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23-553: The party, founded in 1966, is still active, but has lost importance. Most of its former members, notably including Roberto Visentin, Pietro Fontanini, Sergio Cecotti, Rinaldo Bosco and Alessandra Guerra, left to join Lega Nord Friuli , which was formed in 1990–1991. As of today, the party has little organisation and usually does not participate in elections. In 1966 a group of Friulian nationalists led by Gino di Caporiacco, Fausto Schiavi and Corrado Cecotto, who benefited from

46-423: A decade. Moreover, from 2008 to 2013 the party was part of the regional government led by Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom . In 2012 Fontanini, who was not able to unite a party divided in too many factions (notably including those led by Claudio Violino and Enzo Bortolotti ), stepped down from national secretary. Matteo Piasente was elected in his place with the support of the 58.8% of delegates during

69-469: A party congress. Fontanini, who grudgingly favoured Piasente, did not even take part to the congress, but nevertheless continued to be a leading member. In the 2013 regional election the LNFVG obtained a mere 8.3% of the vote and just three regional councillors, due to Tondo's defeat. Soon after an expenses scandal, involving Regional Council floor leaders Danilo Narduzzi and Mara Piccin , emerged and

92-421: A separate constituency), and the province of Pordenone (36.7%). The electoral results of Lega Nord in the region are shown in the tables below. Province of Pordenone The province of Pordenone ( Italian : provincia di Pordenone ; Friulian : provincie di Pordenon ; Venetian : provincia de Pordenon ) was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Italy, subdivided from

115-587: Is Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia per Salvini Premier (English: "Friuli-Venezia Giulia League for Salvini Premier" ), is a regionalist political party active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia . The party was a "national" section of Lega Nord (LN) from 1991 to 2000 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Friuli-Venezia Giulia since 2020. The party is currently led by Marco Dreosto . Its leading member

138-588: Is Massimiliano Fedriga , President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia since 2018 The party was established in 1990 as Lega Friuli by a group of leading members of the Friuli Movement , including Roberto Visentin , Pietro Fontanini , Rinaldo Bosco , Sergio Cecotti and Alessandra Guerra . After that the Friuli Movement decided not join Lega Nord, they formed Lega Friuli in order to join. Visentin

161-486: Is the westernmost of the four provinces in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in northeastern Italy. It is bounded to the east and north by the province of Udine . To the west lies the province of Belluno , to the southwest the province of Treviso and to the south, the province of Venice , all in the region of Veneto . The province is located in the lowlands of the Po-Venetian Valley, south of

184-473: The 1996 general election (23.2%). In 2001 Lega Nord Friuli was merged with Lega Nord Trieste to form a united regional section. At the time the party suffered many splits and a strong decline in term of votes, especially if compared to neighbouring Liga Veneta . In the 2003 regional election Guerra was candidate for President of the House of Freedoms coalition. She was defeated by Riccardo Illy and

207-456: The 2024 EP election . In 2007 Fontanini was re-integrated in the party and in 2008 he was elected President of the Province of Udine and national secretary of the LNFVG. This represented a sort of return to normality for the party, which won 13.0% of the vote in the general election . At the 2009 European Parliament election the party won 17.5% of the vote, its best score in more than

230-665: The Venetian Prealps and the Alpine foothills of Friuli . It is the only province in the autonomous region that does not border on the Adriatic Sea. The provincial capital is the city of Pordenone , an ancient port on the River Noncello . Hilly country in the north of the province give way further south to the flat land of the lower Po Valley . Rivers cross the province from north to south carrying runoff from

253-424: The province of Udine in 1968. Its capital was the city of Pordenone . The province was abolished on 30 September 2017; it was reestablished in 2019 as the regional decentralization entity of Pordenone (Italian: ente di decentramento regionale di Pordenone ; Friulian: ent di decentrament regjonâl di Pordenon ), and was reactivated on 1 July 2020. It has a total population of 312,794 inhabitants. Pordenone

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276-399: The 15th century it was an important centre for the production of paper, textiles, ceramics, silk, and wool, and attracted Tuscan merchants. In 1508, Venice occupied the city in response to calls from pro-Venetian residents of Pordenone, but this occupation was not well received. It fell under the rule of Bartolomeo d'Alviano after this occupation until 1537, when Venice invaded the city. It

