Country: | Veneto |
Union of the Venetian People | |
Native Name: | Union del Popoło Vèneto |
Foundation: | 1987 |
Dissolution: | 1995 |
Leader: | Ettore Beggiato Gianni Butturini |
Ideology: | Autonomism Venetian nationalism |
Position: | Catch-all party |
Split: | Liga Veneta |
Merged: | Liga Veneta |
Colorcode: | Green |
The Union of the Venetian People (Union del Popoło Vèneto, UPV) was a Venetist political party active in Veneto.
The party was founded in 1987 by splinters from Liga Veneta led by Ettore Beggiato and Gianni Butturini.[1] In the 1990 regional election UPV won 1.9% of the vote (compared to the 5.9% of Liga Veneta) and Beggiato was re-elected to the Regional Council of Veneto.[2] Occasionally the party surpassed Liga Veneta: in 1991 local elections UPV gained 3.5% of the vote against 2.6% of Liga Veneta.[3] The party was merged into Liga Veneta in 1995, after that Franco Rocchetta and Marilena Marin, who expelled Beggiato from that party in 1987, had been expelled too.[4]