''Unitalia'' is a minor

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

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active in

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

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. The party, founded in 1996 as a split from National Alliance, has since been led by

Donato Seppi Donato Seppi (born in Bolzano in 1953) is an Italian politician, who has founded the local party Unitalia. Life Donato Seppi was the owner of a small company engaged in the construction industry, and a former Alpini officer. He was elected in 199 ...

. In the late 2000s the party was briefly the provincial section of The Right and, later, of the

Movement for Italy Movement for Italy (''Movimento per l'Italia'', MpI) was a conservative political party in Italy led by Daniela Santanchè. History In September 2008 Daniela Santanchè, spokeswoman of The Right and candidate for Prime Minister in the 2008 ge ...

in South Tyrol. The party first entered with Seppi in the Provincial Council in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

(1.8%) and was confirmed in

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

(1.5%). In the 2008 provincial election the party won 1.9% of the vote and Seppi was re-elected for the third time to the Council. In the 2013 provincial election the party won 1.7% of the vote and was left out of the Council.http://elezioni.provincia.bz.it/

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Unitalia commemoration
{{South Tyrolean political parties 1996 establishments in Italy Italian nationalism Nationalist parties in Italy Neo-fascist organisations in Italy Political parties established in 1996 Political parties in South Tyrol