Movement for Autonomy

Movement for Autonomy
Movimento per l'Autonomia
LeaderRaffaele Lombardo
SecretaryRoberto Di Mauro
Founded30 April 2005
Split fromUnion of Christian and Centre Democrats
HeadquartersVia dell'Oca 27, Rome
IdeologyRegionalism[1]
Autonomism[2][3]
Christian democracy[1]
Political positionCentre
National affiliationCentre-right (2008–10)
New Pole for Italy (2010–12)
Centre-right (2013)
Liberal Popular Alliance (2015–17)
Centre-right (since 2017)
European Parliament groupEPP–ED (2005–09)
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Sicilian Regional Assembly
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Website
www.mpa-italia.it

The Movement for Autonomy (Italian: Movimento per l'Autonomia, MpA) is a regionalist[1][4] and Christian-democratic[1] political party in Italy, based in Sicily. The MpA, whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo, advocates for greater economic development, autonomy and legislative powers for Sicily and the other regions of southern Italy.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ ANSA (2007). Il libro ANSA 2007. Notizie, immagini, personaggi (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 46. ISBN 978-88-8440-457-2. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ D'Atena, Antonio (2011). Sesto rapporto sullo stato del regionalismo in Italia (in Italian). Giuffrè Editore. p. 54. ISBN 978-88-14-17198-7. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b Davide Vampa (2016). The Regional Politics of Welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain. Springer. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-319-39007-9.
  5. ^ Antonio Sorge (2015). Legacies of Violence: History, Society, and the State in Sardinia. University of Toronto Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4426-2174-9.