[3] In October 2013 Tosi launched Let's Rebuild the Country (Ricostruiamo il Paese), a think tank aimed at preparing his bid in a putative centre-right prime-ministerial primary election.

[10][11] Both Baggio, who had served as president of the LV since 2012, and Toscani explained that they disagreed with a perceived rightward shift of the party under Salvini.

[16] Besides Baggio and Toscani, between March and April four more regional councillors of Liga Veneta (Daniele Stival, regional minister of Venetian Identity, and Giuseppe Stoppato, who formed, along with former Democrat Diego Bottacin, a group named "Toward North–Venetian People",[17] Maurizio Conte, regional minister of the Environment,[18] and Andrea Bassi),[19] left the party in order to follow Tosi, along with three deputies (Matteo Bragantini, Roberto Caon and Emanuele Prataviera) out of five and three senators (Raffaella Bellot, Patrizia Bisinella, Tosi's partner, and Emanuela Munerato) out of five,[20] while the three highest-ranking Tosiani, Marino Finozzi (regional minister of Tourism and International Trade), Leonardo Muraro[21] (President of the Province of Treviso) and Mara Bizzotto MEP, chose not to.

[23] In late April four regional councillors of FI (Leonardo Padrin, Mauro Mainardi, Renzo Marangon and Moreno Teso) joined the LTV.

[24][25][26] Finally, Muraro reverted his earlier decision not to follow Tosi and left Liga Veneta in order to head the LTV's list in the province of Treviso.

The top-candidates of the LTV provincial lists were Bassi in Verona, Fabrizio Bisognin in Vicenza, Conte in Padua, Muraro in Treviso, Toscani in Belluno, Stival in Venice and Gianni Tessari in Rovigo.

[34][35] In May 2017 Casali and Bassi finally left the LTV and formed a separate group in the Regional Council, Venetian Centre-Right – Autonomy and Freedom (Centrodestra Veneto – Autonomia e Libertà).