Liga Veneta | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Luca Zaia (President of Veneto) |
| Secretary | Alberto Stefani |
| Founded | 9 December 1979[1] |
| Headquarters | Via Panà, 56 35027 Noventa Padovana |
| Ideology | |
| National affiliation | Lega Nord (1991–2020) Lega per Salvini Premier (2020–present) |
| Colours | Green Blue |
| Regional Council | 30 / 51 |
| Chamber of Deputies (Veneto seats) | 9 / 32 |
| Senate (Veneto seats) | 4 / 16 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Liga Veneta (Venetian: Łiga Vèneta; English: Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is Liga Veneta per Salvini Premier (English: Venetian League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto.
The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and support for fiscal federalism, was established in 1979 under the slogan "farther from Rome, closer to Europe",[6] and was the first party of its kind in northern Italy, predating Umberto Bossi's Lega Lombarda by five years. The LV was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Veneto since 2020. Despite its long alignment with Lega Nord and Lega, the LV has its ideological peculiarities and is seen as more centrist.
In the 2010 regional election the LV was by far the largest party in Veneto with 35.2% of the vote and LV's Luca Zaia, who was supported also by The People of Freedom, was elected President of Veneto with 60.2%. In the 2015 regional election the LV, which fielded also a "Zaia list" improved its tally to 40.9% and Zaia, who counted also on the support of some minor parties, was re-elected with 50.1%. In the 2020 regional election the LV's two lists improved again their tally to 61.5% and Zaia was re-elected by a landslide 76.8% of the vote.
While Zaia is the party's leading figure, Alberto Stefani serves as secretary. Another leading member is Lorenzo Fontana, from the party's conservative wing, who has been the President of Italy's Chamber of Deputies since 2022.
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- ^ "L'Europa Secondo la Lega". 2 July 1993.