However, he left the party in 1998, when he founded Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR) along with Fabrizio Comencini.
[1] He was national president of LVR until 1999, when he left the party, together with Senator Antonio Serena, founding the Liga dei Veneti, in dissent on the alliance with Forza Italia prospected by Fabrizio Comencini, LVR national secretary.
In 2010 he was re-elected to the Council with the North-East Union, a coalition comprising PNE, LVR and other Venetist parties.
[4][5] In August 2014 Foggiato announced he was leaving the Regional Council because of "strictly private matters, involving me and my family".
[5] This did not stop him to be one of the main proponents and supporters of the Independence We Veneto coalition in the 2015 regional election.