Great North

{{Infobox political party

| country = Italy

| name = Great North Confederation

| native_name = Confederazione Grande Nord

| logo = Great North logo.jpg

| logo_size =

| colorcode = {{party color|Great North}}

| leader =

| leader1_title = President

| leader1_name = Roberto Bernardelli

| newspaper =

| ideology = Regionalism
Federalism
Liberalism

| foundation = 12 December 2017

| split = Lega Nord

| headquarters = Piazza Missori, 1 Milan

| national =Freedom (2024)

| website = [https://www.grandenord.org/ Confederazione Grande Nord]

}}

Great North (Grande Nord, GN) is a liberal, regionalist, federalist, and somewhat separatist political party based in Northern Italy. The party proposes federalism and liberal economics, aimed at reducing "the size of the state in order to free enterprises, workers and communities, always putting who works and produce first".{{cite web |date=22 June 2017 |title=Milano, si è costituito ufficialmente 'Grande Nord' |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/milano/partiti-costitutito-movimento-grande-nord-486161.html |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=Affaritaliani.it|language=it}} GN claims to adhere to the Oxford Manifesto and the values of the Liberal International.{{cite web |date=June 2017 |title=Valori |url=http://grandenord.org/valori |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=Grande Nord |language=it |archive-date=9 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609072830/http://grandenord.org/valori/ |url-status=dead }}

History

The party was founded in December 2017 by prominent former members of Lega Nord (LN), including Marco Reguzzoni (leader of The Republicans), Roberto Bernardelli (leader of Padanian Union, Lombard Independence, and Make the North Great Again),{{cite web |last=Piazzo |first=Stefania |date=5 March 2017 |title=Bossi con Fare tornare grande il Nord al Cavalieri: '100mila imprese fallite, ci hanno portato in un tunnel per farci morire. Ma io sono ancora qui, e vivo la speranza che il Nord rialzi la testa!' |url=https://www.lindipendenzanuova.com/bossi-con-fare-tornare-grande-il-nord-al-cavalieri-100mila-imprese-fallite-ci-hanno-portato-in-un-tunnel-per-farci-morire-ma-io-sono-ancora-qui-e-vivo-la-speranza-che-il-nord-rialzi-la-testa |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=L'Indipendenza Nuova |language=it}}{{cite web |last=Crippa |first=Maurizio |date=7 March 2017 |title=Parla il Senatùr, ma si sente la voce di Giorgetti (e Zaia-Maroni) |url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2017/03/07/news/parla-il-senatur-ma-si-sente-la-voce-di-giorgetti-e-zaia-maroni-123884 |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=Il Foglio |language=it}} Fabrizio Comencini (leader of Liga Veneta Repubblica, member of Independence We Veneto), Angelo Alessandri (leader of I Change), Giuseppe Leoni, Oreste Rossi, Francesca Martini, and Marco Desiderati. Some of them (Reguzzoni, Alessandri, Leoni, Rossi, Martini, and Desiderati) had been loyalists of Umberto Bossi, founder and leader of LN until April 2012, and had left that party in opposition to Roberto Maroni and Matteo Salvini, Bossi's successors; others (Bernardelli and Comencini) had opposed Bossi, and left the LN decades ago. All of them opposed the leadership of Salvini for its right-wing populist turn and his Italian national strategy. Bossi attended the party's founding convention but did not join.{{cite web |date=27 May 2017 |title=E' nato Grande Nord con Bernardelli. Bossi: Se non serve più, la Lega può anche chiudere |url=https://www.lindipendenzanuova.com/e-nato-grande-nord-con-bernardelli-bossi-se-non-serve-piu-la-lega-puo-anche-chiudere |access-date=14 August 2018 |website=L'Indipendenza Nuova |language=it}}{{cite web |date=23 August 2017 |title=Prove di Grande Nord con ex bossiani, ma a Reggio non decolla |url=http://reggionelweb.it/2017/08/prove-grande-nord-ex-bossiani-reggio-non-decolla-bossi-salvini-lega-nord |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904205451/http://reggionelweb.it/2017/08/prove-grande-nord-ex-bossiani-reggio-non-decolla-bossi-salvini-lega-nord/ |archive-date=4 September 2017 |access-date=4 September 2017 |website=Reggio nel Web |language=it}}

In the 2018 Italian general election, GN fielded candidates only in a few constituencies and obtained 0.1% of the vote.{{cite web |date=4 March 2018 |title=Camera 04/03/2018 Area Italia (escl. Valle d'Aosta) |url=https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=C&dtel=04/03/2018&tpa=I&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S |access-date=22 February 2019 |website=Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali |language=it}} In the run-up of the 2024 European Parliament election in Italy, the party formed a pact with South calls North, through the Freedom electoral list,{{cite web |last=Perrino |first=Angelo Maria |date=22 March 2024 |title=Cateno De Luca: 'La mia ricetta? Federare i movimenti antisistema'. Video |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/cateno-de-luca-la-mia-ricetta-federare-i-movimenti-antisistema-904559.html |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=Affaritaliani.it |language=it}} while Reguzzoni accepted to be a candidate for Forza Italia.{{cite web |last=Bertolini |first=Roberta |date=2 March 2024 |title=Reguzzoni candidato alle Europee con Forza Italia? 'Onorato ma ancora nulla di deciso' |url=https://www.varesenews.it/2024/03/reguzzoni-candidato-alle-europee-con-forza-italia-onorato-ma-ancora-nulla-di-deciso/1861728/ |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=VareseNews |language=it}}

Election results

= Italian Parliament =

class="wikitable" \| colspan="7" \|Chamber of Deputies
Election year !No. of overall votes !% of overall vote !No. of overall seats won !+/– !Leader
2018 \|19,846 \|0.06 \|{{Composition bar\|0\|630\|hex={{party color\|Great North}}}} \|{{center\|–}} \|

class="wikitable"

| colspan="7" |Chamber of Deputies

Election year

!No. of

overall votes

!% of

overall vote

!No. of

overall seats won

!+/–

!Leader

2018

|19,846

|0.06

|{{Composition bar|0|630|hex={{party color|Great North}}}}

|{{center|–}}

class="wikitable" \| colspan="7" \|Senate of the Republic
Election year !No. of overall votes !% of overall vote !No. of overall seats won !+/– !Leader
2018 \|17,507 \|0.06 \|{{Composition bar\|0\|315\|hex={{party color\|Great North}}}} \|{{center\|–}} \|

class="wikitable"

| colspan="7" |Senate of the Republic

Election year

!No. of

overall votes

!% of

overall vote

!No. of

overall seats won

!+/–

!Leader

2018

|17,507

|0.06

|{{Composition bar|0|315|hex={{party color|Great North}}}}

|{{center|–}}

=European Parliament=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! EP Group
2024 \| Roberto Bernardelli \| colspan="2" \|Into Freedom \| {{Composition bar\|0\|76\|hex={{party color\|Great North}}}} \| New \| –

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Election

! Leader

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

! EP Group

2024

| Roberto Bernardelli

| colspan="2" |Into Freedom

| {{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Great North}}}}

| New

| –

=Regional Councils=

class=wikitable
Region ! Latest election ! No. of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! No. of overall seats won ! +/–
Lombardy ! 2018 \| 13,793 \| 0.26 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|80\|hex={{party color\|Great North}}}} \| {{center\|–}}

class=wikitable

Region

! Latest election

! No. of
overall votes

! % of
overall vote

! No. of
overall seats won

! +/–

Lombardy

! 2018

| 13,793

| 0.26

| {{Composition bar|0|80|hex={{party color|Great North}}}}