Us with Salvini

{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Us with Salvini}}

| name = Us with Salvini

| native_name = Noi con Salvini

| logo = 180px

| leader1_title = President

| leader1_name = {{nowrap|Matteo Salvini}}

| leader2_title = Deputy President

| leader2_name = Raffaele Volpi

| leader3_title = Secretary

| leader3_name = Angelo Attaguile

| foundation = 19 December 2014

| dissolution = 2018{{Dubious|date=May 2020}}

| merged = Lega per Salvini Premier

| headquarters = Via Federico Cesi 44, 00193 Rome

| ideology = Right-wing populism
Regionalism
Federalism

| position = {{nowrap|Right-wing}}

| national = Centre-right coalition

| europarl =

| affiliation1_title = Northern counterpart

| affiliation1 = {{nowrap|Lega Nord}}

| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Us with Salvini}}|border=darkgray}} Blue

| seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies

| seats1 =

| seats2_title = Senate

| seats2 =

| seats3_title = European Parliament (2018)

| seats3 =

| website =

| country = Italy

| abbreviation = NcS

| flag = File:Flag of Us with Salvini.svg

}}

Us with Salvini ({{langx|it|Noi con Salvini}}, NcS) was a populist political party in Italy.{{cite news |author= |title=Northern League presents 'Us with Salvini' symbol for South |url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2014/12/19/northern-league-unveils-symbol-for-south_a3b4bf16-302c-449b-8a77-479fa00714ec.html |work=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=1 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2014/12/19/news/lega_salvini_presenta_il_suo_progetto_per_il_sud-103281472/ |title=La Lega sbarca al Sud, Salvini presenta il simbolo |website=Repubblica.it |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=3 April 2016}} The party, founded by Matteo Salvini on 19 December 2014, was the sister party of Lega Nord (LN) for southern Italy,{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-12-19/noi-salvini-segretario-lega-presenta-lista-il-centro-sud-115617.shtml?uuid=ABo5u9SC |title="Noi con Salvini", il segretario della Lega presenta la lista per il centro-sud |publisher=Il Sole 24 ORE |access-date=3 April 2016}} Lazio,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiburno.tv/2016/01/27/noi-con-salvini-dirigenti-di-tutto-il-lazio-si-riuniscono-a-tivoli/|title="Noi con Salvini", dirigenti di tutto il Lazio si riuniscono a Tivoli|date=27 January 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://ilclandestinogiornale.italiasera.it/politica/52333/52333/|title=Noi con Salvini Lazio, Campomizzi: "5 pullman in partenza per Pontida"|date=14 September 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.romatoday.it/politica/intervista-francesco-zicchieri.html|title=Noi con Salvini progetto fallito? Mai stati così forti. Schiuma voleva gestire le candidature di Ostia|website=RomaToday}} and Sardinia{{Cite web|url=https://sardegnareporter.it/noi-con-salvini-sardegna-de-martini-e-giagoni-nuovi-coordinatori-provinciali|title = Homepage| date=11 July 2023 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.castedduonline.it/noi-con-salvini-tesseramenti-in-sardegna-ecco-dove/|title=Noi con Salvini, tesseramenti in Sardegna: ecco dove|date=3 March 2016}} (where the LN regional section was never recognised as one of its "national" sections, and where the party joined forces with the Sardinian Action Party, PSd'Az).

Salvini was the party's president, Raffaele Volpi (a senator of LN) vice-president, while Angelo Attaguile, formerly a member of the Party of Sicilians, who was the first deputy to join the party, secretary and leader in Sicily.{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sicilia/notizie/2015/01/10/sicilia-presentato-a-palermo-movimento-noi-con-salvini_fcf9c981-91c0-4980-89f8-9616174d4d6c.html |title=Sicilia: presentato a Palermo movimento "Noi con Salvini" - Sicilia |website=ANSA.it |date= 10 January 2015|access-date=3 April 2016}}

