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and Venetist

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active in

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, named after explorer Marco Polo.

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, leader of the European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE) and former deputy of

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– Lega Nord, and Giorgio Vido, another former deputy of LV–LN, formed FMP in 1999 in view of the 2000 regional election. Padovan gained 1.7% of the vote in the election, while FMP stopped at 1.3%. In 2001 the party was merged into

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.Francesco Jori, ''Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti'', Marsilio,

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2009, p. 121

References

Sources

*Francesco Jori, ''Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti'', Marsilio,

2009 *Ezio Toffano,
Short History of the Venetian Autonomism
',

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