Progressive Valdotanian Union

The Progressive Valdostan Union (, UVP) was a centre-left political party active in the Aosta Valley, Italy. Leading members were Laurent Viérin, Luigi Bertschy and Giuliano Morelli. History The party emerged in January 2013 as a split from the Valdostan Union (UV), similarly to what had happened forty years before with the historical UVP. Over the years the UV had become more acquainted with the centre-right and this caused the exit of three regional councillors (Luciano Caveri, Laurent Viérin and Andrea Rosset), who launched the UVP on 4 January 2013. The party's first president was Claudio Brédy, who was succeeded by Alessia Favre in 2014. In the 2013 general election Viérin obtained 25.1% of the vote and missed the election to the Chamber of Deputies for less than 200 votes. In the 2013 regional election UVP obtained 19.2% of the vote and 7 seats in the Regional Council. In March 2016, during its congress, the party elected Luigi Bertschy as new president. The following June, after months of negotiations, the UVP joined the regional government led by UV's Augusto Rollandin, with Viérin minister of Health, fueling rumors of a re-unification with the UV. The move was opposed by Caveri and Brédy, who left the party in protest. In August also Elso Gérandin, regional councillor and former deputy floor leader, left the party. Caveri, Brédy and Gérandin later launched an alternative centre-left party named Mouv', which would be later joined by Rosset and two dissident regional councillors of the Five Star Movement (M5S).