In the 2018 general election, NcS ran under the "Lega" umbrella alongside Lega Nord, the aforementioned PSd'Az and minor parties.{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/17_ottobre_28/lega-toglie-parola-nord-calderoli-salvini-bossi-71d8cdd6-bb4e-11e7-8ef5-94a13146dc45.shtml|title=La Lega cambia il simbolo: via la parola Nord. Bossi a Salvini: "Fascista"|first=Marco|last=Cremonesi|date=27 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/10/27/news/lega_nord_nuovo_simbolo-179501278|title=Lega, nuovo simbolo senza "nord". Salvini: "Sarà valido per tutta Italia"|date=27 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pugliain.net/53928-2-simbolo-lega-alberto-da-giussano-sud/|title=La Lega unisce i simboli. Alberto da Giussano anche al Sud|last=Andrea Lorusso|date=23 December 2017|website=pugliain.net|language=it-IT|access-date=10 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://it.blastingnews.com/politica/2018/03/la-mossa-giusta-di-sardisti-e-liberali-alleati-con-la-lega-002422537.html|title=Sardisti e liberali alleati con Salvini tra polemiche, ma fanno la mossa giusta|date=9 March 2018|website=Blasting News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/01/23/la-lega-nord-si-allea-con-il-partito-sardo-dazione-quello-del-trota-cagliaritano/4110303/|title=Blog | La Lega Nord si allea con il Partito sardo d'Azione, quello del Trota cagliaritano|date=23 January 2018|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano}} More than 20 deputies and senators were elected outside the Centre-North.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/03/07/elezioni-2018-il-sorpasso-della-lega-passa-dal-sud-un-milione-di-voti-e-23-eletti-e-a-lampedusa-salvini-prende-il-15/4207977/|title=Elezioni 2018, il sorpasso della Lega passa dal Sud: un milione di voti e 23 eletti. E a Lampedusa Salvini prende il 15%|date=7 March 2018|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano}} As of early 2019, the party seems no longer active.{{Cite news |date=2019-05-27 |title=European elections 2019: Country-by-country roundup |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48420697 |access-date=2024-05-30 |language=en-GB}} Since 2018, membership recruitment by the LN in the central and southern Italy has been made under the name of "Lega per Salvini Premier" (LSP),{{Cite web|url=https://www.tpi.it/2018/07/08/doppie-tessere-lega-salvini/|title=Lo strano caso delle doppie tessere della Lega: così Salvini si è fatto due partiti|date=8 July 2018|website=TPI|language=it-IT|access-date=10 January 2019}} which practically supplanted NcS.

Before NcS, there were previous attempts to establish a LN-sponsored party in the South: "Lega Italia Federale", Lega Sud Ausonia (which is still active and espouses an anti-northern line), and the Federalist Alliance.

History

Soon after the 2014 European Parliament election, held in May, Matteo Salvini, federal secretary of Lega Nord (LN), proposed the creation of a sister party for the regions of Italy where the LN was not active.{{cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/salvini-nome-Lega-Sud2210.html |title='Lega dei Popoli e delle Identità'. Ecco il Carroccio del Centro-Sud |website=Affaritaliani.it |access-date=3 April 2016}}

On 19 December 2014 Salvini launched the new party during a press conference in Rome.{{cite web|url=http://www.forexinfo.it/Noi-con-Salvini-la-Lega-Nord |title=Noi con Salvini: la Lega Nord sbarca al Sud, programma e obiettivi in 5 punti |website=Forexinfo.it |date= 23 December 2014|access-date=3 April 2016}}

