3V Movement

3V Movement
Movimento 3V
PresidentAlessandra Bocchi
SecretaryLuca Teodori
FoundedJanuary 2019
IdeologyAnti-vaccination
Anti-science
Single issue politics
Euroscepticism[1]
Political positionBig tent
National affiliationVita (2022–)
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional
Councils
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Website
www.movimento3v.it

The 3V Movement (Italian: Movimento 3V, M3V), whose complete name is "Vaccines We Want Truth Movement" (Italian: Movimento Vaccini Vogliamo Verità), is an anti-vaccination party in Italy.[2]

History

The 3V Movement was founded in January 2019, with the aim of politically representing all the anti-vaccination movements in the country; its president is Alessandra Bocchi, while its secretary is Luca Teodori.[3] By 2020, the M3V took part in several regional elections, collecting only very poor successes: its best result was reached in the Venetian regional election with 0.7% of votes.[4]

The 3V Movement slightly gained attention amid the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Italy. In the Italian local elections of 3–4 October 2021, the M3V elected its mayoral candidates in the municipal councils of Rimini (Matteo Angelini, who got 4.1% of the votes)[5] and Trieste (Ugo Rossi, who got 4.5% of the votes).[6] On 21 September Ugo Rossi was arrested for insulting a public official and aggravated injuries for the attack on two Carabinieri during a dispute that broke out over a mask not worn by another candidate of the movement in a post office.[6][7]

Electoral results

Regional Councils

Region Election year Votes % Seats +/−
Veneto 2020 14,916 0.7
0 / 51
–
Emilia-Romagna 2020 11,187 0.5
0 / 50
–
Tuscany 2020 6,974 0.4
0 / 41
–
Marche 2020 2,689 0.4
0 / 31
–

References

  1. ^ "Italy". Europe Elects.
  2. ^ Bonamoneta, Giorgia (4 October 2021). "Movimento 3V, programma elettorale e motivo del successo". Money.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ Puente, David; Pili, Juanne (22 September 2021). "Bufale, campagne online e presunte terapie: cos'è il Movimento 3V, partito politico di riferimento dei No Vax". Open (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Elezioni Veneto 2020 - Risultati - Riepilogo Regionale". La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ di Raimondo, Rosario (6 October 2021). "Rimini, il ragioniere No Vax in consiglio comunale che ha battuto i grillini". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Chi c'è dietro al movimento No vax che protesta al porto di Trieste". AGI (in Italian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ Zigaina, Alessandra (22 September 2021). "Ugo Rossi, la Procura della Repubblica chiede il processo per direttissima". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2022.