Aosta Valley Vallée d'Aoste | |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Ideology | Regionalism Autonomism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 400 |
| Senate | 0 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Regional Council of Aosta Valley | 21 / 35 |
Aosta Valley (Vallée d'Aoste,VdA) is aregionalistcoalition of parties active inAosta Valley,Italy.
Under this banner, with some variations, theValdostan Union (UV) has participated in Italian general elections, along with its allies (sometimes also countrywide parties), which have changed from time to time, since 1983. Since its foundation, the list has won most of the races for both houses of theItalian Parliament (seeparliamentary delegations from Aosta Valley).
The original allies of the UV within VdA were theProgressive Democratic Autonomists (ADP), formed at the merger of thePopular Democrats (PD) and theProgressive Valdostan Union (UVP). In 2006, the UV,Edelweiss (SA) and theAutonomist Federation (FA) formed a coalition also in regional government. After a transitional period during which the UV-led coalition was reshuffled four times, in the2022 general election VdA is composed of the UV, SA, theValdostan Alliance (AV),United Aosta Valley (VdAU), theDemocratic Party (PD),Action (A), andItalia Viva (IV).
In theEuropean Parliament election in 2004, UV'sFederalismo [it] list only ran in North-West Italy and formed an alliance withThe Olive Tree.
In the2006 general election an alternative,centre-left coalition calledAutonomy Liberty Democracy (ALD) was formed asValdostan Renewal (RV), a split from the UV, had joined forces with theDemocrats of the Left (DS) and minor parties. In the election the UV-led coalition, named at the timeAutonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley (Vallée d'Aoste Autonomie Progrès Fédéralisme, VdA–APF), was soundly defeated in both races for the Italian Parliament for the first time since 1972, when the UVP joined forces with theItalian Communist Party (PCI). In the election for the Valdostan seat in theChamber of DeputiesMarco Viérin (SA, VdA) lost 43.4% to 30.7% toRoberto Nicco (DS, ALD),[1] while in theSenate race incumbent senatorAugusto Rollandin (UV, VdA) was defeated 44.2% to 32.0% byCarlo Perrin (RV, ALD).[2]
The UV, SA and the FA presented again the list, simply namedVallée d'Aoste, in the2008 general election.Antonio Fosson (UV, VdA) defeated incumbent senator Perrin 41.4% to 37.4%,[3] whileEgo Perron (UV, VdA) was narrowly defeated by incumbent deputy Nicco, who had joined the newly-formedDemocratic Party (PD), 39.1% to 37.8%.[4] After two years of absence, the coalition made thus its return to the Italian Parliament. Under a new electoral law, which included coalitions and a majority premium for the winning coalition, VdA ran together also in the2008 regional election, gaining 62.0% of the vote and a stable majority in the Regional Council.[5] For the2009 European Parliament election UV signed anapparentment with the centre-rightThe People of Freedom (PdL).
In the2013 general election VdA elected both MPs from Aosta Valley:Albert Lanièce (UV, VdA) defeatedPatrizia Morelli (Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology–ALPE, ALD) 37.0% to 30.8% for the Senate,[6] whileRudi Marguerettaz (SA, VdA) defeated bothJean Pierre Guichardaz (PD, ALD) andLaurent Viérin (Progressive Valdostan Union–UVP).[7] In the2013 regional election the coalition won 47.9% of the vote and narrowly retained its absolute majority in the Regional Council.[8] Only the UV and SA obtained elects, while the FA soon folded and most of its members joined the UV, through a short-lived party named "Create VdA".[9][10][11][12][13]
In July 2015 the regional government, led byAugusto Rollandin since 2008 (Rollandin had been President of Aosta Valley in 1984–1990), was enlarged to the centre-left PD.[14] In June 2016, after months of negotiations, the government was joined also by the UVP.[15][16] In March 2017 the UVP, SA,Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) andFor Our Valley (PNV) formed a new government without the UV, under PresidentPierluigi Marquis (SA).[17][18][19][20] In October Marquis resigned and was replaced by L. Viérin (UVP) at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, the PD and theValdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV),[21] the latter formed by a pro-UV group of splinters from SA who had not endorsed Marquis' government in the first place.
