Resist Veneto

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Resist Veneto
Resistere Veneto
LeaderRiccardo Szumski
Founded17 June 2025
Ideology
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Council of Veneto
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Website
www.resistereveneto.it

Resist Veneto (Italian: Resistere Veneto; abbr. RV) is a populist and Venetian nationalist political party in Veneto, Italy, led by Riccardo Szumski.[1][2] The party also supports free vaccination policies and promotes vaccine hesitancy.

History

In 2022, Riccardo Szumski, a physician provisionally struck off the national register due to his positions regarding vaccination, launched a grassroot movement known as "Resist", opposing containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Szumski, who was continuously mayor, assessor, deputy mayor and again mayor of Santa Lucia di Piave from 1994 to 2022, has a complex political upringing: Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, Forza Italia, again Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and finally Party of Venetians.[4]

In June 2025 Szumski launched Resist Veneto in order to run in the upcoming November regional election, featuring also candidates belonging to Vita (including leader Sara Cunial), Venetian Independence (including its leader Michele Favero, though its most recognisable representative, Alessio Morosin, would run and be elected with Liga Veneta Repubblica) and a number of minor Venetian nationalist parties.[5]

In the election, Szumski surprisingly[6] won 5.1% of the vote, while RV 5.0% and two regional councillors, Szumski himself and Davide Lovat (a former member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, founder of the Community Democratic League[7] and candidate for mayor of Vicenza for Veneto State).[8] RV was particularly strong in the province of Treviso (10.2%), especially in its norther part, known as "Sinistra Piave" (from the left bank of Piave river). There the party came first in Szumski's home turf of Santa Lucia di Piave (43.5%) and in small municipalities as Refrontolo (23.0%), Susegana (22.1%), Vazzola (22.0%), Sarmede (21.9%), Revine Lago (21.5%), Mareno di Piave (21.4%), Colle Umberto (20.7%) and Fregona (20.5%), but also notably well in the urban area around Vittorio Veneto (13.4%), Conegliano (13.9%) and San Vendemiano (17.8%). Outside the province of Treviso, the party did best in the provinces of Belluno (6.7%) and Vicenza (4.5%), where Lovat was elected.[9]

Election results

Regional Council of Veneto

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position
2025 Riccardo Szumski 83,054 4.96
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References

  1. ↑ Riccardo Szmuski, vola al 6% il medico radiato dall’Ordine per la guerra ai vaccini. La Stampa
  2. ↑ Il candidato “free vax” che è stato sorprendentemente eletto in Veneto. Il Post
  3. ↑ Chi è Riccardo Szumski, l'outsider che ha rianimato un Veneto che sembrava scomparso. Il Foglio
  4. ↑ https://www.ilgazzettino.it/pay/treviso_pay/e_senza_dubbio_sindaco_trevigiano_meno_peli_sulla_lingua_riccardo_szumski-507842.html?refresh_ce
  5. ↑ "Resistere Veneto | Associazioni Partner".
  6. ↑ La sorpresa di Riccardo Szumski, i risultati del candidato anti sistema in Veneto: sindaco e medico (radiato) vicino ai no vax. Corriere della Sera
  7. ↑ "E' nata la Lega Democratica Comunitaria, Lovat: il suo manifesto in otto punti » VicenzaPiù". www.vicenzapiu.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Il Giornale di Vicenza.it - Home - Cronaca". www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18.
  9. ↑ https://regionali2025.consiglioveneto.it/regionali2025/risultati.jsp