Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley
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Autonomy Progress Federalism Aosta Valley (Vallée d'Aoste Autonomie Progrès Fédéralisme, APF) is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley.

It was originally formed as an electoral list for the 2006 general election
Italian general election, 2006 (Aosta Valley)
The Italian general election of 2006 took place on 9 -10 April 2006.In the Aosta Valley single-seat constituency Roberto Nicco was elected, while incumbent senator Augusto Rollandin was defeated by Carlo Perrin .-Chamber of...

 by three regionalist
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...

 parties: Valdotanian Union
Valdotanian Union
The Valdotanian Union is a regionalist-centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leaders are Ego Perron, party president, and Augusto Rollandin, President of the Region....

 (UV), Edelweiss Aosta Valley
Edelweiss Aosta Valley
Edelweiss Aosta Valley is a Christian-democratic and centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 2001 by the merger of the Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation...

 (SA) and Autonomist Federation
Autonomist Federation
The Autonomist Federation is a centrist, social-liberal and social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley...

 (FA). The alliance was soundly defeated by the centre-left
Centre-left
Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...

 list Autonomy Liberty Democracy
Autonomy Liberty Democracy
Autonomy Liberty Democracy is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley.It was originally formed as an electoral list, affiliated to the The Union, for the 2006 general election and originally comprised: the Democrats of the Left, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, Valdotanian Renewal,...

 (ALD), both in the race for the Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...

 and for the Senate
Italian Senate
The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...

 in 2006. For the Chamber Marco Viérin (SA, APF) lost 43.4% to 30.7% to Roberto Nicco (DS
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...

, ALD), while in the Senate race incumbent senator Augusto Rollandin (UV, APF) was defeated 44.2% to 32.0% by Carlo Perrin (RV
Valdotanian Renewal
Valdotanian Renewal was a social-liberal Italian political party.It was founded in 2006 by a split from the Valdotanian Union , led by former President of Region Carlo Perrin...

, ALD).

The three regionalist parties presented again the list, simply named Aosta Valley, for the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008 (Aosta Valley)
The Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13 -14 April 2008.In the Aosta Valley single-seat constituency Roberto Nicco, the incumbent deputy for the centre-left Autonomy Liberty Democracy, was narrowly re-elected, while incumbent senator Carlo Perrin was defeated by Antonio Fosson The...

. Antonio Fosson (UV, APF) defeated incumbent senator Carlo Perrin 41.4% to 37.4%, while Ego Perron (UV, APF) was narrowly defeated by incumbent deputy Roberto Nicco 39.1% to 37.8%.

Under the new electoral law, the coalition ran together also in the 2008 regional election
Valdotanian regional election, 2008
The Valdotanian regional election of 2008 took place on 25 May 2008.-Results:Source:...

, gaining 62% of the vote and a stable majority in the Regional Council (22 deputies out of 35).
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