Civic Network (Rete Civica, RC) is a left-wing political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.

The party was formed in January 2019 upon the break-up of Civic Commitment (IC), an alike grouping which had obtained 7.5% of the vote and three regional councillors.[1] Two of them, Alberto Bertin (a former member of Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology)[2] and Chiara Minelli, departed from IC and launched RC.[3]

In June 2019, when the regional government led by Antonio Fosson of For Our Valley was in crisis,[4][5] RC became part of the governing majority.[6][7]

In the 2020 regional election the RC was part of a centre-left joint list, named Progressive Civic Project (PCP), comprising the Democratic Party (PD) and Green Europe (EV). The list obtained 15.7% of the vote and 7 seats, two of which for RC. After the election, a regionalist/centre-left government, composed of the Valdostan Union, the Valdostan Alliance, Edelweiss, Mouv', the PD and RC. Bertin was elected President of the Regional Council, while Minelli was appointed regional minister of the environment, transports and sustainable mobility.[8][9][10][11][12]

Within a year, the RC-led PCP broke with the government and the PD: five councillors, including Bertin, sided with the PD and formed a new group named also "Progressive Federalists" in October 2021,[13][14][15] while the remaining two, Erika Guichardaz and Minelli, who had resigned from regional minister in May,[16] re-organised the PCP as the union of three groups — RC, EV and Democratic Area–Autonomist Left (AD–GA) —, and re-branded it as a left-wing opposition to the regionalist/centre-left government.[17] Guichardaz was affiliated with AD–GA.[18]

In the general election RC and PCP supported Guichardaz to the Chamber and Daria Pulz to the Senate, along with the Five Star Movement, AD–GA, Environment Rights Equality (ADU) and Italian Left,[19][20] the latter two already united by a federative pact.[21] Guichardaz and Pulz obtained 10.9% and 10.0% of the vote, respectively.

References

  1. ^ "Elezioni Vda, i 35 consiglieri regionali eletti - Valle d'Aosta". ANSA.it. May 21, 2018. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Savoye, Silvia (Oct 17, 2017). "Consiglio regionale, Alberto Bertin lascia Alpe e passa al gruppo misto". Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Si scioglie gruppo Impegno civico - Valle d'Aosta". ANSA.it. Jan 9, 2019. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Savoye, Silvia (Jun 3, 2019). "Nuovo caos in Regione. A Fosson un mandato esplorativo". Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "Crisi politica, la Giunta Fosson alla prova dei numeri". www.aostaoggi.it. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Rete Civica lancia una ciambella di salvataggio alla giunta Fosson: pronti a un accordo di un anno - La Stampa". lastampa.it. Jun 11, 2019. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Crisi di governo, Rete civica: sì al sostegno della giunta Fosson - News VDA ( Gazzetta Matin )". Jun 28, 2019. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - le Legislature dal dopoguerra a oggi".
  9. ^ "Regione, c'è l'accordo. Ecco la nuova Giunta Lavevaz". AostaOggi.IT (in Italian). 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  10. ^ ANSA, Agenzia (2020-10-20). "Regione: Alberto Bertin eletto presidente Consiglio Valle". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  11. ^ Mammoliti, Daniele (2020-10-20). "Alberto Bertin è il nuovo presidente del Consiglio regionale. Sui segretari dell'Ufficio di Presidenza spunta un franco tiratore". lastampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  12. ^ "Alberto Bertin è il nuovo Presidente del Consiglio regionale". Aostasera (in Italian). 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  13. ^ "Scissione nel PCP, nascono i 'Federalisti Progressisti Pd' - Valle d'Aosta". 28 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Divorzio PCP, nasce il gruppo Federalisti Progressisti Partito Democratico". 28 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Nuovo gruppo consiliare dalla spaccatura del PCP: Nasce 'Federalisti Progressisti-Partito Democratico'". 28 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Chiara Minelli si è dimessa da assessora all'Ambiente e Trasporti della Valle d'Aosta". 14 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - Comunicati".
  18. ^ "Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - I Consiglieri".
  19. ^ "Elezioni: Erika Guichardaz e Pulz, due donne per sinistra e M5S Vda - Valle d'Aosta". 9 August 2022.
  20. ^ "In Valle d'Aosta Guichardaz e Pulz candidate per Adu, M5S e Area dem". 9 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Accordo Adu-Sinistra italiana, per una Valle d'Aosta aperta - Valle d'Aosta". 14 April 2022.

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