Venetian Left (Venetian: Sanca Veneta, SV) is a social-democratic and green political party in Veneto, embracing pro-Europeanism, internationalism, as well as Venetian nationalism and separatism.[1][2] Its first leaders were Matteo Visonà Dalla Pozza[citation needed] and Giovanni Masarà.[3] Its current leaders are Antonella Muzzolon[4] and Matteo Visonà Dalla Pozza.[5] The party is a member of the European Free Alliance Youth (EFAY).[6]

Venetian Left
Sanca Veneta
LeaderCollective leadership
FoundedDecember 2013 – July 2015
IdeologySocial democracy
Green politics
Venetian nationalism
Civic nationalism
Direct democracy
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance Youth
Website
sancaveneta.org

History

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During a Venetist demonstration in Bassano del Grappa in December 2013, a group of left-leaning Venetists occasionally met and decided to start SV,[2] which was officially founded as a full-fledged party in July 2015.

In the run-up of the 2017 autonomy referendum SV has been quite involved in campaigning, especially through "VIVA – Centre/Left Committee for the Autonomy of Veneto",[7] which included the regional councillor Cristina Guarda[7] as well as minor members of the Democratic Party.[8] The party has celebrated both Liberation Day and the Feast of Saint Mark, patron of Veneto, in Venice on 25 April, every year.[9]

In 2018 SV member Andrea Cordioli[10][11] ran at the head of the Borgo Libero list in the municipal election of Villafranca di Verona.[12][better source needed] The list obtained 4.0% of the vote[13] and Cordioli was elected councillor.[14]

Masarà was one of EFAY vice presidents until 2019[15] when, as part of the renewal of the bureau, he was replaced by former Sanca co-leader Andrea Mion[16] and later Diego Cavallaro.[17]

SV took part to the 2020 Venetian regional election[18] within the centre-left coalition supporting independent professor Arturo Lorenzoni for President of Veneto and obtained 0.1% of the vote.[19] Lorenzoni himself was defeated by Luca Zaia, the incumbent President hailing from the rival Liga Veneta party, 76.8% to 15.7%.[19]

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  1. ^ "Manifesto". Sanca - Il centro sinistra Autonomista del Veneto (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Iseppon, Anna (17 July 2015). "Indipendenza, prima curva a sinistra. Nasce Sanca Veneta". l'Indipendenza Nuova (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Sanca Veneta al festival della politica di Mestre" (Press release) (in Italian). miglioverde. 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ "8 marzo, Muzzolon (Sanca Veneta): "non fiori ma posti di lavoro, parità salario, aiuti per gestire famiglia"". ViPiù (in Italian). 8 March 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. ^ Fusar Poli, Gabriele (6 June 2020). ""Penso a un Veneto innovativo, sostenibile e solidale": Arturo Lorenzoni lancia la sua candidatura". PadovaOggi (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Member Organisations". European Free Alliance youth. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Nasce il Comitato VIVA per un'autonomia del Veneto responsabile". Cristina Guarda's blog | Consigliere Regione Veneto. 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Rubinato (PD) favorevole e ora lancia il comitato". Corriere del Veneto. 13 August 2017. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Sinistra Veneta: "feste Liberazione e S. Marco compatibili"". Vvox. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017.
  10. ^ "SINISTRA, IL ROSSO E IL VERDE PER I POVERI E PER L'AMBIENTE". La Cronaca di Verona (in Italian). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  11. ^ Collot, Giovanni (6 November 2017). "CATALUNYA DREAMING: LA FABBRICAZIONE DELL'IDENTITÀ DEL VENETO". Limes (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Sanca Veneta post". Facebook. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Villafranca di Verona: risultati elezioni comunali 2018". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Villafranca di Verona (VR) - Sindaco e Amministrazione Comunale". Tuttitalia.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Bureau". efay.eu. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Organization". efay.eu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022.
  17. ^ @EFA_Youth (16 May 2022). "The new EFAY Bureau" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Tommasini, Fabrizio (31 July 2020). "L'Appello di Sanca Veneta: "Firmate per farci presentare la lista"". Agenzia Dire (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Elezioni Veneto 2020 - Risultati - Riepilogo Regionale". la Repubblica. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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