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19-635: The party is currently led by Marco Dreosto . Its leading member is Massimiliano Fedriga , President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia since 2018 The party was established in 1990 as Lega Friuli by a group of leading members of the Friuli Movement , including Roberto Visentin , Pietro Fontanini , Rinaldo Bosco , Sergio Cecotti and Alessandra Guerra . After that the Friuli Movement decided not join Lega Nord, they formed Lega Friuli in order to join. Visentin

38-792: A Member of the European Parliament from Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Massimiliano Fedriga Massimiliano Fedriga (born 2 July 1980) is an Italian Northern League politician. He is the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region. Born in Verona on 2 July 1980 and raised in Trieste , Fedriga graduated in Communication Sciences at the University of Trieste . After graduating, he obtained

57-649: A master's degree in communication management and analysis. He joined the Northern League in 1995. Subsequently, he became a member of the "National Council", the decision-making body of the party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and then of the Federal Council. Since 2003 he has been provincial secretary of the League, while on 28 September 2014 he was elected national secretary of the party of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. He

76-490: A member of the intergroup on the persecution of Christians around the world, a member of the intergroup on wine, spirits and food products and a member of the disability intergroup. In the European Parliament, he is particularly active in supporting various causes related to food security, agriculture and livestock, as well as foreign policy and immigration issues, in particular the issue of the Balkan route. This article about

95-465: A network of regionalist and green parties, and vice president of the European Free Alliance . In the 2018 regional election Fedriga was elected President with 57.1% of the vote and the party obtained 34.9% of the vote. In the 2023 regional election Fedriga was re-elected President with 64.2% of the vote and the combined score of the party's list and Fedriga's personal list was 36.8%. In

114-590: Is an Italian politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2 July 2019 elected with the Salvini Premier Lega party in the north-eastern constituency (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige, Emilia-Romagna) following the 2019 European elections where he got 23,179 votes Dreosto was born in Spilimbergo in the province of Pordenone, where he still lives with his family. After his studies in marketing, he began his professional career in

133-646: Is shadow rapporteur of the "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility". He is also shadow rapporteur on the Opinion on the investment plan for a sustainable Europe - How to finance the Green Deal and on the draft resolution on the Implementation of EU water legislation Dreosto is also vice-president of the intergroup on biodiversity, hunting, rural areas,

152-468: The 1996 general election (23.2%). In 2001 Lega Nord Friuli was merged with Lega Nord Trieste to form a united regional section. At the time the party suffered many splits and a strong decline in term of votes, especially if compared to neighbouring Liga Veneta . In the 2003 regional election Guerra was candidate for President of the House of Freedoms coalition. She was defeated by Riccardo Illy and

171-496: The 2018 regional election the party obtained its best result ever: 34.9% of the vote. The party's strongholds are Carnia (46.5%), which is part of the province of Udine (34.2%, without Carnia, which forms a separate constituency), and the province of Pordenone (36.7%). The electoral results of Lega Nord in the region are shown in the tables below. Marco Dreosto Marco Dreosto (born 18 March 1969 in Spilimbergo )

190-532: The 2024 EP election . In 2007 Fontanini was re-integrated in the party and in 2008 he was elected President of the Province of Udine and national secretary of the LNFVG. This represented a sort of return to normality for the party, which won 13.0% of the vote in the general election . At the 2009 European Parliament election the party won 17.5% of the vote, its best score in more than a decade. Moreover, from 2008 to 2013

209-590: The congress, but nevertheless continued to be a leading member. In the 2013 regional election the LNFVG obtained a mere 8.3% of the vote and just three regional councillors, due to Tondo's defeat. Soon after an expenses scandal, involving Regional Council floor leaders Danilo Narduzzi and Mara Piccin , emerged and the party looked increasingly divided among supporters of Piasente, including Violino and Narduzzi (who promptly resigned from deputy national secretary), Massimiliano Fedriga and Fontanini, who asked Piasente to resign. He actually stepped down in late June and

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228-469: The delegations to the Parliamentary Stabilization and Association Committee EU-Montenegro and EU-Serbia. In particular, he is rapporteur for the "ID - Identity and Democracy" group for the report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending decision no. 1313/2013 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism and

247-610: The group leader of the Lega party since 2018 in the municipality of Spilimbergo until the election as MEP, which took place on 26 May 2019, for Lega Salvini Premier delegation, joining the Identity and Democracy (ID) group. Within the European Parliament, he is a member of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Commission (ENVI), of the Industry, Research and Energy Commission (ITRE), as well as

266-499: The marketing and communication sector by becoming a manager for one of Italy's most important company in the automotive sector. Since 2008, he has held the positions of municipal councillor and assessor in the municipality of Spilimbergo, delegate councillor in the mountain community of Western Friuli, deputy mayor of the city of Mosaic and vice president of the Assembly of Assistance District North of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. He has also been

285-593: The party gained only 9.3% of the vote. Between 2001 and 2007 Visentin, Bosco, Cecotti, Fontanini, Guerra, Giuseppe Zoppolato (national secretary from 2000 to 2003) and Marco Pottino (national secretary from 2005 to 2007) left or were ejected in party struggles. Guerra joined the Democratic Party in 2009, later switched to the Federation of the Greens and finally joined the left-wing, pacifist Peace Land Dignity list for

304-472: The party was part of the regional government led by Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom . In 2012 Fontanini, who was not able to unite a party divided in too many factions (notably including those led by Claudio Violino and Enzo Bortolotti ), stepped down from national secretary. Matteo Piasente was elected in his place with the support of the 58.8% of delegates during a party congress. Fontanini, who grudgingly favoured Piasente, did not even take part to

323-454: Was elected MP for the first time in 2008; he was then re-elected in 2013 and 2018. In 2011 Fedriga was candidate for mayor of Trieste, but obtained only 6.3% of the votes. In 2018 Fedriga was elected President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia with 57.1% of preferences. He is Knight of Honor of the Order of St. George . In 2023 Fedriga won re-election with 64.2% of preferences. This article about

342-573: Was replaced by commissioner Gianpaolo Dozzo , who strove to preserve party unity. In 2014, at a congress in Udine, Fedriga was unanimously elected national secretary, the first hailing from the Venetian -speaking Trieste in party's history. In 2015–2017 Cecotti and Visentin were founding members of the centr-left Pact for Autonomy . Visentin would also become president of the Autonomies and Environment Pact ,

361-478: Was the founding and longstanding leader of the party until 1999, before leaving it altogether in 2001. LNF members were President or Vice President of the Region (1993–2003), President of the province of Pordenone (1995–1999), President of the province of Udine (1995–1999), mayor of Pordenone (1993–2001) and mayor of Udine (1998–2003). The party was the region's largest at the 1993 regional election (26.7%) and

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