Union of the Venetian People
Union del Popoło Vèneto
LeaderEttore Beggiato
Gianni Butturini
Founded1987
Dissolved1995
Split fromLiga Veneta
Merged intoLiga Veneta
IdeologyAutonomism
Venetian nationalism
Political positionCatch-all party

The Union of the Venetian People (Union del Popoło Vèneto, UPV) was a Venetist political party active in Veneto.

History

The party was founded in 1987 by splinters from Liga Veneta led by Ettore Beggiato and Gianni Butturini.[1] In the 1990 regional election UPV won 1.9% of the vote (compared to the 5.9% of Liga Veneta) and Beggiato was re-elected to the Regional Council of Veneto.[2] Occasionally the party surpassed Liga Veneta: in 1991 local elections UPV gained 3.5% of the vote against 2.6% of Liga Veneta.[3] The party was merged into Liga Veneta in 1995, after that Franco Rocchetta and Marilena Marin, who expelled Beggiato from that party in 1987, had been expelled too.[4]

References

  1. ^ Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice 2009, pp. 63-66
  2. ^ Ministry of the Interior – Historical Electoral Archive[dead link]
  3. ^ Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice 2009, p. 79
  4. ^ Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice 2009, pp. 90-91

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