The Alpine Padanian Union ( Unione Padana Alpina , UPA) is a Padanist and separatist political party active in Lombardy , Italy .
4-631: The party emerged in March 2012 as a split from the Padanian Union (UP): the provincial section of Bergamo , led by Giovanni Ongaro , left the UP over disagreements with party leadership. The UP had been formed in November 2011 by the merger of Lega Padana Lombardia and other groups, including that of Ongaro. Riccardo Mazzoleni and Giovanni Ongaro were respectively elected secretary and president of
8-445: The merger of Lega Padana Lombardia , led by Roberto Bernardelli and Giulio Arrighini , and other groups of Padanists led by Francesco Formenti and Giovanni Ongaro . All four politicians had been deputies of Lega Lombarda – Lega Nord in the 1990s. The first congress of the party was attended by leading Padanists such as Giancarlo Pagliarini , Gilberto Oneto , Gianluca Marchi and Leonardo Facco . As soon as in March 2012
12-547: The newly formed party. Cristiano Forte , a former provincial secretary of Lega Lombarda – Lega Nord , was appointed deputy secretary. This article about a political party in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Padanian Union The Padanian Union ( Unione Padana , UP) is a Padanist and separatist political party active in Lombardy , Italy . The party emerged in November 2011 by
16-683: The provincial wing of Bergamo , led by Ongaro, split and formed the Alpine Padanian Union (UPA). In May 2013 the Padanian Union joined a new organization: Lombard Independence ( Indipendenza Lombarda ). The following year, in April 2014, Bernardelli was arrested, along with a group of Venetian separatists (including Franco Rocchetta , leading members of the Venetian Most Serene Government and
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