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active in

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. The party, founded in 1996 as a split from

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, has since been led by Donato Seppi. In the late 2000s the party was briefly the provincial section of

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and, later, of the

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

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(1.8%) and was confirmed in

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(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.

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