Sergio Cecotti, the mayor of Udine, heads the Convergence for Friuli political party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
In 2018, Cecotti founded the political movement Pact for Autonomy, an autonomism political party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which aims to protect all linguistic minorities in the region, and with which he ran again for the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the 2018 regional election, ranking fourth. 