299-524: The MF won 5.1% of the vote (more than 10% in the province of Udine , especially in Carnia ) and three regional councillors. In the 1980s the party suffered a decline in term of votes and it was later replaced by Lega Nord Friuli, which was much more successful. In the 2003 regional election the MF externally supported the candidacy of Alessandra Guerra for President, while five years later it gave its support to

322-406: The centre-left incumbent President Riccardo Illy . In both cases, the candidate supported by the MF was defeated. In 1998 the party, under the "Friuli Union" banner, obtained 3.6% and one seat. Since 1992 the party has been conducted by Marco De Agostini (secretary) and Adriano Ceschia (president). Roberto Visentin, who left in 1990 to form Lega Nord Friuli, returned to the party in 2012 and

345-582: The convinced support of part of the Catholic clergy, launched the Friuli Movement, in order to represent Friulian autonomism in the newly-formed autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia , composed of Friuli and Venezia Giulia . The party was represented in the Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1968 to 1993 and, again, from 1998 to 2003. Its best electoral result was in the 1968 regional election (the first after its foundation), when

368-615: The first hailing from the Venetian -speaking Trieste in party's history. In 2015–2017 Cecotti and Visentin were founding members of the centr-left Pact for Autonomy . Visentin would also become president of the Autonomies and Environment Pact , a network of regionalist and green parties, and vice president of the European Free Alliance . In the 2018 regional election Fedriga was elected President with 57.1% of

391-613: The party gained only 9.3% of the vote. Between 2001 and 2007 Visentin, Bosco, Cecotti, Fontanini, Guerra, Giuseppe Zoppolato (national secretary from 2000 to 2003) and Marco Pottino (national secretary from 2005 to 2007) left or were ejected in party struggles. Guerra joined the Democratic Party in 2009, later switched to the Federation of the Greens and finally joined the left-wing, pacifist Peace Land Dignity list for

414-492: The party looked increasingly divided among supporters of Piasente, including Violino and Narduzzi (who promptly resigned from deputy national secretary), Massimiliano Fedriga and Fontanini, who asked Piasente to resign. He actually stepped down in late June and was replaced by commissioner Gianpaolo Dozzo , who strove to preserve party unity. In 2014, at a congress in Udine, Fedriga was unanimously elected national secretary,

437-439: The vote and the party obtained 34.9% of the vote. In the 2023 regional election Fedriga was re-elected President with 64.2% of the vote and the combined score of the party's list and Fedriga's personal list was 36.8%. In the 2018 regional election the party obtained its best result ever: 34.9% of the vote. The party's strongholds are Carnia (46.5%), which is part of the province of Udine (34.2%, without Carnia, which forms

460-539: Was left under Venetian rule until the invasion of the area by Napoleon in 1797; the city was later controlled by Austria between 1813 and 1866. In 1866, it was conquered by the Kingdom of Italy. It was the third Italian city to use hydroelectric power, after Milan and Tivoli, in 1888. The city was occupied by Austrians during World War I, and it was bombed forty-three times in World War II. The province of Pordenone

483-468: Was settled before 2000 BCE and was situated along the boundary between Villanovan culture and Alpine Hallstatt culture . It was under the rule of Treviso during the Middle Ages , although it was sacked by Aquileian soldiers in 1233 CE. The Austrian House of Habsburg subsequently ruled the area between 1278 and 1508, although the land surrounding it was briefly entirely under the rule of Venice. In

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506-570: Was supposed to lead it in the 2013 regional election , to which the party finally did not take part. During the election, the alternative Friulian Autonomist Movement ran within the Responsible Autonomy list. In 2016 the MF celebrated its 50th anniversary, during which its leaders hinted an electoral comeback under the leadership of Sergio Cecotti. Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia (English: "Friuli-Venezia Giulia League" ), whose complete name

529-482: Was the founding and longstanding leader of the party until 1999, before leaving it altogether in 2001. LNF members were President or Vice President of the Region (1993–2003), President of the province of Pordenone (1995–1999), President of the province of Udine (1995–1999), mayor of Pordenone (1993–2001) and mayor of Udine (1998–2003). The party was the region's largest at the 1993 regional election (26.7%) and

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