Alliance for Veneto was a short-lived centrist

Centrism

In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...

 political party in Veneto, that was the section of Alliance for Italy

Alliance for Italy

Alliance for Italy is a centrist political party in Italy.The party, which is described in its manifesto as "democratic, liberal, popular" as opposed both to "right-wing populism" and the "social-democratic left, an experience with high and memorable value, yet by now run out", was launched on 11...

 (ApI) in Veneto

Veneto

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Massimo Calearo

Massimo Calearo

Massimo Calearo Ciman is an Italian entrepreneur and politician from Veneto.Before entering politics he held several leadership roles within Confindustria, at local and national level...

, industrialist and deputy elected for the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

, launched AdV in April 2010 as a centrist competitor of Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

–Lega Nord, the dominant political force in Veneto. On the model of Union for Trentino

Union for Trentino

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 (UpT), AdV was envisioned as an autonomous political party within ApI. Its main members included Alessio Vianello, a former deputy-mayor of Venice

Venice

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, and Marco Zabotti, leader of Venetian Civic Network.

AdV soon aligned itself with UpT in its call for a confederal structure for the party and a less centralist approach.

In July 2010 Vianello joined Toward North

Toward North

Toward North is a liberal and federalist political party active in Veneto, Italy.The group, which seeks to represent all the North by enlarging itself outside Veneto, is a keen proposer of federalism, fiscal reform, free market, competition, private enterprise and justice reform...

, while in September Calearo left ApI in order to support Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...

's government

Berlusconi IV Cabinet

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. AdV thus evaporated.