The Rainbow Aosta Valley (''Arcobaleno Valle d'Aosta'', AVdA) was an Italian coalition of parties active in

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

. Launched in 2003, the coalition was composed of 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 ...

(whose local section, the

Alternative Greens The Alternative Greens (''Verdi Alternativi'') was a green political party in Aosta Valley, which used to be the regional section of the Federation of the Greens. Its main leaders were Elio Riccarand, founder and coordinator until 2008, and Pa ...

, AVdA, was particularly strong in the Region), the

Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replac ...

, the

Party of Italian Communists The Party of Italian Communists ( it, Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI) was a communist party in Italy established in October 1998 by splinters from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC). The split was led by Armando Cossutta, founder and e ...

, Democratic Left and some local

far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...

groups. In the 2003 regional election the coalition won 7.9% of the vote and three regional councillors. In the 2008 regional election it obtained 5.6% of the vote and no regional councillors. In 2010 AVdA, which had been part of

Autonomy Liberty Democracy Autonomy Liberty Democracy (''Autonomie Liberté Démocratie'', ALD) was a centre-left coalition in Aosta Valley, Italy. It took part to three Italian general elections and elected representatives in both houses of the Italian Parliament. History ...

in general elections since 2006, distanced from the far left and were merged into a new party named

Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (french: Autonomie, Liberté, Participation, Écologie, ALPE) was a regionalist political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy, whose progressive ideology mixes elements of social democracy and green politic ...

(ALPE), along with other two progressive parties,

Valdostan Renewal Valdostan Renewal (french: Renouveau Valdôtain, RV) was a social-liberal Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley. It was founded in 2006 by a split from the Valdostan Union (UV), led by former President of Region Carlo Perrin. These ...

and

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 Rober ...

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