Vallée d'Aoste Vive (translatable as Aosta Valley Alive, VdAV) was a social-liberal[1] Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley. It was founded on 4 December 2005 by a left-wing split from the Valdostan Union and its leader was Roberto Louvin.

Vallée d'Aoste Vive
LeaderRoberto Louvin
SecretaryGuido Dondeynaz
Founded4 December 2005
Dissolved12 February 2010
Split fromValdostan Union
Merged intoAutonomy Liberty Participation Ecology
Headquartersvia De Tillier, 12
11100 Aosta
IdeologyRegionalism[1]
Social liberalism[1]
Social democracy[1]
Website
www.aostaviva.it

For the 2006 general election, the Lively Aosta Valley took part to the Autonomy Liberty Democracy (ALD) coalition, alongside the Democrats of the Left, The Daisy, Valdostan Renewal, the Communist Refoundation Party, the Federation of the Greens and other minor parties.

In the 2008 regional election the party formed a joint list with Valdostan Renewal: the list won 12.5% of the vote and 5 regional deputies (out of 35), of which 2 of VdAV. ALD was however severely defeated by the Aosta Valley coalition.[2]

In February 2010 VdAV agreed to merge into a new party named Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE), along with Valdostan Renewal, Alternative Greens and other centre-left groups.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Aosta Valley/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Regione Valle d'Aosta". Elezioni.regione.vda.it. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  3. ^ "Nasce ALPE: ad aprile le primarie sceglieranno sindaco e vice da candidare" (in Italian). AostaSera.it. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
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