Tosi List for Veneto
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Tosi List for Veneto
Lista Tosi per il Veneto |
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| Leader | Flavio Tosi |
| Founded | March 2015 |
| Ideology |
Regionalism Venetian nationalism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Fare! |
| European affiliation | none |
| Regional Council of Veneto |
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Tosi List for Veneto (Italian: Lista Tosi per il Veneto, LTV) is a centrist and regionalist political party in Veneto, Italy, named after its leader Flavio Tosi. The party emerged in 2015 as a split from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.
In the run-up of the 2007 municipal elections Tosi, long-time member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord (LV–LN) and regional minister of Health since 2005, formed a "civic list" named after himself, the Tosi List (LT), in order to support his bid to become mayor of Verona. In the election Tosi, who was supported also by Forza Italia, National Alliance and a number of minor parties, was elected mayor by a landslide 60.7% of the vote and the LT won 16.4%, more than LV's 12.0%.
Five years later Tosi decided to run with the only support of the LT and the LV: he was re-elected with 57.3% of the vote, while the LT won 37.2% and the LV 10.7%. Such an electoral success propelled Tosi to the leadership of the LV, whose national congress elected him national secretary in June 2012.
In October 2013 Tosi launched Let's Rebuild the Country, a think tank aimed at preparing his bid in a putative centre-right prime-ministerial primary election.
In the run-up of the 2015 regional election the LV was quite divided on alliances and strategies. Luca Zaia, the incumbent President and rival of Tosi within the party, wanted to continue the alliance with its centre-right partners, Forza Italia (FI) and the New Centre-Right (NCD), and create a "Zaia List", Tosi wanted the party to run with the sole support of the "Zaia List" and a "Tosi List", while Matteo Salvini, the LN's federal secretary, kept an open mind only on FI and opposed, along with Zaia, any notion of a "Tosi List". Furthermore, while Zaia, supported by Salvini, wanted to renovate the party's group in the Regional Council and have a final say on the compilation of the party's slates, Tosi, who defended the position of long-time regional councillors and ministers, claimed his authority and the autonomy of the LV in relation to the federal party.
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