Valdostan Union

The Union Valdôtaine (French Association for the Valle d'Aosta ) is a regional party in Italy.

She reigns in the region of Aosta Valley and is currently represented by a senator in the Italian Parliament.

At European level, the party was affiliated to the Alliance European Free Alliance, but was excluded from the 2007.

Objective

Article 1 of the Party Rules

L'Union Valdôtaine, Mouvement politique qui se rattache aux principes du Fédéralisme globally, a comme d' assurer l' finalité you Epanouissement caractère ethnique et linguistique du peuple Valdôtain; d'en servir les intérêts culturels, politiques, sociaux et économiques; de la coopération entre les favoriser communautés ethniques.

The Union Valdotaine, a political movement relied on the principles of global federalism, continues as a goal to ensure the development of ethnic and linguistic property of the people of the Aosta Valley; to serve the cultural, political, social and economic interests; to promote the cooperation between the ethnic communities.

Formation

The party was founded on September 13, 1945, a day after the Italian government under Ferruccio Parri had adopted two decrees, the Aosta Valley conceded first autonomy rights. The Union saw itself as a collective movement of autonomist politicians, who appealed to the political ideal of the slain anti-fascists Emile Chanoux. Specifically, they wanted to achieve an extension of the still very modest autonomy as well as their international protection.

On October 19, the party has been authorized by the Allied occupiers.

The provisional executive committee were Albert Deffeyes, Lino Binel, Paul Alphonse Farinet, Ernest Page, Victor Rosset, Major Joconde Stévenin, Robert Berton, Amédée Berthod, Félix Ollietti, Severino Caveri, Maria Ida Viglino, Flavien Arbaney and Aimé Berthet. Severino Caveri was appointed the first chairman, Albert Deffeyes to his office representative.

1946 organized the party large-scale demonstrations in Pont -Saint- Martin, Aosta Morgex and to underpin the autonomy aspirations.

The years 1949-1966

At the first regional elections in 1949, the Union Valdotaine came along with the Christian Democrats. The common list reached 43.6 %, was due to the majority suffrage 28 of 35 seats. Severino Caveri was elected by the Regional Council to the President of the Regional Government. The alliance failed, however, and in the subsequent elections in 1954, the Union was only able to take a seat on the Regional Council for yourself.

Thereafter, the Union Valdotaine moved increasingly to the left political spectrum added, and was able to win in the parliamentary elections in 1958, both the Senate and the Chamber headquarters of the small region of its own. In regional elections a year later won the Coalition of Union Valdôtaine, Partito Socialista Italiano Partito Comunista Italiano and (so-called Lista del leone, dt lion list) the majority in the regional council, Oreste Marcoz became the new president of the region.

In the Italian parliamentary elections on April 18, 1963 both seats were conquered by the UV again. In regional elections in October of the same year Parte could combine 20.4% to be achieved due to the new Verhältniszwahlrechts 7 seats. Séverin Caveri government was president again.

1966 broke the coalition, the Socialists switched sides and with the Christian Democrats received an alliance.

Crisis and spin-offs

Thereafter, the Union Valdôtaine plunged into a deep crisis. First, the conservative wing broke away and founded the Rassemblement Valdôtain (RV, Clash of the Aosta Valley ), in the meantime Mouvement autonomiste Valdôtain called himself and the Italian Christian Democrats in the Regional forged a coalition. 1973 also left the social democratic wing of the Union to found the Union Valdôtaine progressiste (RRP). In regional elections in 1973, then came to UV moderate 11.5%.

Even the Christian Democrats were overwhelmed by the split shaft. From her Democratici and Popular ( DP) emerged, which were in 1973 22.4 % of the vote.

In these turbulent times, it created the Union in 1970 for the first time to ask the mayor of Aosta. Oreste Marcoz but had to give up after only one year.

The Wiederlangung of power

The Union Valdôtaine could again long with Mario Andrione the chairmanship of the regional government, in which she teamed up with her sister parties split off and settled tolerate DC and PSI 1974. In regional elections in 1978 wiedererstärkte party could reach 24.7%, 5 years later grew to 27.1 %.

After Mario Andrione had to resign because of the casino affair in 1984, Augusto Rollandin took over the government, which was supported by UV, DC, DP, EIA and PRI. In regional elections in 1988, the Union came to 34.2 %, Rollandin reigned continued with a still to the Socialists expanded coalition.

The legislative period 1988-1993 was a particularly turbulent. In 1990, the UV was forced out of the government and the Christian Democrat Giovanni Bondaz new Government President, with the participation of Autonomistes Démocrates Progressistes, the joint list of DP and zip.

In the parliamentary elections of 1992, both candidates of the Union, Luciano Caveri and Cesare Dujany were able to prevail against the cartel of the ruling parties in the region. This led to a new government crisis, after which the UV came into government again: the new regional president was Ilario Lanivi, of the short-lived Party Autonomisti Indipendenti (AI). In 1993, the Union Valdôtaine captured 37.3 % of the vote, 13 seats Regional and Dino VIERIN the presidency. In the elections of 1998 they expanded their votes and gained 17 seats with only one less than the absolute majority.

From 2000 to 2003, the party was able for the first and to date only time to send a deputy to the European Parliament: Luciano Caveri, but who was on the list of Prodi's national leadership.

In the elections of 2003, she finally succeeded for the first time to reach the Absolute. Carlo Perrin was elected president of the region, two years after he was forced to resign the post of Luciano Caveri. Founded thereupon Perrin List autonomy Liberté Démocratie could take both seats in the parliamentary elections of 2006 the Union.

Today

In the parliamentary elections of 2008, the Union was able to win back the Senate seat with the electoral cartel Vallée d' Aosta.

In regional elections in the same year, she has lost the absolute majority ( 44.4 %) and together with the Stella Alpina and the Fédération autonomiste a government that is once again led by Augusto Rollandin.