Venetians in Movement

Venetians in Movement ("Veneti in Movimento") is an Venetist independentist cross-party political movement which aims to promote independence regardless of individual political positions such as left or right, in a democratic and nonviolent way.

The complete name of the movement, which was founded on 26 November 2006 in Padua, is Venetians in Movement for the Independence of Venetia ("Veneti in Movimento par ła Indipendensa de ła Venetia"), but it is commonly known also as The Venetians ("I Veneti").

The movement demands independence for the so-called Venetia, a country that would be composed of all the territories of the historical Republic of Venice, covering the current Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, some Provinces of Lombardy (Brescia, Bergamo, Cremona and Mantova), a portion of Trentino (see [http://www.iveneti.org/veneto/doc/venetia.html chart] ).

Differently from other Venetist parties such as Liga Veneta, Liga Veneta Repubblica and North-East Project, Venetians in Movement does not present itself to elections, because it recognizes that the already high number of independentist parties is not bringing much resultates in favour of independence. A possible future transformation into party is scheduled in its statute, however, only when the socio-political situation provides favourable conditions.

Moreover the movement doesn't recognize the inclusion of Veneto in Italy in 1866 by a possibly rigged referendum, as demonstrated by some Venetist historians such as Ettore Beggiato and Gianpaolo Borsetto.

The political arm of the party is the Venetian National Party.

Leadership

*President: Patrik Riondato (2006–...)

The "Minor Consejo", named after one of the institutions of the late Republic of Venice and also known as National Council, functions as executive secretariat of the party. Currently it is composed by Patrik Riondato, Ivan Salvador, Giustino Cherubin and Fabrizio Disarò.

External links

* [http://www.iveneti.org/ Official website]