Party of Venetians (2010)

The Party of Venetians (Italian: Partito dei Veneti, PdV) was a Venetist-separatist coalition of parties active in Veneto.

For the current party with the identical name, see Party of Venetians (2019).
Party of Venetians
Partito dei Veneti
FoundedJanuary 2010
Dissolved12 September 2010
Merged intoVeneto State
IdeologyVenetism
Separatism

The alliance, which was formed in January 2010, after the disbandment of Veneto Freedom, was composed of five groups,[1] which continued to be active as factions of Veneto State, since when the PdV was merged into that party:

  • a group of splinters from Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR, centrist)
  • Venetians Movement (MV, no ideological affiliation)
  • Venetian People's Unity (UPV, communist/socialist)
  • Venetian State (SV, no ideological affiliation)
  • Bellunese Autonomist Party (PAB, centrist)
  • Venetian Independence (IV, liberal)
  • Free Veneto (VL, centrist)

History

Veneto Freedom
Main article: Veneto Freedom

Talks between several Venetist parties over the formation of a united party as a reliable competitor of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord started in February 2008 during a meeting in Pastrengo, Verona[2] and Veneto Freedom was eventually launched in November 2009.[3][4][5]

However, as soon as in January 2010, the coalition broke up over frictions between the moderate wing led by Fabrizio Comencini and Carlo Covi, respectively leaders of LVR and Venetian Agreement, and the independentist wing led by Patrik Riondato, leader of Venetians Movement. The former wanted to endorse Antonio De Poli of the Union of the Centre for President in the 2010 regional election,[6] a notion vehemently opposed by the independentists, and this ultimately led to the premature death of the coalition.

2010 regional election
See also: 2010 Venetian regional election

Subsequently to the break-up of Veneto Freedom, its independentist core broke away from the moderate wing represented by Comencini to form the PdV. Silvano Polo, a long-time ally of Comencini within LVR, left that party too in order to be the candidate of the PdV in the next regional election.[1][2] Polo, who has been Mayor of San Bonifacio for two terms (1994–1998 for Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and 2004–2009 for LVR, after having left Liga Veneta in 1998), soon expoused a more independentist line than that of Veneto Freedom and called for an alliance with other Venetist parties, notably the Venetian National Party (PNV), North-East Project (PNE), North-East Union (UNE) and, hopefully, the totality of LVR.[1]

The PNV, which had been a harsh critic of Veneto Freedom before,[7] responded positively but set some stringent conditions, notably: that the joint-list will have the denomination "Venetian National Party", that the candidate must come from PNV ranks due to the primary election ran by the PNV, that the coalition will campaign for an independence referendum and will expouse a coherent independentist position.[8]

On election day Polo won only 0.5% of the vote, while the PdV stopped at 0.4%.[9]

Merger with the PNV

On 12 September 2010 the PdV was merged with the PNV to form Veneto State, a united Venetist-separatist party. Giustino Cherubin, a leading member of the Venetians Movement and the PdV, was elected president of the new party, along with PNV's Lodovico Pizzati who was elected secretary.[10]

References
  1. S.p.A, Società Editrice Athesis. "Il Partito dei Veneti lancia la sfida a Lega e Pdl". L'Arena.it. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  2. "Il partito dei veneti candida Polo Ma la galassia anti lega va in pezzi - Corriere del Veneto". corrieredelveneto.corriere.it. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  3. "venetoliberta.eu - This website is for sale! - venetoliberta Resources and Information". www.venetoliberta.eu. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. "Le notizie di REGIONI VENETO". www.ilgazzettino.it. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  5. S.p.A, Società Editrice Athesis. "E Veneto Libertà attacca il centralismo statale". L'Arena.it. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  6. "IL GAZZETTINO Online: Il quotidiano del NordEst". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  7. "Dialogo verto, se parlemo de indipendensa". PLEBISCITO 2013 | PNV. Press News Veneto. Nov 29, 2009. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  8. "Coordinamento nasional del PNV: sì ad aleanse co liste indipendentiste". PLEBISCITO 2013 | PNV. Press News Veneto. Jan 9, 2010. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
  9. "Regione VENETO Elezioni Regionali del 28 - 29 marzo 2010 - Risultati elettorali - Ministero dell'Interno". Archived from the original on 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  10. "Nasce VENETO STATO: Pizzati segretario e Cherubin presidente". PLEBISCITO 2013 | PNV. Press News Veneto. Sep 12, 2010. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
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