Edelweiss Aosta Valley (Stella Alpina Val d'Aosta, SA) is a christian-democratic and centrist party, active in Aosta Valley. Christian Democracy is a diverse political ideology and movement. ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... The Aosta Valley (in Italian: Valle dAosta, French: Val dAoste or rarely Vallée dAoste, Arpitan: Val dOuta) is a mountainous Region in north-western Italy. ...

It was founded in 2002 by the merge of Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation. The Autonomists were basically the Valdotanian section of the Italian People's Party, one of the successors of Christian Democracy, while the Autonomist Federation was formed by former Popular Democrats/Progressive Democratic Autonomists, along with former members of the Italian Socialist Party and of the Italian Republican Party. Autonomist Federation (Fédération Autonomiste, FA) is a centrist Italian political party, active in Aosta Valley. ... The Italian Peoples Party (PPI) was that party that succeded in January 1994 to the Christian Democracy. ... Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Italian Republican Party (Partito Repubblicano Italiano) is an old left liberal party in Italy, with roots to Giuseppe Mazzini. ...

In the 2003 regional election, SA scored 19.8%^[1] and elected 8 regional councillors^[2]. Then the Autonomist Federation re-gained its independence from SA. From 2002 to 2006, the party was represented in the Italian Chamber of Deputies by Ivo Collé. Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile. ...

In the 2006 general election, the party formed an alliance with the Valdotanian Union and the Autonomist Federation (SA's leader Marco Viérin was candidate for the Chamber of Deputies), but was soundly defeated by the centre-left list Autonomy Liberty Democracy. A general election for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy was held on April 9 and April 10, 2006. ... The Valdotanian Union (French: Union Valdôtaine) is a liberal regionalist political party in the Aosta Valley, Italy. ... Autonomy Liberty Democracy (French: Autonomie Liberté Démocratie) is a political party in Italy, active in Val dAosta. ...

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