Savoyan League
Savoyan League Ligue savoisienne (French) Liga de la Savouè (Arpitan) | |
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| Leader | Patrice Abeille |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters |
3, place du Val d'Arly 73400 Ugine |
| Youth wing | Waiting for Freedom in Savoy |
| Ideology |
Regionalism Separatism Populism |
| Colors | white, red |
| Website | |
| www.savoie-europe-liberte.org | |
The Savoyan League (French: Ligue savoisienne, Arpitan: Liga de la Savouè) is a regionalist and populist political party based in Savoy, France.[1]
Founded in 1993, the party supports the independence of Savoy from France and the unification of the two departments of Savoy, named Savoie and Haute-Savoie, which have belonged to France since the Treaty of Turin in 1860.[1][2] Formerly a member of the European Free Alliance,[3] the party is generally pro-European in outlook,[4] while lying on the right of the political spectrum.[5] The League co-operates with the Savoy Region Movement, which does not support independence but rather federalism and Savoyard autonomism.
In the 1998 regional elections, the League won 5.39% in Savoy (4.42% in Savoie and 6.05% in Haute-Savoie) and therefore won a seat in the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council.[2] It did not participate in the 2004 regional elections. The party, however, holds one village, Margencel.
References
- 1 2 Frans Schrijver (2006). Regionalism After Regionalisation: Spain, France and the United Kingdom. Amsterdam University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-90-5629-428-1.
- 1 2 Daniele Caramani; Yves Mény (2005). Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, and Populist Protest in the Alpine Region. Peter Lang. pp. 64, 89. ISBN 978-90-5201-250-6.
- ↑ Robin Adamson (2007). The Defence of French: A Language in Crisis?. Multilingual Matters. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-85359-949-1.
- ↑ Anthony M. Messina (2014). "European Disunion? The Implications of Super Diversity for European Identity and Political Community". In Andrew C. Gould; Anthony M. Messina. Europe's Contending Identities: Supranationalism, Ethnoregionalism, Religion, and New Nationalism. Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-107-03633-8.
- ↑ Anthony M. Messina (2013). "Assessing the political relevance of anti-immigrant parties: the BNP in comparative European perspective". In Nigel Copsey; Graham Macklin. British National Party: Contemporary Perspectives. Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-136-82062-5.
