Autonomy Liberty Democracy (''Autonomie Liberté Démocratie'', ALD) was a

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

coalition in

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. It took part to three Italian general elections and elected representatives in both houses of the

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History

ALD was originally formed as an electoral list, affiliated to The Union, for the 2006 general election comprising: the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of th ...

(DS),

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(DL), Valdostan Renewal (RV),

Vallée d'Aoste Vive Vallée d'Aoste Vive (translatable as ''Aosta Valley Alive'', VdAV) was a social-liberal Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley. It was founded on 4 December 2005 by a left-wing split from the Valdostan Union and its leader was Robe ...

(VdAV),

Alé Vallée Alé Vallée (translatable as ''Forward Valley'') was a social-democratic political party active in Aosta Valley. The party, whose leader was Enrico Bich, was the heir of the Italian Socialist Party in the Region and gained 4.7% of the votes (in l ...

(AV), the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. T ...

(

Alternative Greens The Alternative Greens (''Verdi Alternativi'') was a green politics, green list of political parties in Aosta Valley, political party in Aosta Valley, which used to be the regional section of the Federation of the Greens. Its main leaders were El ...

) and other minor parties. In that occasion, ALD elected a deputy, Roberto Nicco (DS), and a senator, Carlo Perrin (RV), defeating Marco Viérin ( SA, VdA) 43.4% to 30.7% and incumbent senator

Augusto Rollandin Augusto Arduino Rollandin (born 13 June 1949 in Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy) is an Italian politician and veterinarian. He is a member of the Valdostan Union, a center-right, pro-autonomy Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley. Caree ...

( UV, VdA) 44.2% to 32.0%, respectively. In the 2008 general election

Antonio Fosson Antonio Fosson (born 11 October 1951) is an Italian politician. Antonio was elected president of Aosta Valley from 10 December 2018 to 16 December 2019. Antonio is a member of the Pour Notre Vallée Party. Biography Antonio was born in Ivrea, ...

(UV, VdA) defeated incumbent senator Perrin 41.4% to 37.4%, while incumbent deputy Nicco narrowly defeated Ego Perron (UV, VdA) 39.1% to 37.8%. Under a new electoral law, the coalition ran together also in the 2008 regional election. The alliance, comprising three party lists (the

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–PD, RV–VdAV and

Rainbow Aosta Valley The Rainbow Aosta Valley (''Arcobaleno Valle d'Aosta'', AVdA) was an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley. Launched in 2003, the coalition was composed of the Federation of the Greens (whose local section, the Alternative Greens, AV ...

–AvdA), won a mere 27.4% of the vote, being severely defeated by the UV-led regionalist coalition, which won 62.0% of the vote and confirmed its stable majority in the Regional Council. In the 2013 general election

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( ALPE, ALD) was defeated by Albert Lanièce (UV, VdA) 37.0% to 30.8% for the Senate, while Jean Pierre Guichardaz ( PD, ALD) came third after

Rudi Marguerettaz Rudi, born Albert Rudolph (January 24, 1928 – February 21, 1973), also known as Swami Rudrananda, was born in Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings Cou ...

(SA, VdA) and

Laurent Viérin Laurent Viérin (born 7 August 1975) is an Italian politician who served as president of Aosta Valley from 13 October 2017 to 27 June 2018. He is the co-founder of the Progressive Valdostan Union party. Early life Viérin was born in Aosta on ...

( UVP). In the 2013 regional election the coalition, including also the UVP, won 40.5%. In July 2015 and June 2016 the regional government, formed by the UV and SA, was enlarged to the PD and the UVP, respectively. In March 2017 the UVP, ALPE, SA and PNV formed a new government without the UV, under President

Pierluigi Marquis Pierluigi Marquis (born 30 May 1964) is an Italian politician, and the President of Aosta Valley since 10 March until 11 October 2017. References 1964 births Living people Presidents of Aosta Valley Politicians of Aosta Valley {{ ...

(SA). 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 the

Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss The Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss ( it, Edelweiss Popolare Autonomista Valdostano, EPAV) was a Centrism, centrist List of political parties in Italy, political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy. The party was originally named Autonomist P ...

(EPAV), the latter formed by a pro-UV group of splinters from SA who had not endorsed Marquis' government in the first place. In the run-up of the 2018 general election ALD was thus disbanded.

References

External links

Official website
{{Political parties of Italy Defunct political party alliances in Italy Political parties established in 2006 Political parties disestablished in 2018 ca:Autonomia Llibertat Democràcia nl:Autonomie Liberté Démocratie