Padanian Parliament

{{short description|Political body set up by Lega Nord}}

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{{Infobox legislature

| name = Padanian Parliament

| native_name = Parlamento della Padania

| coa_pic = Sun_of_the_Alps.svg

| coa_res = 100px

| session_room =

| house_type = Unicameral

| leader1_type = President of the Assembly

| leader1 = Roberto Calderoli

| party1 = Independent (Lega Nord)

| election1 = 2011

| members = 210

| session_res = 260px

| structure1 =

| structure1_res = 250 px

| structure1_alt = Current structure of the Assembly of the Republic

| political_groups1 =

• Government:
• {{color box|orange}} Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society (52)
• {{color box|#D21F1B}} Padanian Communists (5)
• {{color box|red}} Nation Lombardy (5)
• Opposition
• {{color box|#318CE7}} Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania (50)
• {{color box|#0047AB}} Padanian Right – European Alliance (27)
• {{color box|silver}} Padanian Catholics (20)
• {{color box|lightgreen}} Padanian Lions (14)
• {{color box|gold}} Liberal and libertarian Padania (12)

| voting_system1 = Party-list proportional representation

| last_election1 =

| meeting_place = Mantua (1997–2007)
Vicenza (2007–2012)
Villa Da Porto (since 2012)

| website = [http://www.leganord.org/index.php/parlamento-della-padania Parlamento della Padania]

}}

The Padanian Parliament is a body established by Lega Nord with internal representation based on electoral principles. Previously known as the Northern Parliament and the Parliament House of Mantua, it includes all administrators, regional councilors, mayors, and elected members of Parliament from various local and national administrations. The first official headquarters for the plenary meetings of the newly established Po Parliament was at Villa Riva Berni in Bagnolo San Vito. The second set of meetings, held from 2007 to 2011, took place in Vicenza at Villa Bonin Maistrello, Via dell'Oreficeria 21.

The Padanian Parliament is internally divided into competing political forces, including communists, socialists, liberals, Christian democrats, and national conservatives, all united by Padanian nationalism. The 1997 election also featured candidates from the Pannella List, led by Benedetto Della Vedova, who was elected to the assembly.

At the gazebo of Lega Nord, representatives of the parties and the Prime Minister of Padania are elected every five years. In chronological order, from 1996 onwards, the Prime Ministers were Giancarlo Pagliarini, Vito Gnutti, Manuela Dal Lago, Mario Borghezio, Francesco Speroni, and Roberto Maroni. On 10 February 2007, at the request of Umberto Bossi, the founder of Lega Nord and its then federal secretary, the Padanian Parliament reconvened in Vicenza at Villa Bonin Maistrello. Following Silvio Berlusconi's resignation and the end of the fourth Berlusconi government, Bossi decided to reopen the Padanian Parliament on 14 November 2011.

On 4 December 2011, Roberto Calderoli was appointed as the new president of the Padanian Parliament during the assembly's opening. This assembly marked the first participation of twenty Umbrian militants led by Gianluca Cirignoni, then Lega Nord deputy leader at the Legislative Assembly of Umbria. By 2012, the Parliament had an office at La Favorita in Monticello di Fara di Sarego, in the province of Vicenza.