Alto Adige in the Heart

Alto Adige in the Heart (Italian: L'Alto Adige nel Cuore, AAC) is a national-conservative[1] political party active in South Tyrol, Italy. The party is led by Alessandro Urzì and seeks to represent the Italian-speaking minority in the province, whose official Italian name is indeed Alto Adige.

AAC was formed in January 2013 as a locally based party upon the fragmentation of The People of Freedom (PdL), Italy's main centre-right party, in the Province.[2] Its leader Alessandro Urzì, a long-time conservative politician who had been a member of the Italian Social Movement, National Alliance, the PdL and finally Future and Freedom, was the most voted candidate among Italian-speakers in the 2008 provincial election.[2][3][4] In June Urzì broadened the base of his party by welcoming Maurizio Vezzali, another dissenting PdL provincial councillor who had been previously active with Forza Italia.[5][6]

In the 2013 provincial election AAC obtained 2.1% of the vote and Urzì was re-elected to the Provincial Council, while all his former opponents in the PdL lost (the only elect of the Forza Alto Adige–Lega Nord Alto Adige/Südtirol list was Elena Artioli, member of the League and multi-lingual).[7]

In the run-up of the 2018 general election Urzì aligned the party with Brothers of Italy at the country-level.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Parties and Elections in Europe". www.parties-and-elections.eu.
  2. 1 2 "Urzì stacca la spina a Fli e lancia una nuova lista - Cronaca - Alto Adige". 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Il gruppo Urzì: «Ex An delusi da Silvio? Non sono credibili» - Cronaca - Alto Adige". 10 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Alessandro Urzì - Alessandro Urzì". Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  5. ↑ "Provinciali, c'è l' accordo Urzì–Vezzali - Cronaca - Alto Adige". 27 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  7. ↑ http://www.siag.it/. "Beratende Landesvolksabstimmung 2016 - Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol". elezioni.provincia.bz.it.
  8. ↑ "Fratelli d'Italia - Alleanza nazionale Trentino * Congresso Nazionale: nuovo simbolo e rinforzamento del Partito - Agenzia giornalistica Opinione". 3 December 2017.
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