The Autonomist Federation (french: Fédération Autonomiste, FA) was a regionalist,

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, Italian political party active in

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and

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, the party's ideology lately tilted toward

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. The party's last leader was

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, a long-time regional councillor and former regional minister.

History

The party was founded in 1998 by the merger of the

Progressive Democratic Autonomists The Progressive Democratic Autonomists (french: Autonomistes démocrates progressistes, ADP) was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin ...

, which included several splinters of the

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, and the

Autonomist People's Alliance The Autonomist People's Alliance (''Alleanza Popolare Autonomista'', APA) was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1992 by a split from the regional Italian Socialist Party. Its leading members were ...

, basically formed by former members of the

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. In the 1998 regional election the party list, which also included some members of the

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and the

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, obtained 9.7% of the vote and four regional councillors. In the 2001 the FA was merged with the

Autonomists The Autonomists (french: Autonomistes; it, Autonomisti) was a Christian-democratic Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1997 by the union of the regional Italian People's Party with For Aosta Valley, and some f ...

into

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(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. 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).

was appointed to the regional government. In 2009 a group of Socialists, members of the

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at the national level, were expelled from the FA. In 2013 a larger group of Socialists, led by Leonardo La Torre, a former leader of the party, left and joined the

Valdostan Union The Valdostan Union (french: Union valdôtaine, UV), also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the Arpitan-speaking minority in the region. Former leade ...

. In the 2013 regional election the FA, which included the

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, obtained a mere 2.2% of the vote and was excluded from the Regional Council, after 15 years of continuous presence. As a result, Lavoyer resigned from party leader. In 2014 the party was merged into a short-lived outfit named "Create VdA", which was finally merged into the UV, of which La Torre was still a regional councillor.

Leadership

*Secretary: ''unknown'' (1998–2001),

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(2003–2008), Leonardo La Torre (2008–2012),

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/ref> *President: ''unknown'' (1998–2001), Guglielmo Piccolo (2003–2008),

(2008–2014)

References

External links

Official website
{{Aosta political parties Political parties in Aosta Valley Christian democratic parties in Italy Catholic political parties Centrist parties in Italy Defunct social democratic parties in Italy