The Venetian People's Movement ( it, Movimento Popolare Veneto, MPV) was a

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and regionalist political party in Veneto,

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. Its leader was

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, long-time regional councillor and minister. Similarly to the

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, MPV was founded in March 2008 by splinters of the

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(UDC) who wanted to continue the alliance with

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and to participate to the foundation of the regional

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(PdL). Their leader was Francesco Piccolo, regional councillor and UDC regional leader at the time of the split. Also

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, former President of Veneto and Minister, and Mauro Fabris, leading member of the UDEUR Populars until March 2008, joined the party. In the 2010 regional election the party ran in a joint list with Alliance of the Centre (reinforced by the entrance of a new group of splinters led by Iles Braghetto,

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, Flavio Frasson and Luigi D'Agrò) and

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. Piccolo stood as candidate in the list of the PdL. In the election, the Alliance of the Centre obtained a mere 0.8% of the vote and Piccolo was not elected. In July 2014 Piccolo was installed councillor as a substitute to

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and in the run-up of the 2015 regional election he was a founding member, along with two dissidents from

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–

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, of Venetian Commitment, which can be considered to some extent a continuation of the MPV.

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External links

Official website
Political parties in Veneto Venetian nationalism Political parties established in 2008