersecretary in Massimo D'Alema's government and as member of the European Parliament from 2000 to 2003.
After having out of government for three years, the UV was back in government in 1992 and, after the 1993 regional election, UV's Dino Viérin formed a centre-left government with the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the Greens and the ADP (since 1994). The coalition was continued in 1998–2006 by the UV and the Democrats of the Left (DS), while Rollandin served as senator in 2001–2006. Despite its ties with the parties of the centre-left, the 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 Aosta Valley, causing the split of the Valdostan Renewal (RV), but lost and was no more represented in Parliament. This was however a turning point in regional politics: the UV dismissed the DS as coalition partners and formed a regionalist three-party coalition with Edelweiss (SA) and the Autonomist Federation (FA).
=Regionalist coalition=
In the 2008 regional election, the UV obtained 44.4% of the vote and 17 regional councillors (out of 35), while the regionalist coalition won 62.0% and a large majority, comprising 22 regional councillors. Augusto Rollandin, who had made a comeback to regional politics, was the most voted regional councillor with 13,836 preference votes, while incumbent President Luciano Caveri was only seventh with 2,770 votes (down from 7,313).{{cite web |url=http://elezioni.regione.vda.it/Default.aspx?idele=92&L=I |title=Si Vota Per Eleggere Il Consiglio Regionale Della Valle D'Aosta |date=2008-05-25 |publisher=Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta |language=it |access-date=2008-05-27}} Rollandin was thus sworn in as new President of the Region.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/politica/200805articoli/33185girata.asp|title=Aosta, torna l'Imperatore - LASTAMPA.it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530085448/http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/politica/200805articoli/33185girata.asp|archive-date=2008-05-30}} Contextually, UV's Antonio Fosson had been elected to the Senate for the regionalist coalition: Fosson joined the For the Autonomies group and abstained from the vote of confidence on Silvio Berlusconi's government.{{cite web |url=http://www.senato.it/japp/bgt/showdoc/frame.jsp?tipodoc=Resaula&leg=16&id=301913 |title=Legislatura 16º |publisher=Senato della Repubblica |language=it |access-date=2008-05-16 |date=2008-05-15}} Both in the 2009 European Parliament election and the 2010 Aosta municipal election the UV formed an alliance with Berlusconi's new political party, The People of Freedom (PdL).{{cite web|url=http://www.regione.vda.it/amministrazione/Elezioni/Dati_e_risultati/elezioni/VotiComunaliAosta_i.aspx?idele=100&ord=1&setcar=n&idcom=3&idsez=0|title=Comunali 2010 - Voti - Voti - AOSTA|website=Regione.vda.it}} In the 2013 general election UV's Albert Lanièce was elected to the Senate{{cite web|url=http://www.regione.vda.it/amministrazione/Elezioni/Dati_e_risultati/elezioni/VotiLista_i.aspx?idele=110|title=Politiche 2013 - Voti|website=Regione.vda.it}} with support from the PdL.{{cite web|url=https://www.caveri.it/archivio/201302?page=3|title=February 2013 - Luciano Caveri|website=Caveri.it|access-date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aostanotizie.info/politica/regione/accordo-trovato-casa-uv-sulle-candidature-di-marguerettaz-e-lani%C3%A8ce-valle|title=Accordo trovato in casa UV sulle candidature di Marguerettaz e Lanièce: in Valle concorrerà anche la Meloni - 12vda|website=Aostanotizie.info|access-date=14 February 2019}} That alliance was however short-lived and the UV would soon re-join its traditional centre-left partners.
