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.

Autonomies for Europe
Autonomie per l'Europa
LeaderMarco Gheller
FoundedMarch 2019
Preceded byAosta Valley
IdeologyRegionalism
National affiliationCentre-left coalition
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 630
Senate
1 / 315
European Parliament
0 / 73
Regional Governments
1 / 20
Regional Council
15 / 35

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.

Composition

edit

The alliance is composed of the following five parties:

Party Main ideology Leader
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]

Electoral results

edit

European Parliament

edit
European Parliament
Election year Votes % Seats +/– Leader
2019 6,904 (3rd) 13.9
0 / 76
Marco Gheller

References

edit
  1. ^ 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.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Europee, il blocco autonomista svela nome e simbolo". 6 April 2019.
  3. ^ E' Marco Gheller il candidato per Autonomie per l'Europa
  4. ^ "-2 mesi alle elezioni europee". www.bobine.tv. Archived from the original on 2019-04-18.