Liga Federativa Veneta
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Liga Federativa Veneta was a Venetist
Venetism
Venetian nationalism is an ideology and a regionalist movement demanding more autonomy, or even independence from Italy, for Veneto, and promoting the re-discovery the Republic of Venice's heritage, traditions, culture and language...

 political party active in Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

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LFV was founded in 1983 by splinters from 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...

 (LV) led by Giulio Pizzati. In 1987 the party was merged into the Veneto Autonomous Region Movement
Veneto Autonomous Region Movement
The Veneto Autonomous Region Movement was a Venetist political party active in Veneto.MVRA was founded in 1987 by splinters from Liga Veneta led by Geppino and Umberto Vecchiato...

 (MVRA), a brand new party formed by more recent splinters from Liga Veneta. In 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...

, when MVRA gained 1.5% of the regional vote, Pizzati obtained more than 1,300 preference votes.

Sources

  • Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice
    Venice
    Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

     2009
  • Ezio Toffano, Short History of the Venetian Autonomism, Raixe Venete
    Raixe Venete
    Raixe Venete is a Venetist cultural association.Every year it organizes the Festa dei Veneti in Cittadella, where Venetists of every political colour, Venetist associations, actors, musicians and rock bands, and many simple citizens gather and whose website is translated in several languages...

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