Since its early months of activity, NcS formed ties with several local activists and organisations, stretching from Souad Sbai, a former deputy of The People of Freedom (PdL) of Moroccan origin and leading anti-Islamist, to the Italian nationalist and neo-fascist organisation CasaPound.{{cite web|author=Andrea Carugati |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2014/12/18/matteo-salvini-casa-pound-msi_n_6349406.html |title=Salvini lancia Lega del Sud: da Casa Pound a ex Msi, da sindacalisti all'associazionismo: la galassia del nuovo Carroccio |website=Huffingtonpost.it |date=18 December 2014 |access-date=3 April 2016}} On 8 February 2015 Salvini and Attaguile, a deputy, launched the Sicilian section of the party in Palermo: in the event, he apologised for Lega Nord's past rhetoric towards the South.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/02/08/italia/politica/palermo-salvini-va-in-cerca-di-voti-ma-trova-la-contestazione-m0bnJTwbkV16kTReCbwaRP/pagina.html |title=Salvini tra contestazione e applausi a Palermo: "Chiedo scusa ai meridionali se li ho offesi" - La Stampa |website=Lastampa.it |date=9 February 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016}}

On 27 February 2015 the LN and NcS organised a joint rally in Rome. Along with Salvini and Luca Zaia, speakers featured the representatives of some social/professional associations and trade unions (including Claudio Ardizio, a local leader of The Other Europe, a left-wing electoral coalition),{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2015/03/02/esodati-tsipras-salvini_n_6783164.html |title=Claudio Ardizio, rappresentante degli esodati e membro dell'Altra Europa con Tsipras, sul palco della Lega: è polemica (FOTO) |website=Huffingtonpost.it |date= 2 March 2015|access-date=3 April 2016}} the aforementioned Souad Sbai, the leader of New Italy Party and flat tax supporter Armando Siri, the president of Brothers of Italy (FdI) Giorgia Meloni and the deputy leader of CasaPound Simone Di Stefano, who spoke on behalf of the newly organised Sovereignty association.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/434911/renzi-a-casa-manifestazione-indetta-dal-segretario-della-lega-nord-matteo-salvini |title=Renzi a casa! - Manifestazione indetta dal segretario della Lega Nord Matteo Salvini (28 February 2015) |language=it |website=Radioradicale.it |date=28 February 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016}} In November another rally took place in Bologna, that time with the participation of Forza Italia (FI) leader Silvio Berlusconi, along with Meloni.{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/11/08/news/centrodestra_raduno_a_bologna_lega_forza_italia_salvini_berlusconi-126884540/?ref=nrct-4 |title=A Bologna il raduno del centrodestra, Berlusconi: "Con Matteo, Giorgia e Silvio vinceremo" |website=Repubblica.it |date= 8 November 2015|access-date=3 April 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2015/11/08/bologna-berlusconi-salvini-e-meloni-uniti-vinceremo-le-elezioni-con-il-40-1.1476840 |title=Berlusconi, Salvini e Meloni: "Uniti vinceremo le elezioni con il 40%" FOTO VIDEO - Politica - iltempo |website=Iltempo.it |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030952/http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2015/11/08/bologna-berlusconi-salvini-e-meloni-uniti-vinceremo-le-elezioni-con-il-40-1.1476840 |url-status=dead }} CasaPound/Sovereignty, which was not invited, disliked Salvini's "moderate" turn and deserted the rally.{{cite web |url=http://www.intelligonews.it/articoli/6-novembre-2015/32704/di-stefano-casapound-ritorno-al-passato-a-bologna-la-stessa-foto-del-1994-se-e-cosi-e-finita |title=Di Stefano (CasaPound): "Ritorno al passato, a Bologna la stessa foto del 1994. Se è così è finita" - IntelligoNews - quotidiano indipendente di informazione |website=Intelligonews.it |date=6 November 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025505/http://www.intelligonews.it/articoli/6-novembre-2015/32704/di-stefano-casapound-ritorno-al-passato-a-bologna-la-stessa-foto-del-1994-se-e-cosi-e-finita |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.intelligonews.it/articoli/3-novembre-2015/32552/casapound-sull-8-novembre-spiega-con-la-lega-c-e-solo-lo-strappo-di-bologna-il-nostro-appello-a-salvini |title=Casapound sull'8 novembre spiega: "Con la Lega c'è solo lo strappo di Bologna. Il nostro appello a Salvini" - IntelligoNews - quotidiano indipendente di informazione |website=Intelligonews.it |date=2 November 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081003/http://www.intelligonews.it/articoli/3-novembre-2015/32552/casapound-sull-8-novembre-spiega-con-la-lega-c-e-solo-lo-strappo-di-bologna-il-nostro-appello-a-salvini |url-status=dead }} Both Salvini{{cite news |url=http://www.tribunapoliticaweb.it/societa/partiti-e-movimenti/2016/05/04/29813_salvini-ln-casapound-nulla-basta-vedere-le-nostre-liste/ |title=Salvini: "con Casapound nulla a che fare! basta vedere le nostre liste" |language=it |trans-title=Salvini: «We have nothing to do with CasaPound! Let's look at our candidates» |date=4 May 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016}} and CasaPound leaders{{cite news |url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/casapound-gianluca-iannone-commenta-elezioni-bolzano-421251.html |title=Casapound: la destra siamo noi. Salvini? E' diventato un moderato |language=it |trans-title=Casapound: we are the Right. Salvini has become a moderate |date=9 May 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016}} confirmed that the two parties would no longer cooperate due to diverging views.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-25 |title=Política de Privacidade |url=https://aviator-elephantbet.co.mz/politica-de-privacidade/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=aviator-elephantbet.co.mz |language=pt-MZ}}

