Rhaetian Populars (Italian: Popolari Retici) is a political party in Italy based in Sondrio.
[1] The party was founded around in 1997[2] by Eugenio Tarabini (former Undersecretary and MP) and Paolo Arrigoni (former president of the Lombardy Region).
The party was founded with the aim of obtaining the Valtellina autonomy and regularly appears in the Sondrio administrative elections.
In 1999 the leader and founder of the party, Eugenio Tarabini, was elected President of the Province of Sondrio with the support of the Pole of Freedoms.
In 2003 Bianca Bianchini, member of the Rhaetian Populars, was elected Mayor of Sondrio.