- Edelweiss Aosta Valley
Edelweiss Aosta Valley ("Stella Alpina Valle d'Aosta", SA) is a Christian democratic and centrist Italian political party active in
Aosta Valley .It was founded in
2001 by the merger of theAutonomists and theAutonomist Federation . The Autonomists were basically the Valdotanian section of the Italian People's Party, one of the successors of Christian Democracy, while the Autonomist Federation was formed basically by formerAutonomists Democrats Progressives , along with former Socialists and of the Republicans.In the
2003 regional election, SA scored 19.8% [ [http://parties-and-elections.de/aosta.html Parties and Elections in Europe ] ] and got elected seven regional deputies [ [http://www.consiglio.regione.vda.it/organismi/gruppi_consiliari_i.asp Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - Gruppi consiliari ] ] . Soon later the Autonomist Federation re-gained its independence from SA. From2001 to2006 , SA was represented in theItalian Chamber of Deputies byIvo Collé . The party currently controls five seats in the Regional Council. Of the five regional deputies, four are former members of Christian Democracy and one is a former Republican.In the 2006 general election, the party formed an alliance with the
Valdotanian Union and the Autonomist Federation (SA leaderMarco Viérin was candidate for the Chamber of Deputies), theAutonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley , but was soundly defeated by thecentre-left listAutonomy Liberty Democracy .In the 2008 regional election the party, which included four candidates of the
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) in its list, won 11.4% of the vote and 4 regional deputies (out of 35), while the three-party regionalist coalition won 62.0% and a large majority, composed of 22 regional deputies. [http://elezioni.regione.vda.it/Default.aspx?idele=92&L=I] No candidate of UDC was elected.Leadership
*President:
Maurizio Martin (2001–...)
*Secretary:Rudi Marguerettaz (2001–...)References
External links
* [http://www.stella-alpina.org/ Official website]
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