In April 2013 Valdegamberi introduced a bill in order to call a referendum on Veneto's independence by the end of the year.[2][3][4][5] A month later, he left the UdC over disagreements with the party's leadership and formed a Christian-democratic regional party, "Popular Future", along with other two regional councillors (Raffaele Grazia from the UdC and Gustavo Franchetto from Italy of Values).[6][7] The new party was joined also by Giampaolo Fogliardi, who had been a deputy of the Democratic Party until February 2013.[8] In June 2014 the Regional Council passed Valdegamberi's bill,[9][10] but the referendum was later ruled out by the Constitutional Court as contrary to the Constitution.[11][12]
In the 2015 regional election Valdegamberi stood as a candidate in Luca Zaia's personal list[13] and was re-elected handily in the provincial constituency of Verona.[14] In the 2020 regional election Valdegamberi, then a full-fledged member of Zaia's Liga Veneta party, was re-elected from Zaia's personal list from the province of Verona.[15]
Valdegamberi is a traditional conservative and has been a founding member of the pro-life caucus within the Regional Council in July 2023.[16] He routinely presents pro-Russian views and according to an investigative article he may have received funding from Russia's International Agency for Current Policy.[17]
As of November 2023, Valdegamberi is no longer a member of Liga Veneta.[18]
Publications
Le origini del linguaggio di
De decimis novalibus.La colonizzazione teutonica dell'Alta Longazeria e la questione delle decime sui novali nell'abbazia di Calavena
Alle origini degli antichi comuni di Saline, Tavernole e Corno
