Autonomies for Europe Autonomie per l'Europa | |
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Leader | Marco Gheller |
Founded | March 2019 |
Preceded by | Aosta Valley |
Ideology | Regionalism |
National affiliation | Centre-left coalition |
European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 630 |
Senate | 1 / 315 |
European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
Regional Governments | 1 / 20 |
Regional Council | 15 / 35 |
Autonomies for Europe (Italian : Autonomie per l'Europa, ApE) was a regionalist [1] coalition of parties formed in Aosta Valley, Italy in order to participate in the 2019 European Parliament election.
The coalition had a technical agreement with the Democratic Party (PD). [2] ApE's candidate was Marco Gheller, [3] who received also the support of Great North, Pro Lombardy Independence and other minor regional parties of northern Italy.
The alliance is composed of the following five parties:
Party | Main ideology | Leader | |
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Valdostan Union (UV) | Regionalism, Centrism | Erik Lavévaz | |
Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP) | Regionalism, Progressivism | Giuliano Morelli | |
Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) | Regionalism, Social democracy | Roberto Cunéaz | |
Edelweiss (SA) | Regionalism, Christian democracy | Carlo Marzi | |
Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV) | Regionalism, Centrism | Mauro Beccega |
Originally, For Our Valley was supposed to join ApE, but finally backtracted. Also Mouv', an emerging regional party which would grow bigger in the 2020 regional election, refused to join the coalition. [4]
European Parliament | |||||
Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Leader |
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2019 | 6,904 (3rd) | 13.9 | 0 / 76 | – | Marco Gheller |
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