Northern League (Italy)
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Northern League
Lega Nord |
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| Federal Secretary | Matteo Salvini |
| Federal Deputy Secretaries |
Lorenzo Fontana Giancarlo Giorgetti |
| Organisational Secretary | Roberto Calderoli |
| Federal President | Umberto Bossi |
| Founded |
4 December 1989 (alliance) 8 January 1991 (party) |
| Merger of |
Liga Veneta Lega Lombarda Piemont Autonomista Uniun Ligure Lega Emiliano-Romagnola Alleanza Toscana |
| Headquarters | via Bellerio, 41 20161 Milan |
| Youth wing | Young Padanians |
| Membership (2008) | 150,000 |
| Ideology | Regionalism Federalism Populism Anti-immigration Euroscepticism Anti-globalization Historically: Separatism Padanian nationalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation |
EFA (1989–94) EAF(2013–14) MENL(2014–present) |
| European Parliament group |
Rainbow (1989–94) ELDR (1994–99) TGI (1999–2001) I/D (2004–07) UEN (2007–09) EFD (2009–14) ENL (2015–present) |
| Southern counterpart | Us with Salvini |
| Colours | Green |
| Chamber of Deputies |
15 / 630
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| Senate |
12 / 315
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| European Parliament |
5 / 73
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| Regional Government |
2 / 20
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Lega Nord (LN; literal translation: "North League"), whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania ("North League for the Independence of Padania"), is a regionalist political party in Italy. The party is often referred to as Northern League by English-language media and literature, while in Italy it is also referred to simply as Lega or Carroccio.
Lega Nord was founded in 1991 as a federation of several regional parties of northern and central Italy, most of which had arisen in the 1980s (Liga Veneta, Lega Lombarda, Piemont Autonomista, Uniun Ligure, Lega Emiliano-Romagnola and Alleanza Toscana), plus the newly formed regional parties of the other northern regions.
The party's political programme advocates the transformation of Italy into a federal state, fiscal federalism and greater regional autonomy, especially for northern regions. At times the LN has advocated Padanian nationalism and the secession of the North, referred to by party members as Padania. Prior to the party's adoption of the term, Padania was infrequently used to name the Po Valley and was promoted since 1963 by sports journalist Gianni Brera as a modern name for Cisalpine Gaul.
Lega Nord's founder and former long-standing leader is Umberto Bossi, who was the party's secretary from 1991 to 2012. He was succeeded by Roberto Maroni (who currently serves as President of Lombardy), then in December 2013 Matteo Salvini became the new secretary after defeating Bossi in the leadership election. Lorenzo Fontana and Giancarlo Giorgetti are deputy secretaries. Other leading members include Luca Zaia (President of Veneto), Roberto Calderoli, Gian Marco Centinaio, Massimiliano Fedriga, Roberto Cota, Roberto Castelli, Francesco Speroni, Massimo Bitonci and Attilio Fontana.
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