More Tuscany (''Più Toscana'', PT) is a
regionalist political party in Italy
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active in
Tuscany
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Italy
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The party was formed in October 2012 by a group of splinters from
Lega Nord Toscana (LNT) led by
Antonio Gambetta Vianna, a former president of the party, and
Gian Luca Lazzeri, who were supporters of
Claudio Morganti
Claudio Morganti (April 14, 1973, Prato, Italy) is an Italian politician.
Biography
From 2002 to 2013 he was a member of the Tuscan Northern League.
From 2004 to 2009 he was a city councilor in Vaiano, in the province of Prato, and from 2005 ...
, former leader of LNT and
MEP. PT, which is defined by its members as a research institute, promotes the knowledge, appreciation and advancement of the "Tuscan people", its culture, heritage and traditions.
Morganti's leadership was openly contested by some party members and, between April and December 2011, two of the four LNT regional councillors left in protest, even though Morganti had resigned from party secretary in September. In October 2012 the two remaining regional councillors of the party, Vianna and Lazzeri, responded to the emphasis posed by
Lega Nord's federal secretary
Roberto Maroni
Roberto Ernesto Maroni (; 15 March 1955 – 22 November 2022) was an Italian politician from Varese and a past President of Lombardy. He was the leader of the Northern League, a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padan ...
on the
North
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
Etymology
The word ''north ...
and the establishment of a
Padanian euroregion by changing the denomination of their group from "Lega Nord Toscana" to "More Tuscany". Vianna and Lazzeri were soon expelled from the party, which was left without regional councillors. In April 2013 also Morganti was expelled from the party. PT members expressed their support for him.
In November 2013 PT joined the
New Centre-Right
New Centre-Right ( it, Nuovo Centrodestra, NCD) was a centre-right political party in Italy.
The party was launched on 15 November 2013 by a group of dissidents of The People of Freedom (PdL) who opposed the party's transformation into Forza Ita ...
, albeit keeping its own group in the Regional Council.
In the
2015 regional election a joint list of
Lega Toscana and More Tuscany won 0.6% of the vote.
References
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External links
Official website
Political parties in Tuscany