Team Autonomies (Team Autonomie, Team A) was a liberal political party in South Tyrol, Italy.

The party's leader is Elena Artioli, a former member of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) and provincial leader of Lega Nord Alto Adige – Südtirol (LNST) during 2013–2014. Once a sister party of LNST, Team A became an associate party of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2014.

History

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In the run-up of the 2008 provincial election LNST was joined by Elena Artioli, who had left the SVP after the party chose to restrict its membership to German- and Ladin-speakers. In the election LNST won the 2.1% of the vote and Artioli was elected to the Provincial Council.[1]

In January 2013 Artioli, who had become the party's rising star and the darling of Lega Nord's federal leadership, was elected national secretary of LNST[2] and in May she announced that the party would run in the 2013 provincial election as part of the Team Autonomies/Team Artioli (Team A), a larger autonomist and inter-ethnic electoral list inspired to the Austrian party Team Stronach.[3] Later, in September, Team A was integrated into the "Forza Alto Adige–Lega Nord–Team Autonomies" list, along with The People of Freedom.[4][5] In the election the list took 2.5% of the vote[6] and Artioli was the only candidate elected.[7]

In January 2014, at the very beginning of the Council term, Artioli voted in favour of Arno Kompatscher (SVP), the new provincial governor, in a vote of confidence[8] and, consequently, left Lega Nord.[9] A few months later Artioli, who had come to be a supporter of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, joined the PD and became the provincial coordinator of Liberal PD, the party's liberal faction led by Enzo Bianco.[10][11][12][13][14] As a result, Team A became an associate party of the PD.

In 2018, Artioli finally left the politics.[15]

Leadership

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References

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  1. ^ "Elezioni Amministrative 2008 - Provincia di Bolzano".
  2. ^ "Elena Artioli eletta segretario provinciale della Lega Nord - Cronaca - Alto Adige". altoadige.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28.
  3. ^ "Provinciali, nasce il "Team Artioli" - Cronaca - Alto Adige". altoadige.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11.
  4. ^ "Patto con la Biancofiore: la Artioli si candida capolista con Forza Italia - Cronaca - Alto Adige". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  5. ^ Biancofiore candida l’Artioli capolista - Cronaca - Alto Adige
  6. ^ Referendum provinciale confermativo 2014 | Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige
  7. ^ "Elezioni provinciali 2013 – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano". Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  8. ^ "È bufera sulla Artioli "Lo ha fatto per un posto" - Cronaca - Alto Adige". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  9. ^ "Elena Artioli lascia la Lega Fugatti torna commissario – Cronaca – Alto Adige". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  10. ^ "Elena Artioli migra al Pd e diventa coordinatrice liberal: oggi l'ok da Renzi - Cronaca - Alto Adige". altoadige.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15.
  11. ^ "Elena Artioli nominata coordinatrice provinciale LIBERALPD | LiberalPD". www.liberalpd.it. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  12. ^ "Le sette vite di Elena Artioli". 7 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Liberal Pd, due coordinatori provinciali: Artioli e Giupponi - Cronaca - Alto Adige". altoadige.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  14. ^ "Liberal Pd, la Artioli a pranzo con Enzo Bianco e Durnwalder - Cronaca - Alto Adige". altoadige.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  15. ^ "Ciao, pfiat enk! SVP, Lega, Team Autonomie und nun?". Rai News. 18 September 2018.
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