Veneto Autonomous Region Movement
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The Veneto Autonomous Region Movement (Movimento Veneto Regione Autonoma, MVRA) was a Venetist
political party active in Veneto
.
MVRA was founded in 1987 by splinters from Liga Veneta
(LV) led by Geppino and Umberto Vecchiato. The party included also Flaminio De Poli, who has been one of the most outspoken independentist figures in Veneto so far and who was particularly critical of the alliance between Liga Veneta and Lega Lombarda
. In the 1992 general election
MVRA gained 1.5% of the regional vote. By 2000 the party was merged into Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR).
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...
.
MVRA was founded in 1987 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 Geppino and Umberto Vecchiato. The party included also Flaminio De Poli, who has been one of the most outspoken independentist figures in Veneto so far and who was particularly critical of the alliance between Liga Veneta and Lega Lombarda
Lega Lombarda
Lega Lombarda is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Led by Giancarlo Giorgetti, the party is the second largest in the region....
. 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...
MVRA gained 1.5% of the regional vote. By 2000 the party was merged into Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR).
Sources
- Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, VeniceVeniceVenice 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 VeneteRaixe VeneteRaixe 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...