Political party in Italy
Great North (Grande Nord, GN) is a liberal, regionalist, federalist, and somewhat separatist political party based in Northern Italy. The party proposes federalism and liberal economics, aimed at reducing "the size of the state in order to free enterprises, workers and communities, always putting who works and produce first".[1] GN claims to adhere to the Oxford Manifesto and the values of the Liberal International.[2]
History
The party was founded in December 2017 by prominent former members of Lega Nord (LN), including Marco Reguzzoni (leader of The Republicans), Roberto Bernardelli (leader of Padanian Union, Lombard Independence, and Make the North Great Again),[3][4] Fabrizio Comencini (leader of Liga Veneta Repubblica, member of Independence We Veneto), Angelo Alessandri (leader of I Change), Giuseppe Leoni, Oreste Rossi, Francesca Martini, and Marco Desiderati. Some of them (Reguzzoni, Alessandri, Leoni, Rossi, Martini, and Desiderati) had been loyalists of Umberto Bossi, founder and leader of LN until April 2012, and had left that party in opposition to Roberto Maroni and Matteo Salvini, Bossi's successors; others (Bernardelli and Comencini) had opposed Bossi, and left the LN decades ago. All of them opposed the leadership of Salvini for its right-wing populist turn and his Italian national strategy. Bossi attended the party's founding convention but did not join.[1][5][6]
In the 2018 Italian general election, GN fielded candidates only in a few constituencies and obtained 0.1% of the vote.[7] In the run-up of the 2024 European Parliament election in Italy, the party formed a pact with South calls North, through the Freedom electoral list,[8] while Reguzzoni accepted to be a candidate for Forza Italia.[9]
Election results
Italian Parliament
| Chamber of Deputies
|
| Election year
|
No. of
overall votes
|
% of
overall vote
|
No. of
overall seats won
|
+/–
|
Leader
|
| 2018
|
19,846
|
0.06
|
|
–
|
|
| Senate of the Republic
|
| Election year
|
No. of
overall votes
|
% of
overall vote
|
No. of
overall seats won
|
+/–
|
Leader
|
| 2018
|
17,507
|
0.06
|
|
–
|
|
European Parliament
| Election
|
Leader
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
+/–
|
EP Group
|
| 2024
|
Roberto Bernardelli
|
Into Freedom
|
|
New
|
–
|
Regional Councils
| Region
|
Latest election
|
No. of
overall votes
|
% of
overall vote
|
No. of
overall seats won
|
+/–
|
| Lombardy
|
2018
|
13,793
|
0.26
|
|
–
|
See also
References
- ^ a b "Milano, si è costituito ufficialmente 'Grande Nord'". Affaritaliani.it (in Italian). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Valori". Grande Nord (in Italian). June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Piazzo, Stefania (5 March 2017). "Bossi con Fare tornare grande il Nord al Cavalieri: '100mila imprese fallite, ci hanno portato in un tunnel per farci morire. Ma io sono ancora qui, e vivo la speranza che il Nord rialzi la testa!'". L'Indipendenza Nuova (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Crippa, Maurizio (7 March 2017). "Parla il Senatùr, ma si sente la voce di Giorgetti (e Zaia-Maroni)". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "E' nato Grande Nord con Bernardelli. Bossi: Se non serve più, la Lega può anche chiudere". L'Indipendenza Nuova (in Italian). 27 May 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Prove di Grande Nord con ex bossiani, ma a Reggio non decolla". Reggio nel Web (in Italian). 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Camera 04/03/2018 Area Italia (escl. Valle d'Aosta)". Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali (in Italian). 4 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ Perrino, Angelo Maria (22 March 2024). "Cateno De Luca: 'La mia ricetta? Federare i movimenti antisistema'. Video". Affaritaliani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Bertolini, Roberta (2 March 2024). "Reguzzoni candidato alle Europee con Forza Italia? 'Onorato ma ancora nulla di deciso'". VareseNews (in Italian). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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