Seven deputies, including Attaguile, since joined the party: Barbara Saltamartini (ex-AN/PdL/NCD),{{cite web |url=http://www.ilgiornaleditalia.org/news/politica/864043/L-abbraccio-di-Saltamartini-a-Lega.html |title=L'abbraccio di Saltamartini a Lega dei Popoli - giornaleditalia |website=Ilgiornaleditalia.org |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125522/http://www.ilgiornaleditalia.org/news/politica/864043/L-abbraccio-di-Saltamartini-a-Lega.html |url-status=dead }} Giuseppina Castiello (ex-AN/PdL/FI){{Cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2016/05/20/in-due-lasciano-gruppo-fi-alla-camera_0ecc9186-23dd-475d-acda-4b39f1fd6252.html|title=In due lasciano gruppo Fi alla Camera - Politica|date=20 May 2016|website=ANSA.it|language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}} Alessandro Pagano (ex-FI/PdL/NCD),{{Cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/alessandro-pagano-lascia-ap-ncd-ed-entra-nella-lega-il-video-445942.html|title=Alessandro Pagano lascia Ap-Ncd ed entra nella Lega. Il video - Affaritaliani.it|website=www.affaritaliani.it|date=18 October 2016 |access-date=10 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://livesicilia.it/2016/10/23/no-al-referendum-musumeci-le-urne-bocceranno-renzi_794217/|title=No al Referendum, Musumeci: "Le urne bocceranno Renzi"|website=Live Sicilia|language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}} Carmelo Lo Monte (ex-DC/PPI/DE/UdC/MpA/CD/PSI),{{Cite web|url=https://mobmagazine.it/blog/2017/09/09/catania-giorgetti-se-il-sud-non-riparte-il-nord-non-se-la-cava-si-al-ponte-non-contrario-al-casino-anche-lon-carmelo-lo-monte-aderisce-a-noi-con-salvini/|title=Catania, Giorgetti: "Se il Sud non riparte, il Nord non se la cava. Sì al ponte, non contrario al casinò". Anche l'on. Carmelo Lo Monte aderisce a Noi con Salvini {{!}} Mobmagazine|last=Minnella|first=Antonio|date=9 September 2017 |language=it-IT|access-date=10 January 2019}} Trifone Altieri (ex-FI/PdL/FI/CR/DI),{{Cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/puglia/notizie/2017/11/08/salvini-presenta-2-new-entry-pugliesi_0a62fc46-beed-42c0-9ddc-bf32ba9c48cd.html|title=Salvini presenta 2 new entry pugliesi - Puglia|date=8 November 2017|website=ANSA.it|language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}} and Roberto Marti (ex-FI/PdL/FI/CR/DI).

