Environment Rights Equality (, ADU) is a left-wing political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. The party seeks to represent the "social and political left", that is "anti-liberist and anti-capitalist, environmentalist, feminist, secular, pacifist, libertarian, anti-racist and anti-fascist".https://aduvda.eu/chi-siamo
History ADU emerged in 2019 from the left-wing split of Civic Commitment, which had obtained 7.5% of the vote and three seats in the 2018 regional election. The party's early leader was Daria Pulz, who had directed the Historical Institute of Resistance and Contemporary Society in Aosta Valley before entering into politics and being elected to the Regional Council.https://www.vdaaperta.it/daria-pulz
In the 2020 regional election the party was excluded from the ballot for technical reasons.https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2020/08/27/elezioni-consiglio-stato-conferma-esclusione-adu-vda_302aa422-14db-4ad3-8306-e4edf18712f3.html
In the 2022 general election the party was a founding member of Open Aosta Valley (VdAA), along with Democratic Area – Autonomist Left (AD–GA), the Five Star Movement (M5S) and Italian Left (SI),https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2022/10/05/elezioni-va-avanti-progetto-valle-daosta-aperta_6d2d8692-ee4e-472f-b67c-d2ffb242a8f9.html the latter forming a federative pact with ADU.https://www.ansa.it/valledaosta/notizie/2022/04/14/accordo-adu-sinistra-italiana-per-una-valle-daosta-aperta_772aafac-8d82-4244-9e50-cfc9c6a84e45.html The coalition obtained 10.9% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies, with AD–GA's Erika Guichardaz as candidate, and 10.0% of the vote for the Senate, with Daria Pulz as candidate. Later, SI broke with ADU and established the Greens and Left Alliance also in Aosta Valley.
In the 2025 regional election VdAA, composed of ADU, AD–GA and M5S, obtained 5.6% of the vote and no seats; Guichardaz and Pulz were the most voted candidates.https://elezioni.regione.vda.it/elezioni/VotiPreferenze_i.aspx?idele=190&ord=1&setcar=n&idcom=0&idsez=0&idlis=8
Electoral results Italian Parliament Senate of the Republic Election Votes % Seats +/− Candidate2022Into VdAA
European Parliament Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group 2024 Carola CarpinelloAlex GlareyDaria PulzInto AVS New –
Regional Council of Aosta Valley Election Votes % Seats +/– 2025 Into VdAA New
Leadership Secretariat: Carola Carpinello, Alex Glarey, Daria Pulz Coordination: Beatrice Feder, Chiara Giordano
See also List of political parties in Aosta Valley
References
External links Official website