Roberto Visentin

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Roberto Visentin (born 30 October 1953) is an Italian politician from Friuli-Venezia Giulia devoted to Friulian nationalism and green politics.

In 1990 Visentin, who had been a member of the Friuli Movement,^[1] was a founding member of Lega Nord Friuli, of which he served as secretary until 1999. Visentin was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1992 general election ^[2] and was later elected to the Senate in the 1994 ^[3] and 1996 general elections.^[4]

In 2001 Visentin left the party^[5] and became one of its strongest critics.^[6]

In 2015–2017 Visentin was one of the founding members of the Pact for Autonomy, a centre-left regionalist party.^[7]^[8] In 2020 he was instrumental in the formation of the Autonomies and Environment Pact, a network of regionalist and green political parties, and became its president.^[9]^[10]^[11] He also serves as vice president of the European Free Alliance.^[12]

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[1] ttps://www.limesonline.com/rivista/leghismo-di-confine-e-secessionismo-nel-friuli-venezia-giulia-14564360/

[2] ttp://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg11/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d60792

[3] ttps://www.senato.it/legislature/12/composizione/senatori/elenco-alfabetico/scheda-attivita?did=00002508

[4] ttps://www.senato.it/leg/13/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00002508.htm

[5] ttps://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/trieste/cronaca/2014/07/28/news/l-addio-della-lega-al-palazzo-dopo-21-anni-tra-trionfi-e-flop-1.9666930

[6] ttps://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/udine/cronaca/2016/08/07/news/visentin-spara-a-zero-sulla-lega-di-salvini-tradite-le-origini-1.13929429

[7] ttps://autonomieeambiente.eu/news/40-sintesi-dei-lavori-della-prima-sessione-della-ii-assemblea-2021?highlight=WyJ2aXNlbnRpbiJd

[8] ttps://autonomieeambiente.eu/news/264-seminario-politico-elettorale-europee-2024-scaletta-interventi?highlight=WyJ2aXNlbnRpbiJd

[9] ttps://autonomieeambiente.eu/news/30-statuto-e-funzionamento-di-aea-2020

[10] ttps://autonomieeambiente.eu/news/22-autonomie-e-ambiente-all-assemblea-ale-efa

[11] ttps://friulisera.it/patto-per-lautonomia-a-strasburgo-per-il-congresso-di-efa-ale-principale-rete-europea-delle-forze-autonomiste

[12] ttps://e-f-a.org/bureau-member

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