In April 2016 it was announced that Irene Pivetti, a former President of the Chamber of Deputies who had left the LN in 1996 and was then president of the Italy–China Development Foundation, would head the party's slate in the upcoming municipal election in Rome.{{Cite web|url=https://roma.fanpage.it/comunali-roma-2016-matteo-salvini-la-nostra-capolista-sara-irene-pivetti/|title=Comunali Roma 2016, Matteo Salvini: "La nostra capolista sarà Irene Pivetti"|website=Roma Fanpage|date=7 April 2016 |language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://formiche.net/2016/04/lega-che-succede-roma-fra-salvini-e-la-lista-noi-per-salvini/|title=Lega, che succede a Roma fra Salvini e la lista Noi per Salvini?|last=Bucchi|first=Giovanni|date=8 April 2016|website=Formiche.net|language=it-IT|access-date=10 January 2019}} In the 2016 local elections the LN did well in the Centre-North, especially in its stronghold Veneto, while the NcS obtained negligible results,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/06/09/italia/salvini-fa-flop-a-nord-e-sud-se-voleva-essere-leader-del-centrodestra-ora-dovr-rivedere-i-piani-T5SbfHn6doxmuaG2kwL98H/pagina.html|title=Salvini fa flop a Nord e Sud, se voleva essere leader del centrodestra ora dovrà rivedere i piani|website=LaStampa.it|date=9 June 2016|language=IT|access-date=10 January 2019}} including 2.7% in Rome.{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2016/elezioni/comunali/roma.html|title=Comune di Roma - Lazio - Elezioni Comunali - Risultati - Ballottaggio - 5 giugno 2016|website=la Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}}

In the 2017 local elections the NcS was present only in a few municipalities, obtaining some convincing results only in the Centre-South (closer to the areas of LN's influence), including 6.8% in L'Aquila (Abruzzo),{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/laquila.html|title=Comune dell'Aquila - Abruzzo - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} 8.5% in Ladispoli,{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/ladispoli.html|title=Comune di Ladispoli - Lazio - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} 6.6% in Guidonia Montecelio,{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/guidonia_montecelio.html|title=Comune di Guidonia Montecelio - Lazio - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} 6.6% in Fonte Nuova{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/fonte_nuova.html|title=Comune di Fonte Nuova - Lazio - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} and 3.0% in Cerveteri (Lazio),{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/cerveteri.html|title=Comune di Cerveteri - Lazio - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} 3.3% in Mondragone (northern Campania),{{Cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/mondragone.html|title=Comune di Mondragone - Campania - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} and occasionally 4.9% in Santeramo in Colle (Apulia).{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/santeramo_in_colle.html|title=Comune di Santeramo in Colle - Puglia - Elezioni Comunali Italia - Risultati - 11-25 giugno 2017 - la Repubblica.it|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=10 January 2019}}

In the 2018 general election the LN presented its list throughout Italy under the "Lega" banner (without the word "Nord"), obtaining its best results in Abruzzo (13.8%), Lazio (13.0%), Sardinia (10.8%) – where the list featured also candidates of the Sardinian Action Party – and Molise (8.7%). 17 deputies and 11 senators were elected in the Centre-South (among which the economist Alberto Bagnai, the well-known lawyer Giulia Bongiorno and the trade unionist Claudio Durigon), including one deputy and one senator of the LN (Filippo Maturi of Lega Nord Alto Adige – Südtirol in Lazio and Salvini in Calabria), one deputy and one senator of the Italian Liberal Party (Cinzia Bonfrisco and Giuseppe Basini, both northerners), one senator of the National Movement for Sovereignty (Claudio Barbaro) and one of the PSd'Az (Christian Solinas). The joint parliamentary groups were named "League–Salvini Premier" in the Chamber{{Cite web|url=http://www.camera.it/leg18/1083|title=XVIII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Modifiche intervenute|website=www.camera.it|language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}} and "League–Salvini Premier–Sardinian Action Party" in the Senate.{{Cite web|url=http://www.senato.it/Leg18/4839|title=senato.it - Senato della Repubblica senato.it - Variazioni dei Gruppi parlamentari|website=www.senato.it|access-date=10 January 2019}}

