Unitalia
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Unitalia is a minor Italian-speaking
, national-conservative
political party active in South Tyrol
, Italy
.
It was founded in 1996 as a split from National Alliance
and is led by Donato Seppi. Since January 2008 the party was the provincial section of The Right
in South Tyrol
, but left that party as soon as in November, when Seppi decided to join the Movement for Italy
(MpI), a split from The Right led by Daniela Santanchè
and since then Unitalia became the provincial section of the MpI.
In the 2008 provincial election the party won 1.9% of the vote and Seppi was re-elected to the Provincial Council.
Italian language
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, national-conservative
National conservatism
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political party active in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
, Italy
Italy
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.
It was founded in 1996 as a split from National Alliance
National Alliance (Italy)
National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...
and is led by Donato Seppi. Since January 2008 the party was the provincial section of The Right
The Right
The Right is a national-conservative political party in Italy.-Foundation:On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the...
in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
, but left that party as soon as in November, when Seppi decided to join the Movement for Italy
Movement for Italy
Movement for Italy was a conservative political party in Italy which now functions as a faction within The People of Freedom , a much larger centre-right party led by Silvio Berlusconi....
(MpI), a split from The Right led by Daniela Santanchè
Daniela Santanchè
Daniela Garnero Santanché is an Italian entrepreneur and a politician. She was Undersecretary to the Minister of Platform Accomplishment from 2010 to 2011 during Berlusconi IV Cabinet.-Studies and personal life:...
and since then Unitalia became the provincial section of the MpI.
In the 2008 provincial election the party won 1.9% of the vote and Seppi was re-elected to the Provincial Council.