Great South (party)

Great South (Grande Sud, GS) was a centre-right coalition of regionalist parties in Italy.

At its foundation on 14 July 2011,^[2][3] GS was composed of:

• Force of the South (liberal conservative, leader: Gianfranco Micciché, based in Sicily)
• I the South (centrist, leader: Adriana Poli Bortone, based in Apulia)
• other minor parties and groups

In January 2012 GS formed a sub-group in the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies, including the seven FdS deputies (Giuseppe Fallica, Ugo Grimaldi, Maurizio Iapicca, Gianfranco Micciché, Antonino Minardo, Francesco Stagno D'Alcontres and Giacomo Terranova) and two new entries (Aurelio Misiti, a former member of Italy of Values who was appointed chairman, and Gerardo Soglia, from the PdL), but not the three deputies of NS. In March 2012 the party was joined by Giancarlo Pittelli.^[4][5][6]

In the 2012 Sicilian regional election Micciché ran for President, as part of a "Sicilianist" coalition including also the Party of the Sicilians, the Sicilian People's Movement and the local wing of Future and Freedom.^[7] Micciché won 15.4% of the vote and GS obtained a mere 6.0%, returning five regional deputies.^[8]

GS will contest the 2013 general election as part of the pro-Berlusconi centre-right coalition under the Project South electoral list, which is lead by and uses the symbol of the Great South.

In 2013, Force of the South is merged in the new Forza Italia.^[9]

See also

• Party of the South

References

Notes

External links

http://www.forzadelsud.it

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