The 2018 membership recruitment was made under the name of "Lega per Salvini Premier" (LSP), practically supplanting NcS.{{Citation needed |date=September 2019}} The LSP, whose statute had been published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale in December 2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/vediMenuHTML;jsessionid=zLkAYtiVQi8t+yqW+98Yfw__.ntc-as1-guri2a?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2017-12-14&atto.codiceRedazionale=17A08410&tipoSerie=serie_generale&tipoVigenza=originario|title=*** ATTO COMPLETO ***|website=www.gazzettaufficiale.it}} and had been described as a "parallel party",{{Cite web|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/centrodestra-salvini-seppellisce-il-vecchio-carroccio-e-fonda-un-altro-partito-dfa2c0d9-9f75-4983-95ae-110f83bbbb4b.html|title=Centrodestra. Salvini seppellisce il vecchio Carroccio e fonda un altro partito|website=rainews|date=24 January 2018 |language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/premium/articoli/soldi-e-poltrone-salvini-schiera-il-partito-parallelo/|title=Lega, Salvini schiera il "partito parallelo" per seppellire il vecchio Carroccio su cui pendono sequestri e confische|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}} might eventually replace both the LN and NcS, which would be merged into one. Salvini might even launch a brand-new party and absorb most of the centre-right parties into it.{{Cite web|url=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/politica/18_agosto_31/partito-unico-centrodestra-piano-salvini-il-5-settembre-3999f4ee-aca8-11e8-a56f-72aa622a097c.shtml|title=Il piano di Salvini dopo il 5 settembre: partito unico del centrodestra|last=Venezia|first=Marco Cremonesi, inviato a|date=31 August 2018|website=Corriere della Sera|language=it|access-date=10 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/salvini-il-piano-segreto-per-un-partito-unico-del-centrodestra-a-settembre-557650.html|title=Salvini, il piano per un partito unico del centrodestra e Palazzo Chigi - Affaritaliani.it|website=www.affaritaliani.it|date=31 August 2018 |access-date=10 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/politica/13373027/matteo-salvini-rivoluzione-partito-unico-centrodestra-retroscena-data-tribunale-riesame-addio-lega.html|title=Rivoluzione Salvini: "Nasce il suo nuovo partito". Il retroscena: segnatevi la data, qui cambia tutto|website=www.liberoquotidiano.it|access-date=10 January 2019}} According to the website of the Identity and Democracy Party, which lists both the LN (as "Lega") and the LSP as members, the latter is "a confederal political movement constituted in the form of an unrecognized association whose purpose is the peaceful transformation of the Italian state into a modern federal state through democratic and electoral methods".{{cite web |url=https://www.id-party.eu/ |title=Home |website=id-party.eu |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808002432/https://www.id-party.eu/ |url-status=dead }}

Ideology

The party's main campaign themes were Euroscepticism and a strong stance against illegal immigration.{{cite web |author=Paesi Etnei Oggi |url=http://www.paesietneioggi.it/articolo.php?aid=4361 |title=Noi con Salvini, Volpi: "puntiamo a rinnovare la classe dirigente siciliana" - Politica - 30 January 2015 - Paesi Etnei Oggi |website=Paesietneioggi.it |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095817/http://www.paesietneioggi.it/articolo.php?aid=4361 |url-status=dead }} NcS embraced a very critical view of the European Union (EU), especially of the Euro, which Matteo Salvini once described a "crime against mankind".{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/politica/2013/12/15/Lega-Salvini-contro-euro-Crimine-contro-umanita-_9781968.html |title=Lega, Salvini contro euro: 'Crimine contro l'umanità' - Politica |website=ANSA.it |date=15 December 2013 |access-date=3 April 2016}} The party was also quite opposed to illegal immigration, which has emerged in 2012 as a serious problem for Italy, especially for the South.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/lasciate-immigrati-largo-e-scoppia-bufera-su-salvini-1094448.html |title="Lasciate gli immigrati al largo". E scoppia la bufera su Salvini |language=it |website=IlGiornale.it |date=15 February 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ilcittadino.it/Facet/ultimaOra/Uuid/b0d2dbde-bcdd-11e4-85a4-c5f22cb8376c/ |title=Il Cittadino di Lodi |website=Ilcittadino.it |date=25 February 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305222837/http://ilcittadino.it/facet/ultimaora/uuid/b0d2dbde-bcdd-11e4-85a4-c5f22cb8376c |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

