Valdostan Union Union Valdôtaine | |
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| President | Joël Farcoz |
| Founded | 13 September 1945 |
| Headquarters | 29, Avenue des Maquisards 11100 Aosta |
| Newspaper | Le Peuple Valdôtain |
| Youth wing | Jeunesse Valdôtaine |
| Ideology | Regionalism French-speaking minority interests |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | The Olive Tree (1995–2006) Centre-right coalition (2008–2014) Centre-left coalition (from 2014) |
| Regional affiliation | Aosta Valley (1983–present) Autonomies for Europe (2019) |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| European Parliament group | ELDR Group (2000–2003) |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 400 |
| Senate | 0 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Regional Council of Aosta Valley | 11 / 35 |
| Conference of Regions | 1 / 21 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Valdostan Union[1][2][3] (French: Union valdôtaine, UV), also Valdostian Union[4][5] or Valdotanian Union,[6][7] is a regionalist[8] and centrist[7] political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the French-speaking minority in the region.[1] One of its leading members, Renzo Testolin, has been the President of Aosta Valley since March 2023, replacing Erik Lavévaz, also of the UV.
The UV has been steadily represented in the Italian Parliament since 1976 and, due to the disappearance of the Christian Democracy party in the early 1990s, it later became the catch-all party of the region, similarly to the South Tyrolean People's Party in South Tyrol. The party re-groups most Valdostan autonomists under its banner and steadily increased its share of vote from 11.6% in 1973 to 47.2% in 2003, which was followed by a decline and splits. However, it has led the regional government almost with no interruption since 1974.
The UV has been member of the European Free Alliance since 2022. The party was a member also previously, until 2007.
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- ^ a b Tom Lansford, ed. (2013). Political Handbook of the World 2013. SAGE Publications. p. 714. ISBN 978-1-4522-5825-6.
- ^ Guy Puzey (2012). "Two-Way Traffic: How Linguistic Landscapes Reflect and Influence the Politics of Language". In Durk Gorter; Heiko F. Marten; Luk Van Mensel (eds.). Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-230-27244-6.