Valdotanian Renewal
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Valdotanian Renewal was a social-liberal
Social liberalism
Social liberalism is the belief that liberalism should include social justice. It differs from classical liberalism in that it believes the legitimate role of the state includes addressing economic and social issues such as unemployment, health care, and education while simultaneously expanding...

 Italian political party.

It was founded in 2006 by a split from the Valdotanian Union
Valdotanian Union
The Valdotanian Union is a regionalist-centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leaders are Ego Perron, party president, and Augusto Rollandin, President of the Region....

 (UV), led by former President of Region Carlo Perrin. Those dissidents wanted closer ties with the Italian centre-left
Centre-left
Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...

 parties of The Union
The Union (political coalition)
The Union was an centre-left coalition of political parties in Italy. It was led by Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy from April 2006 to April 2008, and former President of the European Commission.-Parties:...

.

In the 2006 general election
Italian general election, 2006
In the Italian general election, 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 the incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right House of Freedoms, was narrowly defeated by Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left The...

, RV was affiliated to the Autonomy Liberty Democracy
Autonomy Liberty Democracy
Autonomy Liberty Democracy is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley.It was originally formed as an electoral list, affiliated to the The Union, for the 2006 general election and originally comprised: the Democrats of the Left, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, Valdotanian Renewal,...

 (ALD) coalition, composed of the Democrats of the Left
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...

 (DS), Democracy is Freedom – Daisy, Forward Valley
Forward Valley
Forward Valley was a social-democratic political party active in Aosta Valley.The party, whose leader was Enrico Bich, was the heir of the Italian Socialist Party in the Region and gained 4.7% of the votes in the 2003 regional election, failing to surpass the 5% threshold needed to enter in the...

, Lively Aosta Valley
Lively Aosta Valley
Lively Aosta Valley was a social-liberal Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 2005 by a left-wing split from the Valdotanian Union and its leader was Roberto Louvin....

, the Communist Refoundation Party
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....

, the Federation of the Greens
Federation of the Greens
The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...

 and other minor parties. ALD elected a deputy, Roberto Rolando Nicco (DS), and a senator, Carlo Perrin himself, defeating respectively Marco Viérin (Edelweiss Aosta Valley
Edelweiss Aosta Valley
Edelweiss Aosta Valley is a Christian-democratic and centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 2001 by the merger of the Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation...

) and Augusto Rollandin (Valdotanian Union
Valdotanian Union
The Valdotanian Union is a regionalist-centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leaders are Ego Perron, party president, and Augusto Rollandin, President of the Region....

).

In the 2008 regional election
Valdotanian regional election, 2008
The Valdotanian regional election of 2008 took place on 25 May 2008.-Results:Source:...

 RV formed a joint list with Lively Aosta Valley: the list won 12.5% of the vote and 5 regional deputies (out of 35), of which 3 of Valdotanian Renewal. Autonomy Liberty Democracy was however severely defeated by the regionalist coalition
Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley
Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley....

.

In 2010 RV agreed to merge into a new party named Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology
Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology
Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology is a regionalist political party active in Aosta Valley, whose progressive ideology mixes elements of social democracy, green politics and social liberalism...

 (ALPE), along with Lively Aosta Valley, Alternative Greens
Rainbow Aosta Valley
The Rainbow Aosta Valley is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley, active since 2003 and since 2006 a member of the Autonomy Liberty Democracy coalition in general elections....

and other left-wing groups.

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