Lega Sud Ausonia (''Southern League Ausonia'') is a minor independentist

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. The party was founded in 1996, as the sister-party of

Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...

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, and is led by Gianfranco Vestuto. Similarly to Lega Nord's goal of establishing an independent Padania, Lega Sud wants to establish an independent Ausonia, intended as Southern Italy. The party is not represented in the Italian Parliament, the

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, nor in any regional or provincial assemblies. In the 2001 general election Vestuto was a candidate of Lega Nord in

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, but after that the two parties distanced themselves and Lega Sud chose to follow an anti-

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line. In 2010 the party signed a federation pact with the newly formed

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party. Under this agreement the group of NS in the

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took the name of ''Noi Sud/Lega Sud Ausonia''. In the

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Lega Sud Ausonia supported the centre-right candidate

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Leadership

*Federal Secretary: Gianfranco Vestuto *Honorary President:

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*Official Press Relationship:

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References

External links

Official website
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