New Sicily ( it, Nuova Sicilia, NS) was a
regionalist social-democratic
Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...
political party based in
Sicily. Its founder and leader was
Bartolo Pellegrino.
It was composed mainly by former members of the regional section of the
Italian Socialist Party and the
Sicilian Action Party.
The party was affiliated to the
House of Freedoms
The House of Freedoms ( it, Casa delle Libertà , CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi.
History
The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government and the Pole fo ...
, the centre-right coalition led by
Silvio Berlusconi. It participated in the
national general election, obtaining 33,437 votes, and the
Sicilian regional election of 2006, in a joint ticket with the
Movement for Autonomy, obtaining 308,219 (12.5% of regional votes) and ten seats in the
Sicilian Regional Assembly.
See also
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Southern Italy autonomist movements
In Italy, there are some active movements and parties calling for autonomy or even independence for the areas comprised within the historical Kingdom of the two Sicilies: that is, Southern Italy and/or the region of Sicily. No political movement p ...
References
Defunct social democratic parties in Italy
Political parties in Sicily
Sicilian nationalist parties
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