Edelweiss (political party)
political party
Edelweiss (Italian: Stella Alpina, SA) is a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
The party's founder and longest-serving leader was Maurizio Martin. Currently, it is led by Ronny Bobey and Luisa Trione. Leading members have included Rudi Marguerettaz (party secretary in 2001–2013 and member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2013–2018), Pierluigi Marquis (President of Aosta Valley in 2017, later switched to another party) and Carlo Marzi (party secretary since 2016 and regional minister since 2020).
History
Early years
SA was founded in 2001 by the merger of the Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation (FA). The Autonomists originated in the Valdostan section of the Italian People's Party, one of the successors of Christian Democracy, while the FA was formed by former Progressive Democratic Autonomists as well as former Socialists and Republicans. In the 2003 Valdostan regional election, SA received 19.8% of the vote and 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 FA 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).
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