Veneto State Veneto Stato | |
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| Leaders | Lodovico Pizzati Antonio Guadagnini |
| Founded | 12 September 2010 |
| Dissolved | March 2016 |
| Merger of | PNV PdV |
| Succeeded by | We Are Veneto |
| Ideology | Venetian nationalism Separatism |
| Think Tank | Veneto State of Europe |
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Veneto State (Veneto Stato, VS) was a Venetist political party active in Veneto and eastern Lombardy. The party's goal to achieve full political independence for the former territories of the Venetian Republic from Italy through a referendum. VS had a handful of municipal councillors and was once represented in the Regional Council of Veneto.
After the exit of the libertarian faction led by Lodovico Pizzati, Paolo Bernardini and Gianluca Busato in December 2011 and the formation of Venetian Independence in May 2012, VS was seen as the communitarian wing of the Venetian independence movement. The party was also influenced by Christian democracy and social democracy.[1] Both its latest secretary, Antonio Guadagnini, and its former president, Giustino Cherubin,[2] were former Christian Democrats. VS had close ties with Independentist Youth, the Venetians Movement, and, strangely enough, the Libertarian Movement.[3] At the European level, VS cooperated with the European Partnership for Independence and the International Commission of European Citizens.
Since the 2015 regional election, the party had been represented in the Regional Council of Veneto by Guadagnini, elected on the Independence We Veneto list. In March 2016 Guadagnini changed his affiliation to We Are Veneto (SV), which soon became the practical successor of Veneto State. VS is thus no longer active, but was outlived by its international section, "Veneto State of Europe" (VSE). Both SV and VSE participated in the formation of the Party of Venetians in 2019.
- ^ "Veneto Stato: Davide Lovat (ex Lega) candidato sindaco di Vicenza | L'Indipendenza". Lindipendenza.com. 2011-12-22. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Caso Cherubin: fiducia nella magistratura - PadovaPolitica". Padovapolitica.it. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Google". Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.