In the2018 general election VdA, also known asTradition and Progress (Tradition et progrès–Vallée d'Aoste, TP–VdA), was composed of the UV, the UVP, the PD and the EPAV, as the regional government.[22] The candidate for the Senate was Lanièce (UV), that for the ChamberAlessia Favre (UVP).[23] SA, ALPE and PNV founded the rivalFor All coalition. Lanièce was re-elected to the Senate with 25.8% against 23.2% of his closest opponent,Luciano Mossa of theFive Star Movement (M5S), while Favre obtained 21.7% of the vote and that was not enough to beatElisa Tripodi of the M5S, who was thus elected to the Chamber. It marked the first time that a candidate not supported by a regionalist candidate won.
In the2019 European Parliament election most autonomist parties run as part ofAutonomies for Europe allied to PD. After thesnap elections in 2020 the UV, theValdostan Alliance (AV; merger of ALPE and the UVP), the PD, theMouv'-ledUnited Aosta Valley (VdAU) and SA formed a coalition.
In the2022 general election, the 2019 coalition was enlarged to the regional sections ofAction (A) andItalia Viva (IV). By 2025, most regionalist parties merged into UV, while SA,For Autonomy (PlA, a party founded by Rollandin) andValdostan Rally (RV) foundedAutonomists of the Centre. A proposed alliance for the2025 regional election between the lists was rejected by PlA.
For the2022 general election, the coalition is composed of the following parties:
| Party | Ideology | |
|---|---|---|
| Valdostan Union (UV) | Regionalism | |
| Valdostan Alliance (AV) | Progressivism | |
| United Aosta Valley (VdAU) | Progressivism | |
| Edelweiss (SA) | Christian democracy | |
| Democratic Party (PD) | Social democracy | |
| Action (A) | Liberalism | |
| Italia Viva (IV) | Liberalism | |
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 41,404 (1st) | 49.6 | 1 / 1 | – | Luciano Caveri |
| 1994 | 43,700 (1st) | 54.1 | 1 / 1 | – | Luciano Caveri |
| 1996 | 37,431 (1st) | 48.6 | 1 / 1 | – | Luciano Caveri |
| 2001 | 25,577 (1st) | 35.0 | 1 / 1 | – | Ivo Collé |
| 2006 | 24,119 (2nd) | 30.7 | 0 / 1 |  1 | Marco Vierin |
| 2008 | 28,357 (2nd) | 37.8 | 0 / 1 | – | Ego Perron |
| 2013 | 18,376 (1st) | 25.4 | 1 / 1 |  1 | Rudi Marguerettaz |
| 2018 | 14,429(2nd) | 21.7 | 0 / 1 | 1 | Alessia Favre |
| 2022 | 20,763(1st) | 38.6 | 1 / 1 | 1 | Franco Manes |
| Senate of the Republic | ||||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Candidate | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 34,150 (1st) | 47.4 | 1 / 1 | – | Cesare Dujany | |
| 1994 | 27,493 (1st) | 38.3 | 1 / 1 | – | Cesare Dujany | |
| 1996 | 29,538 (1st) | 44.2 | 1 / 1 | – | Guido Dondeynaz | |
| 2001 | 32,429 (1st) | 49.3 | 1 / 1 | – | Augusto Rollandin | |
| 2006 | 23,574 (2nd) | 32.0 | 0 / 1 | 1 | Augusto Rollandin | |
| 2008 | 29,191 (1st) | 41.4 | 1 / 1 | 1 | Antonio Fosson | |
| 2013 | 24,609 (1st) | 37.0 | 1 / 1 | – | Albert Lanièce | |
| 2018 | 15,958 (1st) | 25.8 | 1 / 1 | – | Albert Lanièce | |
| 2022 | 18,282 (2nd) | 33.6 | 0 / 1 | 1 | Patrick Vesan | |