In the 2013 regional election, the UV, which had suffered the split of the new Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP), obtained 33.5% of the vote (–10.9pp from 2008) and 13 seats, and the regionalist coalition retained a narrow majority in the Regional Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.regione.vda.it/amministrazione/Elezioni/Dati_e_risultati/elezioni/VotiLista_i.aspx?idele=113&ord=1&setcar=n|title=Regionali 2013 - Voti|website=Regione.vda.it}} Rollandin was the most voted politician with 10,872 preference votes (2,964 less than five years before){{cite web|url=http://www.regione.vda.it/amministrazione/Elezioni/Dati_e_risultati/elezioni/VotiPreferenze_i.aspx?idele=113&ord=1&setcar=n&idcom=0&idsez=0&idlis=3|title=Regionali 2013 - Preferenze|website=Regione.vda.it}} and was re-elected president. In July 2015, the government was enlarged to the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).{{cite web|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2015/07/14/ribaltone-in-val-daosta-pd-in-giuntaTorino02.html|title=Ribaltone in Val d'Aosta, Pd in giunta |website=Ricerca.repubblica.it|date=14 July 2015 }} In June 2016, after months of negotiations, the government was joined also by the UVP.{{cite web|url=http://www.valledaostaglocal.it/2016/06/07/leggi-notizia/argomenti/governo-valdostano/articolo/rafforzamento-autonomia-e-riforma-elettorale-i-pilastri-della-maggioranza-uv-uvp-stella-alpina.html|title=Rafforzamento autonomia e riforma elettorale i pilastri della maggioranza Uv-Uvp-Stella alpina|date=7 June 2016|website=Valledaostaglocal.it}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/06/03/edizioni/aosta/accordo-uvuvp-rollandin-e-lanno-della-misericordia-NinZH0ciZU74sI8VZILavJ/pagina.html|title=Accordo Uv-Uvp Rollandin: "E' l'anno della misericordia"|website=Lastampa.it|date=3 June 2016}} In November 2016, two regional councillors, including former senator Fosson, left the party in disagreement with Rollandin and launched For Our Valley (PNV).{{cite web|author=Giovedì 27 Ottobre '16, h.20.25 |url=http://www.12vda.it/politica/consiglio-valle/antonio-fosson-e-claudio-restano-escono-dal-gruppo-dellunion-vald%C3%B4taine |title=Antonio Fosson e Claudio Restano escono dal gruppo dell'Union Valdôtaine in Consiglio Valle: "non c'è dialogo" | 12vda |language=it |publisher=12vda.it |access-date=2018-08-14}} In March 2017 the UVP, SA (which had suffered the split of the Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV), PNV and Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) formed a new government without the UV, under President Pierluigi Marquis (SA).{{cite web|url=http://www.consiglio.vda.it/app/comunicatistampa/dettaglio?id=79746|title=Comunicato stampa|website=Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/10/edizioni/aosta/s-alla-sfiducia-a-rollandin-via-libera-alla-giunta-marquis-5himnq5fbJoIx5EEB5xalO/pagina.html|title="Sì" alla sfiducia a Rollandin, via libera alla giunta Marquis|website=Lastampa.it|date=10 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2017/03/10/marquis-nuovo-presidente-regione-vda_c20d591d-cc28-40db-ad07-96336f666178.html|title=Marquis nuovo presidente Regione Vda - Valle d'Aosta|date=10 March 2017|website=Ansa.it}}{{cite web|url=http://www.valledaostaglocal.it/2017/03/10/leggi-notizia/argomenti/governo-valdostano/articolo/si-e-compiuto-il-ribaltone-nuova-giunta-regionale-a-guida-marquis.html|title=Pierluigi Marquis Presidente Della Nuova Giunta Regionale|date=10 March 2017|website=Valledaostaglocal.it}} In October Marquis resigned and was replaced by Laurent Viérin (UVP) at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, the EPAV and the PD.{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2017/10/13/laurent-vierin-nuovo-presidente-vda_1c15dc27-6638-4338-be94-da71c6acec8a.html|title=Laurent Vierin nuovo presidente Vda - Valle d'Aosta|date=13 October 2017|website=Ansa.it}}
=Centre-left coalition=
In the 2018 general election, Lanièce was narrowly re-elected to the Senate, but the four-party coalition forming the regional government lost several votes and the seat in the Chamber. In the 2018 regional election the UV did even worse, obtaining 19.2% of the vote (–14.3pp from 2013) and seven seats: its worst result in 45 years. After the election, the Regional Council elected Nicoletta Spelgatti of Lega Nord Vallée d'Aoste (LNVdA) as President, at the head of a broad left-right coalition (including one defector from UV's ranks, outgoing regional minister Emily Rini),{{cite web|author=Redazione ANSA |url=http://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2018/06/17/emily-rini-lascia-union-valdotaine_220d303e-edd7-43f4-b4bf-d3770a860e84.html |title=Emily Rini lascia Union valdotaine - Valle d'Aosta |date=17 June 2018 |publisher=Ansa.it |access-date=2018-08-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aostasera.it/articoli/emily-rini-lascia-lunion-valdotaine-uv-incapace-di-andare-contro-certi-personalismi|title=Emily Rini lascia l'Union Valdôtaine: "Uv incapace di andare contro certi personalismi"|website=Aostasera.it|date=17 June 2018|access-date=14 August 2018}} and the UV was once again excluded from the regional government.