Edelweiss (Aosta Valley)
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Edelweiss
Stella Alpina |
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| Secretary | Carlo Marzi |
| President | Maurizio Martin |
| Founded | 25 November 2001 |
| Preceded by | Autonomists |
| Headquarters | Via Monte Pasubio, 40 11100 Aosta |
| Ideology |
Regionalism Christian democracy Federalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | none |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Chamber of Deputies |
1 / 630
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| Senate |
0 / 315
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Council of the Valley |
3 / 35
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| Regional Governments |
1 / 20
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| Website | |
| http://www.stella-alpina.org | |
Edelweiss (Italian: Stella Alpina, SA) is a regionalist, Christian-democratic and federalist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy. Its long-time leaders are Rudi Marguerettaz, who is a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and Maurizio Martin. Another party member, Pierluigi Marquis, has served as President of Aosta Valley since 2017.
SA was founded in 2001 by the merger of the Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation. The Autonomists were basically the Valdostan section of the Italian People's Party, one of the successors of Christian Democracy, while the Autonomist Federation was formed by former Progressive Democratic Autonomists, along with former Socialists and Republicans.
In the 2003 regional election, SA scored 19.8% and got elected seven regional councillors. In the 2003–2008 term, the party controlled five seats in the Regional Council. Of the five regional councillors, four were former members of Christian Democracy and one was a former Republican. In 2004 the Autonomist Federation re-gained its independence from SA.
From 2001 to 2006 SA was represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Ivo Collé, elected on the Aosta Valley coalition (VdA) ticket, formed also by the Valdostan Union (UV) and the Autonomist Federation (FA). In the 2006 general election SA's Marco Viérin ran for the Chamber, but the VdA was soundly defeated by the centre-left Autonomy Liberty Democracy (ALD) list.
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