Liga Veneto Autonomo is a Venetist

Venetism

Venetian nationalism is an ideology and a regionalist movement demanding more autonomy, or even independence from Italy, for Veneto, and promoting the re-discovery the Republic of Venice's heritage, traditions, culture and language...

 political party active in Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

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LFV was formed in early 2010 by senior members of Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR), notably including Giorgio Vido

Giorgio Vido

Giorgio Vido is an Italian Venetist politician. Elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, Link title he left the party in 1994....

 and Bortolino Sartore, in the run up of the 2010 Venetian regional election

Venetian regional election, 2010

The Venetian regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010, as part of Italy's big round of regional elections.Luca Zaia, rising star of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, was elected President by a landslide. With the support of 60.2% of Venetians, he was the most voted President of Veneto since...

. They disagreed with Fabrizio Comencini

Fabrizio Comencini

Fabrizio Comencini is a Venetist politician.Comencini started his political career in the Italian Social Movement , for which he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1985 and 1990. In the early 1990s, during his second term as regional councillor, he switched to Liga Veneta–Lega Nord...

's decision to support Antonio De Poli

Antonio De Poli

Antonio De Poli is an Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, part of the European People's Party...

 of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) as President and wanted to support Giuseppe Bortolussi

Giuseppe Bortolussi

Giuseppe Bortolussi is an Italian politician from Veneto.In 1980 Bortolussi became director of the Mestre section of Confartigianato, the largest Italian organization representing artisans and small entrepreneurs. He later became president of the section...

 of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

 (PD) instead.

A leading member of the UDC, Antonio Guadagnini

Antonio Guadagnini

Antonio Guadagnini is a Venetian independentist and Venetist politician.Guadagnini joined Christian Democracy in the 1980s and, after the party's dissolution, he joined centre-right Christian-democratic parties and, finally, the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats in 2002...

, chose to enter the new party, that received also the support of Franco Rocchetta

Franco Rocchetta

Franco Rocchetta is a Venetist politician.Rocchetta was born in Venice. He was a founding member of Liga Veneta in 1978–1980, and its national president and practical leader...

, founder of Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

 in 1978–1980. However, Guadagnini later withdrew from the race and the LVA was able to file a list only in the Province of Vicenza

Province of Vicenza

The Province of Vicenza is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.The province has an area of 2,723 km², and a total population of 840,000 . There are 121 comuni in the province...

, where it gained 1.1% of the vote, retaining the majority of the votes LVR gained in 2005

Venetian regional election, 2005

The Venetian regional election of 2005 took place on 3-4 April 2005.Giancarlo Galan was re-elected for the third time in a row President of the Region, but the support for him was diminished by the presence of a third candidate, Giorgio Panto, who picked votes both from the centre-right and the...

 (1.6%). In November Guadagnini finally joined Veneto State

Veneto State

Veneto State is a Venetist independentist political party active in Veneto and eastern Lombardy. The party seeks to achieve full political independence for the former territories of the Venetian Republic from Italy through a referendum...

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The party was officially founded on 18 August 2010 and Sartore was appointed spokesperson.