The Marco Polo Front (, FMP) was an

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and Venetist

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active in

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, named after explorer

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. Fabio Padovan, leader of the European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE) and former deputy of

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta (; ; abbr. LV), whose complete name is (), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and support for fiscal federalism, was established in 1979 under the slogan "farthe ...

–

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, and Giorgio Vido, another former deputy of LV–LN, formed FMP in 1999 in view of the 2000 regional election. Padovan gained 1.7% of the vote in the election, while FMP stopped at 1.3%. In 2001 the party was merged into Liga Fronte Veneto.Francesco Jori, ''Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti'', Marsilio,

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2009, p. 121

References

Sources

*Francesco Jori, ''Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti'', Marsilio,

2009 *Ezio Toffano,
Short History of the Venetian Autonomism
', Raixe Venete Political parties in Veneto Venetian nationalism Political parties established in 1999 Political parties disestablished in 2001 1999 establishments in Italy 2001 disestablishments in Italy {{Italy-party-stub