I the South (''Io Sud'', IS), was a

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regionalist

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, which has been a faction of

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since 2014. The party emerged in 2009 as an

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n split from National Alliance (AN) led by

Adriana Poli Bortone Adriana Poli Bortone (born 25 August 1943) is an Italian politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2008. She represented Southern Italy. She was mayor of Lecce until 2007. Biography Born in Lecce, she became Assistant ...

, shortly before AN was merged into

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(PdL). Soon after the party approached to the Union of the Centre (UdC) in order to form a centrist party as an alternative to the PdL, and in this perspective Poli Bortone joined UdC in a common group in the Senate. At the 2009 provincial elections the party won 7.3% in

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(while Poli Bortone won 21.9% as candidate for President supported also by the UdC), 3.4% in

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and 2.0% in

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. In the 2010 Apulian regional election Poli Bortone ran for President supported also by the regional section of the Union of the Centre, that is the main component of UdC. Poli Bortone gained 8.7% of the vote, while IS gained a mere 2.9%. Since then, Poli Bortone distanced herself from the UdC and started to prepare her return to the

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. In February 2011 she joined the new

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group in the Senate and, as of March, she is headed to the formation of a joint "Party of the South" along with Force of the South and

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. On 14 July 2011 the three parties jointly launched the Federation of the South, later Great South. Although its base remains Apulia, the party has opened regional and provincial sections also in

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and

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. In 2013 Great South is merged in the new

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, while IS took part in a

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together with The Right of

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, FLI of Roberto Menia and

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of Luca Romagnoli, to form a new party that will inspire for the National Alliance. In 2014 Poli Bortone joined

. On 16 May 2015 Brothers of Italy decides the suspension of Adriana Poli Bortone, after her candidature with

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. On 29 February 2016 Poli Bortone formalizes her adhesion to

, along with her party I the South.La svolta si Adriana: "Entro in Forza Italia"
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Leadership

*President:

(2009–2016)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:I The South Defunct political parties in Italy Political parties in Apulia Regionalist parties in Italy Political parties established in 2009 2009 establishments in Italy