The Union of the Venetian People (Union del Popoło Vèneto, UPV) was a Venetist political party active in Veneto.
History The party was founded in 1987 by splinters from Liga Veneta led by Ettore Beggiato and Gianni Butturini.Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice 2009, pp. 63-66 In the 1990 regional election UPV won 1.9% of the vote (compared to the 5.9% of Liga Veneta) and Beggiato was re-elected to the Regional Council of Veneto.Ministry of the Interior – Historical Electoral Archive Occasionally the party surpassed Liga Veneta: in 1991 local elections UPV gained 3.5% of the vote against 2.6% of Liga Veneta.Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice 2009, p. 79 The party was merged into Liga Veneta in 1995, after that Franco Rocchetta and Marilena Marin, who expelled Beggiato from that party in 1987, had been expelled too.Francesco Jori, Dalla Łiga alla Lega. Storia, movimenti, protagonisti, Marsilio, Venice 2009, pp. 90-91
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Ezio Toffano, Short History of the Venetian Autonomism, Raixe Venete Furio Gallina, "Die venezianischen Lega – Bewegungen von den Anfängen bis zur Entstehung der Lega Nord", in Verschiedene Autoren, «Jeder für sich oder alle gemeinsam in Europa? Die Debatte über Identität, Wohlstand und die institutionellen Grundlagen der Union», Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2013.