North-East Project
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The North-East Project (Progetto NordEst, PNE) is a strongly Venetist, fiscal federalist and libertarian party based in Veneto, demanding autonomy, if not total independence from Italy, for this region.
The party was founded in 2004 by Giorgio Panto, along with former members of the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord and former members of Liga Fronte Veneto, as Venetist historian Ettore Beggiato. Panto himself had been a long-time supporter of Lega Nord, but he distanced from it when he perceived it too much moderate and Lombardy-centred.
PNE scored 5.4% at the 2005 regional elections, electing two members in the Regional Council, Mariangelo Foggiato and Diego Cancian, while Giorgio Panto, who was candidate for President, took 6.0% (16.1% in the stronghold of Treviso).
In 2006 national elections the party scored 2.7% in Veneto and the 0.7% in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the contest for the Chamber of Deputies, while the list for the Senate, headed by Panto, did not go further the 3.5%, failing to elect him senator (he would have needed to surpass the 8.0% threshold for parties non affiliated to a national coalition).
In provincial elections of the same year, Panto and PNE scored respectively the 10.3 and the 10.8% in Treviso.
After the sudden death in an helicopter accident of leader Giorgio Panto on 26 November 2006, the future of the party, which was heavily dependent on his leadership, personality and cash, is unclear.
[edit] Leadership
- President: Giorgio Panto (2004-06)
- Secretary: Mariangelo Foggiato (2004-...)
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