Great South ( it, Grande Sud) was a
centre-right
Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...
regionalist political party in Italy
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.
History
In January 2012 GS formed a sub-group in the Mixed Group of the
Chamber of Deputies, including the seven FdS deputies (
Giuseppe Fallica,
Ugo Grimaldi,
Maurizio Iapicca,
Gianfranco Micciché,
Antonino Minardo,
Francesco Stagno D'Alcontres and
Giacomo Terranova) and two new entries (
Aurelio Misiti, from
Italy of Values
Italy of Values ( it, Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former '' Mani pulite'' prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the p ...
, who was appointed chairman, and
Gerardo Soglia, from the PdL), but not the three deputies of NS. In March 2012 the party was joined by
Giancarlo Pittelli.
In the
2012 Sicilian regional election Micciché ran for President, as part of a "Sicilianist" coalition including also the
Party of the Sicilians, the
Sicilian People's Movement and the local wing of
Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom ( it, Futuro e Libertà), whose full name was Future and Freedom for Italy (''Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia'', abbreviated to FLI), was a political party in Italy, comprising both liberal and national conservative elements.
F ...
. Micciché won 15.4% of the vote and GS obtained a mere 6.0%, returning five regional deputies.
In the 2013 general election Great South was part of the centre-right coalition and obtained the 0.43% of the vote for the Chamber and the 0.39% of vote for the Senate, electing a senator in Calabria and two senators in the
PdL's list in Sicily.
In 2013 Great South joined the new
Forza Italia and became virtually inactive as an independent party.
Composition
Great South was initially composed of the following parties:
References
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External links
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