The Party of Venetians ( it, Partito dei Veneti, PdV) is a Venetian nationalist and separatist

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. The PdV was originally formed in April 2019 as a coalition of political parties in order to compete in the

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. Five parties were founding members: We Are Veneto (2.7% as Independence We Veneto in the

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(2.5%), Chiavegato Group, Autonomous Veneto Project and Veneto State of Europe. The PdV was officially launched on 19 October 2019 during a convention in

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, attended by 1,500 people. On the occasion, the coalition was enlarged to other groups, including

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, Veneto First, Network 22 October, Autonomous Belluno Dolomites Region and People of Saint Mark (the latter left in February 2020). In the run-up of the 2020 Venetian regional election, the PdV chose Guadagnini as its candidate for

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and was joined by other minor groups, notably including the faction around Riccardo Szumski (mayor of Santa Lucia di Piave). In the contextual municipal election in Venice the PdV fielded philosopher Stefano Zecchi for mayor. In the election, which was dominated by

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(76.8% of the vote) and

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta ( vec, Łiga Vèneta; en, Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is ( en, Venetian League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and ...

-sponsored lists (over 60%), the PdV won 1.0% of the vote. However, Zecchi was elected municipal councillor in Venice. In January 2021 the PdV started to be re-organised as a political party, with the election of Cesare Busetto as secretary and the appointment of Zecchi as honorary president. The party will hold a new congress by the end of the year.

Leadership

*Coordinator/Secretary: Giacomo Mirto (2019–2021), Cesare Busetto (2021–present) *Honorary President: Stefano Zecchi (2021–present)

External links

Official website

References

{{Reflist Political parties in Veneto Venetian nationalism Political parties established in 2019 2019 establishments in Italy