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New Sicily
Native Name:Nuova Sicilia
Leader1 Title:Leader
Leader1 Name:Bartolo Pellegrino
Foundation:20 April 2001
Dissolution:13 February 2008
Ideology:Autonomism
Federalism
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:Sicilian Regional Assembly
Colorcode:
  1. FFEB3B
Country:Italy

New Sicily (Italian: Nuova Sicilia, NS) was a regionalist social-democratic political party based in Sicily. Its founder and leader was Bartolo Pellegrino.

It was composed mainly by former members of the regional section of the Italian Socialist Party and the Sicilian Action Party.[1]

The party was affiliated to the House of Freedoms, the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi. It participated in the national general election, obtaining 33,437 votes, and the Sicilian regional election of 2006, in a joint ticket with the Movement for Autonomy, obtaining 308,219 (12.5% of regional votes) and ten seats in the Sicilian Regional Assembly.

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References

  1. Book: Sonia Alonso. Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility: A Comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. 26 April 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-969157-9. 167.