The Progressive Valdostan Union (, UVP) was a

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Italian political party active in

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History

It emerged in 1972 as a split from the

Valdostan Union The Valdostan Union (, UV), also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union, is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the French-speaking minority in the region. One of its leading members, Renzo Te ...

and won 6.7% of the vote in the following year regional election. After a decline in term of votes (3.1% in 1978), UVP joined forces with the Popular Democrats in the 1983 regional election, winning 10.4%. In 1984 the two parties merged to form the Progressive Democratic Autonomists. The leaders of the party included Bruno Salvadori, whose

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ideas strongly influenced

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, founder and leader of

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References

{{Reflist Political parties in Aosta Valley Political parties established in 1973 Political parties disestablished in 1984 it:Union Valdôtaine Progressiste