The Italian policy of neutralising the danger of any internationalisation
of the Valle d’Aosta question has rendered it a purely internal state matter
in the eyes of its governments and of a large proportion of public opinion,
which for some, seems to legitimise a potential challenge to the very
existence of this Autonomous Region. After the surge in public opinion
witnessed in the Aosta Valley at the end of the Second World War, questions
regarding the possible exercise of an external right to self-determination in
the form of secession have never returned to the regional political agenda.
Local political energies have mainly been directed to the practical exercise
of regional autonomy through activities of the Regional Council and
Government and of representatives of the Valley in the Italian Parliament.
