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Autonomists For Europe
Autonomists for Europe ( it, Autonomisti per l'Europa, ApE) was a minor regionalism (politics), regionalist, Christian democracy, Christian-democratic and liberalism, liberal List of political parties in Italy, Italian political party. Founded in 2000 by splinters of Lega Nord, Northern League as a potentially dangerous competitor, it became a rather marginal force. The party was mainly composed by moderate members of the Northern League who wanted to join forces with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, at a time when the League was perceived to be closer to the centre-left. Its leading members were Vito Gnutti and Domenico Comino, both former Ministers for Northern League in the Berlusconi I Cabinet. History The party was started as a federation of regional parties on the example of the Northern League: Lombardy Lombardy (''Lombardia Lombardia'') of Daniele Roscia, Future Veneto (''Veneto Futuro'') of Giuseppe Ceccato, Piedmontese Federalist Movement (''Movimento Federalista Piemo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Comino
Domenico Comino (born 27 September 1955) is an Italian politician, who served as the minister of European affairs and state minister in the mid-1990s. Biography Comino was born in Morozzo on 27 September 1955. He is one of the former leaders of Lega Nord. He served as state minister for the EU relations in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi in 1994. Comino was one of the five Lega members in the cabinet who resigned from office in December 1994 in order to vote against Berlusconi in the censure motion. Comino served in the Italian parliament for three successive periods between 1992 and 1997. Until 1999 he was the Lega Nord's president of the Piedmont region. In 1999, he was expelled from Lega Nord and joined an electoral alliance with Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |