South calls North ( it, Sud chiama Nord, ScN) is a regionalist and populist

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, mainly active in

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, founded by the former mayor of

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

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 ...

History

On 25 June 2022, in the run-up to the Sicilian regional election, former mayor of Messina

, along with former

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MEP

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, launched their own movement "South calls North". However, after a few weeks, Giarrusso left the party due to conflicts with De Luca with regard to the party's candidatures in the following election; thus, De Luca remained the only leader of the movement. South calls North took part in the Italian general election held on 25 September 2022, winning one single-member constituency in the

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with Francesco Gallo, and one in the Senate of the Republic with Dafne Musolino, both from the districts of Messina, where ScN was capable to collect more than 30% of votes. On the same day, De Luca run as president of Sicily in the regional election, arriving at the second place, with 25% of votes, behind the centre-right candidate

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.) is an Italian politician who has served as the

. The party received 13.6% of votes, electing eight members of the regional assembly.

Ideology

The party has been described as regionalist,

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and

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. ScN also supports

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, advocating for a greater administrative decentralization and greater decision-making power for local administrators. Moreover, the party is also in favor of increasing the powers of the

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, comparing this position to a "

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of Italy", as it is clearly shown in the party's logo under the slogan "De Luca for Mayor of Italy".Fenomeno De Luca, Sud chiama Nord meglio dei partiti di Lupi e Di Maio: "Alla Camera risultato eclatante"
''Palermo Today''

History

Ideology

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Regional Councils

References

See also