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2018/06/27/aosta/nicoletta-spelgatti-lega-eletta-presidente-della-vda-la-prima-donna-al-vertice-della-regione-qvtqitmSEogHwHMJbxLwiO/pagina.html|title=Nicoletta Spelgatti (Lega) eletta presidente della VdA: è la prima donna al vertice della Regione|website=Lastamp.it|date=27 June 2018|access-date=14 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.valledaostaglocal.it/2018/06/21/leggi-notizia/argomenti/attualita-politica/articolo/e-fatta-martedi-nascera-la-giunta-spelgatti.html|title=E' fatta, martedì nascerà la Giunta Spelgatti|date=21 June 2018|website=valledaostaglocal.it|access-date=14 August 2018}} However, in December the government fell down and was replaced by a new one led by Antonio Fosson (ex UV, then PNV), at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, ALPE, SA and PNV.{{cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/2018/12/10/aosta/sfiduciata-giunta-regionale-a-trazione-leghista-fosson-nuovo-presidente-taInHBYFe7j4IZSpQjgWoN/pagina.html|title=Sfiduciata giunta regionale a trazione leghista, Fosson nuovo presidente|website=LaStampa.it|date=11 December 2018|access-date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/12/10/valle-daosta-cade-la-giunta-della-lega-lautonomista-fosson-nuovo-presidente/4825589/|title=Valle d'Aosta: cade la giunta della Lega. L'autonomista Fosson nuovo presidente|date=10 December 2018|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|access-date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2018/12/10/valle-daosta-sfiduciato-governo-lega_dc6ceb6d-de0d-41b3-9072-efc935c307e3.html|title=Valle d'Aosta, sfiduciato governo lega - Ultima Ora|date=10 December 2018|website=Ansa.it|access-date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2018/12/04/regionedefiniti-assessori-giunta-fosson_77c33d13-41be-4d1a-94b1-f3eb1a8ce6d2.html|title=Regione, definiti assessori giunta Fosson - Valle d'Aosta|date=4 December 2018|website=Ansa.it|access-date=14 February 2019}} In December 2019 Fosson resigned from President{{Cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2019/12/14/ndrangheta-si-dimette-presidente-vda_70e347e9-b54a-4549-8833-a42da79b7fd1.html|title = 'Ndrangheta, si dimette presidente Vda - Valle d'Aosta|date = 14 December 2019}} and was replaced by his Vice President, UV's Renzo Testolin, as acting president. In the 2019 European Parliament election the UV was part of a five-party regionalist joint list, which had a technical agreement with the PD and obtained a mere 13.9% of the vote. A few months later, the party also suffered the split by former President Rollandin and his followers, who formed For Autonomy (PlA).
In the 2020 regional election, the UV was reduced to 15.8%, its second worst result ever, while the LNVdA came a stronger first. However, after the election, UV leader Erik Lavévaz formed a government composed of the PD, Civic Network (RC), the Valdostan Alliance (AV, formed by the merger of ALPE and UVP), SA and Mouv'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2020/10/18/regione-trovato-accordo-nasce-giunta-lavevaz_1cf76cc9-206a-4ab4-bb3f-9ab519792933.html|title = Regione: Trovato accordo, nasce Giunta Lavevaz - Valle d'Aosta|date = 18 October 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2020/10/21/regione-da-barmasse-a-minelli-la-nuova-giunta-lavevaz_e476ad8e-b22f-4a13-b406-63c55794f8fa.html|title = Regione: Da Barmasse a Minelli, la nuova Giunta Lavevaz - Valle d'Aosta|date = 21 October 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aostaoggi.it/politica/18869-regione-c-e-l-accordo-ecco-la-nuova-giunta-lavevaz.html|title = Regione, c'è l'accordo. Ecco la nuova Giunta Lavevaz| date=19 October 2020 }} Within a year, AV and Mouv' joined forces, while the RC-led Progressive Civic Project (PCP) left the government.{{cite web | url=https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/consiglio/2021/10/28/scissione-nel-pcp-nascono-i-federalisti-progressisti-pd_603dfdf9-ebca-4f52-8e48-574cdd878433.html | title=Scissione nel PCP, nascono i 'Federalisti Progressisti Pd' - Valle d'Aosta | date=28 October 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.lastampa.it/aosta/2021/05/14/news/regione-minelli-si-dimette-da-assessora-all-ambiente-e-trasporti-1.40270031 | title=Chiara Minelli si è dimessa da assessora all'Ambiente e Trasporti della Valle d'Aosta | date=14 May 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.consiglio.vda.it/app/comunicatigruppi/dettaglio?id=21541 | title=Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - Comunicati }} In 2023 Testolin formed a new government, which, differently from Lavévaz's, comprised also PlA.{{cite web | url=https://lasentinella.gelocal.it/ivrea/cronaca/2023/03/04/news/regione_eletto_testolin_varata_anche_la_giunta_del_nuovo_presidente-12675054 | title=Regione, eletto Testolin Varata anche la giunta del nuovo presidente | date=3 March 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.consiglio.vda.it/app/legislature/composizione?id=12306#34-giunta-regionale | title=Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - le Legislature dal dopoguerra a oggi }}
