Lega Nord
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Lega Nord (transl. Northern League; acronym: LN), whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania (transl. Northern League for the Independence of Padania), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as Lega (transl. League), without changing its official name. The party was nonetheless frequently referred to only as "Lega" even before the rebranding, and informally as the Carroccio (transl. big chariot). The party's latest elected leader was Matteo Salvini.[20]
Northern League Lega Nord | |
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Leader | Matteo Salvini (last leader) |
Federal President | Umberto Bossi |
Federal Secretary | Igor Iezzi (commissioner) |
Founded |
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Merger of | |
Headquarters | Via Bellerio, 41 20161 Milan |
Newspaper | la Padania (1997–2014) |
Youth wing | Young Padanians Movement |
Membership (2013) | 122,000[1] |
Ideology | Federalism[2] Regionalism[3] Conservatism[4] Populism[5] Euroscepticism[6] Historical: Padanian nationalism[7][8][9][10] Separatism[11] Autonomism[12] Liberalism[13] Libertarianism[14] |
Political position | Right-wing[15] to far-right[16] |
National affiliation | Centre-right coalition (1994 and 2000–present) Lega (since 2020) |
European affiliation | |
European Parliament group | |
Associate party | Lega per Salvini Premier |
Colours | Green |
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In 1989, the LN was established as a federation of six regional parties from northern and north-central Italy (Liga Veneta, Lega Lombarda, Piemont Autonomista, Uniun Ligure, Lega Emiliano-Romagnola and Alleanza Toscana), which became the party's founding "national" sections in 1991. The party's founder and long-time federal secretary was Umberto Bossi, now federal president. The LN has advocated the transformation of Italy from a unitary to a federal state, fiscal federalism, regionalism and greater regional autonomy, especially for northern regions. At times, the party has advocated the secession of northern Italy, which the party has referred to as "Padania", and, thus, Padanian nationalism. The party has always opposed illegal immigration and often adopted Eurosceptic stances, lately joining the Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament.
Since 31 January 2020, through a mandate given by the federal council, the party has been managed by commissioner Igor Iezzi. The LN was thus eclipsed by the Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP), until that moment active as the central and southern Italian branch of the party established by Salvini himself in the 2010s, and since 2020 throughout entire Italy.[21] Following the emergence of LSP, the original LN is practically inactive and its former "national" sections (Lega Lombarda, Liga Veneta, etc.) have become "regional" sections of the LSP.