The 3V Movement ( it, Movimento 3V, M3V), whose complete name is it, Movimento Vaccini Vogliamo Verità, is a minor
anti-vaccination party in
Italy
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.
History
The 3V Movement was founded in January 2019, with the aim of politically representing all the anti-vaccination movements in the country; its president is Alessandra Bocchi, while its secretary is Luca Teodori. By 2020, the M3V took part in several regional elections, collecting only very poor successes: its best result was reached in the
Venetian regional election with 0.7% of votes.
The 3V Movement slightly gained attention amid the
COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Italy. In the
Italian local elections of 3–4 October 2021, the M3V elected its mayoral candidates in the municipal councils of
Rimini (Matteo Angelini, who got 4.1% of the votes) and
Trieste
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(Ugo Rossi, who got 4.5% of the votes). On 21 September Ugo Rossi was arrested for insulting a public official and aggravated injuries for the attack on two
Carabinieri during a dispute that broke out over a mask not worn by another candidate of the movement in a post office.
Ugo Rossi, la Procura della Repubblica chiede il processo per direttissima
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Electoral results
Regional Councils
References
External links
Official website
{{Political parties in Italy
2019 establishments in Italy
Political parties established in 2019
Single-issue parties in Italy
Anti-vaccination organizations