In late 2023, AV and Mouv' started a merging process into the UV.{{cite web | url=https://aostasera.it/notizie/politica/reunion-alliance-e-mouv-vda-unie-accelerare-il-processo | title=Réunion, Alliance e Mouv-Vda Unie: "Accelerare il processo" | date=2 November 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://aostasera.it/notizie/politica/nominata-la-commissione-speciale-della-reunion | title=Dal congresso dell'Union Valdôtaine arriva anche l'ultimo via libera alla Réunion | date=18 May 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2024/03/19/reunion-av-vda-unie-soddisfatti-dal-lavoro-della-commissione_1b458461-2f0d-4942-9782-eb96203acc95.html | title=Réunion, av e Vda Unie-Mouv: "Soddisfatti dal lavoro della Commissione" - Notizie - Ansa.it | date=19 March 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.gazzettamatin.com/2024/03/19/reunification-alliance-e-vda-unie-mouv-rilanciare-politica-valdostana-e-statuto | title=Réunification, Alliance e VdA Unie-Mouv: "rilanciare politica valdostana e Statuto" | date=19 March 2024 }} In June 2024, at an extraordinary congress, the reunion was approved{{cite web | url=https://aostasera.it/notizie/politica/la-reunion-e-realta-luv-verso-la-nuova-presidenza | title=La Réunion è realtà, l'UV verso la nuova presidenza | date=16 June 2024 }} and Joël Farcoz was elected president.{{cite web | url=https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2024/06/16/union-valdotaine-joel-farcoz-e-il-nuovo-presidente_4381ec87-8f42-4c8d-b65a-e4c357137c67.html | title=Union valdotaine, Joël Farcoz è il nuovo presidente - Notizie - Ansa.it | date=16 June 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://aostasera.it/notizie/politica/joel-farcoz-e-il-nuovo-presidente-delluv-dopo-la-reunion | title=Joël Farcoz è il nuovo Presidente dell'Uv dopo la Réunion | date=16 June 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.gazzettamatin.com/2024/06/16/union-valdotaine-e-joel-farcoz-il-presidente-del-nuovo-corso | title=Union Valdôtaine: è Joël Farcoz il presidente del nuovo corso | date=16 June 2024 }}
Electoral results
=Regional Council=
| class=wikitable |
| colspan=7|Regional Council of Aosta Valley |
| Election year
! Votes ! Share of votes ! Seats ! +/– ! Government |
|---|
| 1949
| 17,118In list with the Christian Democracy. | 43.6 | {{Composition bar|28|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|–}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1954
| 16,278 | 29.2 | {{Composition bar|1|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{decrease}} 27}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |
| 1959
| 16,278In list with the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party. | 51.4 | {{Composition bar|25|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{increase}} 24}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1963
| 12,930 | 20.4 | {{Composition bar|7|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{decrease}} 18}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1968
|11,237 |16.7 |{{Composition bar|6|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} |{{center|{{decrease}} 1}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |
| 1973
| 8,081 | 11.6 | {{Composition bar|4|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{decrease}} 2}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |
| 1978
| 18,318 | 24.8 | {{Composition bar|9|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{increase}} 5}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1983
| 20,495 | 27.1 | {{Composition bar|9|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{steady}}}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1988
| 26,960 | 34.2 | {{Composition bar|12|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{increase}} 3}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1993
| 30,312 | 37.3 | {{Composition bar|13|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{increase}} 1}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 1998
| 33,311 | 42.6 | {{Composition bar|17|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{increase}} 4}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| 2003
