South Tyrolean People's Party
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South Tyrolean People's Party
Südtiroler Volkspartei |
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| Chairman | Philipp Achammer |
| Secretary | Manuel Massl |
| Founded | 8 May 1945 |
| Headquarters | via Brennero 7/A 39100 Bolzano |
| Newspaper | ZIS |
| Youth wing | Young Generation |
| Membership (2015) | 40,000 |
| Ideology |
Regionalism Autonomism Christian democracy Social democracy (minority) |
| National affiliation | with the Democratic Party |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colors | Black Red |
| Chamber of Deputies |
4 / 630
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| Senate |
2 / 315
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| European Parliament |
1 / 73
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| Provincial Council |
17 / 35
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| Website | |
| www.svpartei.org | |
The South Tyrolean People's Party (German: Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP; Italian: Partito Popolare Sudtirolese) is an ethnic catch-all partyregionalist and autonomist political party in South Tyrol, northern Italy.
Founded on 8 May 1945, the SVP, aimed at representing South Tyrol's German-speaking population as well as Ladin speakers, is mainly Christian-democratic but nevertheless quite diverse, including conservatives, liberals and social democrats. The party gives special attention also to the interests of farmers, which make up a good deal of its electorate.
From 1948 to 2013 the party retained an absolute majority in the Provincial Council. Its best result was 67.8% in 1948, its worst 45.7% in 2013. The SVP had a long-lasting alliance with Christian Democracy (and the Italian Socialist Party) and, since 1994, with some of its successor parties, including the Italian People's Party and the Democratic Union of Alto Adige. In 1998 the SVP formed a coalition with the Democrats of the Left, replaced by the Democratic Party in 2008.
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