Sicilia Vera () is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

active in

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, led by

Cateno De Luca Cateno Roberto De Luca (born 18 March 1972) is an Italian politician, mayor of Messina from 2018 to 2022. Biography Mayor of Fiumedinisi and Santa Teresa di Riva De Luca was born in Fiumedinisi. At the age of 18 he began his political career by ...

. "Vera" is also an acronym for ''Verso una Economia Regionale Autonoma'' ().

History

The party was founded in 2007 by

, at that time deputy of the

Sicilian Regional Assembly The Sicilian Regional Assembly is the legislative body of Sicily. While it has a long history as an autonomous entity, the modern Region of Sicily was established by Royal Decree on 15 May 1946, before the Italian Republic. The Regional Assembly ...

. In the 2008 Sicilian regional election, De Luca found an agreement with the

Movement for Autonomy The Movement for Autonomy ( it, Movimento per l'Autonomia, MpA) is a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Sicily. The MpA, whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo, demands economic development, greater autono ...

(his former party) and was re-elected on its lists. In the 2012 Sicilian regional election De Luca ran for the presidency of the region with his own list, "Sicilian Revolution" (including also Sicilia Vera), but he scored just 1.2% of the vote and was not re-elected. On the occasion of the

2017 Sicilian regional election The 2017 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popu ...

, Sicilia Vera made an electoral agreement with the Union of the Centre and De Luca was re-elected to the ARS, but on 20 December he left the UDC group and joined the mixed group. In the

2018 Italian local elections The 2018 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 10 June, with a second round on 24 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 municipalities: in each ''comune'' were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of t ...

, De Luca was elected in the ballot (with 65.3% of the votes) mayor of Messina, at the head of a set of civic lists promoted by Sicilia Vera, which however did not get even a seat due to the threshold barrier of 5%. On 30 October 2018, De Luca resigned as a regional deputy to keep the office of mayor of Messina. His seat was assigned on to Danilo Lo Giudice, mayor of

Santa Teresa di Riva Santa Teresa di Riva ( scn, Santa Tresa di Riva) is a small town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy, located about from Taormina. The town was known until 1854 as Marina di Savoca when it was renamed in hon ...

and also a member of Sicilia Vera, who joined the mixed group. In the 2022 Italian local elections, the mayoral candidate of Messina for the civic lists promoted by Sicilia Vera,

Federico Basile Federico Basile (born 19 June 1977) is an Italian politician, mayor of Messina since 2022. Biography Basile holds a degree in economics and commerce from the University of Messina. In 2005 he obtained the qualification to the profession of charter ...

, won with 45.6% of the vote, while its coalition got 20 seats out of 36 in the municipal council. On 27 June 2022, De Luca founded a new movement called

South calls North South calls North ( it, Sud chiama Nord, ScN) is a regionalist and populist political party in Italy, mainly active in Sicily, founded by the former mayor of Messina, Cateno De Luca. History On 25 June 2022, in the run-up to the Sicilian regio ...

, federated with Sicilia Vera, in support of his candidacy for the presidency of the Sicily. De Luca assumed the role of coordinator of the new movement while MEP

Dino Giarrusso Dino Giarrusso (born 11 September 1974 in Catania) is an Italian television personality and politician. Biography Giarrusso graduated in 1997 in Communication Sciences at the University of Siena; he worked as a journalist, collaborating with '' ...

, former

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...

member, becomes its secretary. The ex-journalist of

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Ismaele La Vardera also joined the movement, assuming the role of federal president and spokesperson in the electoral campaign of De Luca for the regional election of September. At the beginning of August, the political agreement between De Luca and Giarrusso is broken, due to disagreements over the candidacies for the

2022 Italian general election The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President of Italy, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament on 2 ...

, and the movement remains headed by De Luca.

References

External links

Official website
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History

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