| 35,297 | 47.2 | {{Composition bar|18|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{increase}} 1}} | {{yes2|Majority}} |
| 2008
| 32,614 | 44.4 | {{Composition bar|17|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{decrease}} 1}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2013
| rowspan="3"| 24,121 | rowspan="3"| 33.5 | rowspan="3"| {{Composition bar|13|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | rowspan="3"| {{center|{{decrease}} 4}} | {{yes2|Government coalition {{small|(2013–2017)}}}} |
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(2017–2017)}}}} |
| {{yes2|Government coalition {{small|(2017–2018)}}}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| rowspan="2"| 12,265 | rowspan="2"| 19.2 | rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|7|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | rowspan="2"| {{center|{{decrease}} 6}} | {{no2|Opposition {{small|(2018-2018)}}}} |
| {{yes2|Government coalition {{small|(2018–2020)}}}} |
| 2020
| 10,470 | 15.8 | {{Composition bar|7|35|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | {{center|{{steady}}}} | {{yes2|Government coalition}} |
= European Parliament =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" |
| colspan="9" | European Parliament
| |
| rowspan="2" width="75" | Election
! colspan="5" | Total ! colspan="3" | Aosta Valley ! |
|---|
| width="70" | Votes
! width="35" | % ! width="25" | # ! Seats ! width="35" | +/– ! width="70" | Votes ! width="35" | % ! width="25" | # !Ref. |
| 1979
| colspan="3" |Within {{ill|Union Valdôtaine - Federalismo Europa Autonomie|it|Federalismo (lista elettorale)}} |{{Composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} |— |26,137 |37,59% |1st | |
| 1984
| colspan="3" | Within {{ill|Federalismo - Europa dei Popoli |it|Federalismo (lista elettorale)}} |{{Composition bar|1|81|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} |10px1 |16,175 |24,81% |2nd | |
| 1989
| colspan="3" | Within {{ill|Federalismo|it|Federalismo (lista elettorale)}} | {{Composition bar|1|81|hex={{party color|Valdostan Union}}}} | 10px0 | |36,4% |1st |{{Cite news |last=Cerati |first=Pietro |date=20 June 1989 |title=Rilancio del pci, vittoria uv-adp |pages=I |work=La Stampa |url=http://cordela.regione.vda.it/volumi.aspx?IDPubblicazione=143 |access-date=8 August 2023}} |
| 1994
| colspan="3" | Within {{ill|Federalismo - Europe|it|Federalismo (lista elettorale)}} | {{Composition bar|0|87|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10x10px1 | 19,658 | 32,3% | 1st | |
| 1999
| colspan="3" | Within {{ill|Federalismo in Europa / Fédéralisme en Europe |it|Federalismo (lista elettorale)}} | {{Composition bar|0|87|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10px0 | 40,970 |45,9% |1st | |
| 2004
| colspan="3" | Within {{ill|Federalismo in Europa / Fédéralisme en Europe |it|Federalismo (lista elettorale)}} | {{Composition bar|0|78|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10px0 | 29,598 | 37.6% | 1st | |
| 2009
| colspan="3" | Within Aosta Valley | {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10px0 | 32,913 | 37.1% | 1st | |
| 2014
| colspan="3" | Did not compete | {{Composition bar|0|73|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10px0 | — | — | — | |
| 2019
| colspan="3" | Within Autonomies for Europe | {{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10px0 | 6,904 | 13.9% | 3rd | |
| 2024
| colspan="3" | Did not compete | {{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}}}} | 10px0 | — | — | — | |
Leadership
- President: Severino Caveri (1945–1974), Mario Andrione (1974–1975), Jean-Claude Perrin (1975–1984), Alexis Bétemps (1984–1996), Carlo Perrin (1996–1998), Augusto Rollandin (1998–2001), Aurelio Marguerettaz (2001–2003), Manuela Zublena (2003–2006), Guido Césal (2006–2008), Ego Perron (2008–2013), Ennio Pastoret (2013–2018), Erik Lavévaz (2018–2021), Cristina Machet (2021–2024), Joël Farcoz (2024–present)
References
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Sources
- [http://www.consiglio.regione.vda.it/storia/default_i.asp Regional Council of Aosta Valley – History of Aosta Valley]
- [http://www.regione.vda.it/amministrazione/autonomia/giunte_i.asp Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Governments since 1946]
- [http://www.regione.vda.it/amministrazione/elezioni/default_i.asp Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Elections]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701073703/http://www.cattaneo.org/index.asp?l1=archivi&l2=adele Cattaneo Institute – Archive of Election Data]
- [http://elezionistorico.interno.it/ Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090501035830/http://www.unionvaldotaine.org/uv/index.php Official website]
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