Autonomist Federation

Autonomist Federation Fédération Autonomiste
Historical leaders	Cristina Vasini Leonardo La Torre Claudio Lavoyer
Founded	1998
Dissolved	2014
Merger of	ADP, APA
Merged into	UV
Headquarters	50, rue de Chambéry 11100 Aosta/Aoste
Ideology	Christian democracy Social liberalism Social democracy
Political position	Centre
Regional coalition	Aosta Valley coalition
Website
www.federationautonomiste.org (Archived)
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The Autonomist Federation (French: Fédération Autonomiste, FA) was a regionalist, centrist, Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Social-liberal and social-democratic, the party's ideology lately tilted toward Christian democracy. The party's last leader was Claudio Lavoyer, a long-time regional councillor and former regional minister.

History

The party was founded in 1998 by the merger of the Progressive Democratic Autonomists, which included several splinters of the Italian Republican Party, and the Autonomist People's Alliance, basically formed by former members of the Italian Socialist Party. In the 1998 regional election the party list, which also included some members of the Christian Democratic Centre and the United Christian Democrats, obtained 9.7% of the vote and four regional councillors.^[1]

In the 2001 the FA was merged with the Autonomists into Edelweiss (SA). In the 2003 regional election SA was the second-largest party with 19.8% of the vote, but the party soon split and the FA re-gained its autonomy in 2004.^[2]

In the 2008 regional election the party, which was part of the winning regionalist coalition, obtained 6.2% of the vote and two regional councillors (out of 35).^[3] Claudio Lavoyer was appointed to the regional government. In 2009 a group of Socialists, members of the Socialist Party at the national level, were expelled from the FA.^[4] In 2013 a larger group of Socialists, led by Leonardo La Torre, a former leader of the party, left^[5] and joined the Valdostan Union.^[6][7]

In the 2013 regional election the FA, which included the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats,^[8][9] obtained a mere 2.2% of the vote and was excluded from the Regional Council, after 15 years of continuous presence.^[10][11] As a result, Lavoyer resigned from party leader.^[12][13] In 2014 the party was merged into a short-lived outfit named "Create VdA",^{[14][15][16][17]} which was finally merged into the UV,^[18] of which La Torre was still a regional councillor.

Leadership

• Secretary: unknown (1998–2001), Cristina Vasini (2003–2008), Leonardo La Torre (2008–2012),^[19][20] Claudio Lavoyer (2012–2013)^[21]
• President: unknown (1998–2001), Guglielmo Piccolo (2003–2008), Cristina Vasini (2008–2014)

References

1. "Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - Le Legislature dal dopoguerra a oggi". Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
2. "La storia della Stella Alpina ::: Movimento Politico della Valle d'Aosta". Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
3. Regione Valle d'Aosta
4. "Il Coordinamento politico di FA espelle alcuni esponenti socialisti radicali: Crea si dimette qualche ora prima per evitare l'onta della radiazione. Esempi di incoerenza e conf..." Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
5. Leonardo La Torre ed i suoi "fedelissimi" lasciano la Fédération Autonomiste per «un nuovo percorso politico» | 12vda
6. La Stampa - Uv, scelti gli ultimi cinque candidati
7. Elezioni regionali, scelti gli ultimi 5 candidati dell'Uv - AostaSera.it
8. La Stampa - Regionali, la Fédération Autonomiste stringe un'alleanza con l'Udc
9. Nozze Fédération-Udc per le elezioni regionali
10. "REGIONALI 2013 - Voti". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
11. "REGIONALI 2013 - Seggi". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
12. La Stampa - Il dramma della Fédération “Penalizzati dal caso Bccv e traditi dai nostri ex alleati”
13. Crollo Fédération, persi quasi 3mila voti rispetto al 2008: "Ora serve un cambiamento" - AostaSera.it
14. "Nasce nuovo movimento, svolta in Federation autonomiste - Valle d'Aosta". 25 June 2014.
15. "Fédération pronta a sciogliersi". 25 June 2014.
16. "Fédération e Udc danno vita a "Creare Vda". A guidare il nuovo movimento sarà René Tonelli". 27 June 2014.
17. "Creare VdA, chiusa la lista per Aosta di Carradore e Paron". 9 April 2015.
18. "Creare Vda confluisce nell'Union Valdôtaine che ad Aosta acquisisce così un Assessorato". 23 December 2015.
19. Cristina Vasini: 'Le forze autonomiste regionali si uniscano in una grande federazione' - AostaSera.it
20. Leonardo La Torre alla guida della Fédération Autonomiste: 'garantire il benessere dei valdostani' | 12vda
21. La Stampa - Lavoyer segretario della Fédération "Io non devo chiarire nulla, nessuno mi ha contestato alcun illecito"

External links

• Official website