On economic issues, NcS supported flat tax, tax cuts, fiscal federalism, protectionism{{cite news|title=I 10 punti del programma ECONOMICO della Lega nero su bianco.|url=http://noiconsalvini.org/10-punti-del-programma-economico-della-lega-nero-su-bianco/|publisher=Libero Quotidiano|date=11 February 2015}} and, to some extent, agrarianism. On social issues, NcS opposed same-sex marriage and the EU's management of immigration, while it supported family values and the legalisation of brothels.{{cite book|url= http://noiconsalvini.org/carta-dei-valori/|title= Carta dei Valori|publisher= Noi con Salvini|date= 2015}} In foreign policy NcS opposed the international sanctions against Russia of 2014,{{cite news|title=Russia, Salvini: Ci batteremo per rimuovere sanzioni a Mosca|url=http://www.ilvelino.it/it/article/2015/06/09/russia-salvini-ci-batteremo-per-rimuovere-sanzioni-a-mosca/3de0bb12-ef42-4283-b904-90a3b6e79b3f/|publisher=il Velino|date=9 June 2015}}{{cite news|title=Lega, Salvini in Russia alla Duma: "No alle sanzioni Ue". E la Padania lo celebra|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/10/15/lega-salvini-in-russia-no-alle-sanzioni-ue-e-la-padania-lo-celebra/1156830/|author=Anna Lesnevskaya|publisher=il Fatto Quotidiano|date=15 October 2014}} and supported an economic opening to Eastern Europe and to countries of the Far East such as North Korea.{{cite news|title=Salvini elogia la Corea del Nord|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/salvini-elogia-corea-nord-1048809.html|author=Luisa De Montis|publisher=il Giornale|date=3 September 2014}}{{cite news|title=Salvini: la Corea del Nord? C'è uno splendido senso di comunità|url=http://www.corriere.it/cronache/14_settembre_03/salvini-corea-nord-c-splendido-senso-comunita-85754b60-3327-11e4-9d48-ef4163c6635c.shtml|author=Massimo Rebotti|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=3 September 2014}}

NcS's political positions were near to those of the French National Front and of the Dutch Party for Freedom.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2013-12-13/-europa-marine-pen-preferisce-salvini-e-lega-nord-beppe-grillo--210854.shtml?uuid=ABCNPxj |title=Europa, Marine Le Pen preferisce Salvini e la Lega Nord a Beppe Grillo |publisher=Il Sole 24 ORE |access-date=3 April 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tmnews.it/web/sezioni/top10/salvini-lega-ha-terreno-comune-con-le-pen-il-23-no-euro-day-20131114_085012.shtml |title=askanews |website=Tmnews.it |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117090525/http://www.tmnews.it/web/sezioni/top10/salvini-lega-ha-terreno-comune-con-le-pen-il-23-no-euro-day-20131114_085012.shtml |archive-date=17 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Leadership

President: Matteo Salvini (2014–2018)
Vice President: Raffaele Volpi (2015–2018)
Secretary: Angelo Attaguile (2015–2018)

Electoral results

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Sicily ! 2017 \| 108,713 (7th){{efn\|name=fn2\|In a joint list with FdI.}} \| 5.7 \| {{Composition bar\|1\|70\|hex={{party color\|Us with Salvini}}}} \| {{center\|{{increase}} 1}}

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! 2015

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