The following June, during a congress, the UVP elected Elisa Bonin as its new president. Bonin re-launched the proposal of a new joint autonomist party, formed primarily by the UV and the UVP, while criticising ALPE. In October Marquis resigned and was replaced by UVP's Viérin at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP (two ministers: Bertschy at Health and Alessandro Nogara at Agriculture), the Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV) and the PD.
