The Valdostan Rally (''Rassemblement Valdôtain'', RV) was a conservative Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. In 1963 a group of conservative members of 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 ...

formed the Valdostan Independent Rally (RIV) and won 3.3% of the vote in a regional election. In 1967 RIV merged with other conservative groups in order to form RV. Under the new name the party won 5.4% of the vote in the 1968 regional election and 1.6% in 1973. During all its lifetime the party was a minor ally of

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

in the Region. On January 1, 1977, RIV (with its regional councilor Maria Ida) and the two regional councilors of the Progressive Valdostan Union merged into the UV.VI Legislatura (1973-1978)
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