Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord Explained

Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord (Lombard League – Northern Alliance) was an electoral alliance for the 1989 European Parliament election in Italy.^{[1] [2]}

It was composed of six autonomist parties of six Northern regions:^{[3] [4]}

• Lega Lombarda
• Liga Veneta
• Piemont Autonomista
• Union Ligure
• Lega Emiliano-Romagnola
• Alleanza Toscana

The alliance won 636,242, or 1.8% of the votes and two MEPs: Francesco Speroni and Luigi Moretti, both of Lega Lombarda.^[5] In the next three years, the parties united and formed the Lega Nord on 10 February 1991. It was able to nearly quintuple its share of votes, reaching 8.6% in the 1992 general election.

References

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2. Web site: Malaguti . Marco . 2021-02-08 . La Lega compie trent'anni: dove va il Carroccio? . 2024-11-10 . Aliseo Editoriale . it-IT.
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4. Book: Levrat . Nicolas . L'Union européenne et les nationalismes régionaux . Sidjanski . Dusan . Saint-Ouen . Francois . Geneva . 2020 . 978-2-8399-2935-6 . 93 . The European Union and Regional Nationalisms.
5. Web site: The Internationalism of the EFA . 2024-11-10 . European Free Alliance.