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Oct 2, 2016 · The Lega Nord (LN ) [Northern League] in 2015 is the oldest party group in the Italian Parliament. While this statistic reflects the highly turbulent nature of Italian politics over the past three decades, it also underlines the resilience of a party whose roots lie in a series of regionalist movements that emerged across northern Italy in the ...
Jul 26, 2019 · Newth’s paper contributes to a greater understanding of the connection between regionalism and radical-right ideology by examining the roots of the Italian Lega Nord’s regionalist, populist ...
The article makes three contributions: first, it encourages a shift away from a focus purely on the Lega's populism towards articulations of its far right ideology; second, it illustrates the ...
One of the most recent displays of cultural re-appropriation is peculiar: since the early 1990s, “Va pensiero” has been claimed as its anthem by Lega Nord—the party which brought their nationalistic and xenophobic “Italians First” (Prima gli italiani) ideology to mainstream Italian politics after the 2018 general elections.
One of the most recent displays of cultural re-appropriation is peculiar: since the early 1990s, “Va pensiero” has been claimed as its anthem by Lega Nord—the party which brought their nationalistic and xenophobic “Italians First” (Prima gli italiani) ideology to mainstream Italian politics after the 2018 general elections.
May 6, 2014 · In other words, despite the fact that most incumbent parties across Europe during the post-2008 crisis were suffering more than they usually would in elections, the Lega improved its vote share. Chart: Vote share for Lega Nord at General and European Elections (1994-2013) Since 2012, however, the party has declined again.
Jan 26, 2022 · The European project has always played a pivotal role in Italy’s politics and Italian political discourse. The European Union (EU) represented the primary vehicle through which to regain international legitimacy. From this perspective, the intensification in the last few years of the Eurosceptic and populist discourse of Matteo Salvini’s Lega has marked a critical turning point. This ...
