Alto Adige in the Heart

Alto Adige in the Heart
L'Alto Adige nel Cuore
PresidentAlessandro Urzì
FoundedJanuary 2013
Dissolved6 July 2020
Split fromFuture and Freedom
IdeologyNational conservatism[1]
Social conservatism
Italian nationalism[1]
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationBrothers of Italy (since 2018)
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Provincial Council
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Website
altoadigenelcuore.it

Alto Adige in the Heart (Italian: L'Alto Adige nel Cuore, AAC) was a national-conservative[1] political party active in South Tyrol, Italy. The party was led by Alessandro Urzì and sought to represent the Italian-speaking minority in the province, whose official Italian name is 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–Team Autonomie 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] On 6 July the party merged into Brothers of Italy.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "South Tyrol/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  2. ^ a b "Urzì stacca la spina a Fli e lancia una nuova lista - Cronaca - Alto Adige". 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Il gruppo Urzì: "Ex An delusi da Silvio? Non sono credibili" - Cronaca - Alto Adige". 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  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. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Vezzali, Maurizio (L'Alto Adige nel cuore) (1) | Consiglio della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  7. ^ "Beratende Landesvolksabstimmung 2016 - Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol". elezioni.provincia.bz.it. Archived from the original on 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  8. ^ "Fratelli d'Italia - Alleanza nazionale Trentino * Congresso Nazionale: nuovo simbolo e rinforzamento del Partito - Agenzia giornalistica Opinione". 3 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  9. ^ L’ALTO ADIGE NEL CUORE ADERISCE A FRATELLI D’ITALIA. COSÌ GLI ITALIANI PIÙ FORTI Archived 2023-11-05 at the Wayback Machine