Autonomist Union was a regionalist

Regionalism (politics)

Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...

 Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.

It was founded in 1987 by Roberto Gremmo as the local emanation of Piedmontese Union

Piedmontese Union

Piedmontese Union was a regionalist political party active in Piedmont.It was founded in 1981 by Roberto Gremmo, a former member of the Italian Communist Party. The party was soon joined by well-known folk-singer Gipo Farassino, a former Communist too. In the 1985 regional election UP won 1.1% of...

. In the 1988 regional election the party won 1.6% and Gremmo was elected to the Regional Council. In 1989-1991 Gremmo, who was as also leader of Piedmontese Union, refused to participate to the founding process of Lega Nord and, since then, the party begun its decline. For the 1992 general election

Italian general election, 1992

The Italian general elections of 1992 were held on the 5 April 1992.The 1992 elections were the first without the traditionally second most important political force in Italy, the Italian Communist Party , which had been disbanded in 1991...

, Gremmo merged the party into the Alpine League, which won 0.7% in the 1993 regional election, compared to the 7.6% of Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta

Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta

Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Aosta Valley...

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