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Great South (Italy)

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Great South
Grande Sud
AbbreviationGS
LeaderGianfranco Miccichè
FounderGianfranco Miccichè
Gianfranco Blasi
Founded5 September 2011
Dissolved23 November 2013
Preceded byForce of the South
Merged intoForza Italia
IdeologyRegionalism
Christian democracy
Liberalism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Orange
Website
www.grandesud.it (inactive)

Great South (Italian: Grande Sud) was a centre-right and regionalist political party in Italy led by Gianfranco Miccichè of Sicily. Established by Miccichè and Gianfranco Blasi of Basilicata in September 2011 as the successor of Force of the South, the party was able to elected several regional councillors and members of the Senate of the Republic by 2013. In November 2013, Great South was merged into the new Forza Italia (FI).

History

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In September 2011, Great South was co-founded by former Forza Italia (FI) and People of Freedom (PdL) deputy Gianfranco Miccichè and former Forza Italia deputy Gianfranco Blasi. Miccichè was the party leader, while Blasi served as the national secretary for territorial organisation.[1][2][3]

In January 2012, Great South formed a sub-group in the Mixed Group of the Chamber of Deputies, including (in addition to Miccichè) the six Force of the South deputies (Giuseppe Fallica, Ugo Grimaldi, Maurizio Iapicca, Antonino Minardo, Francesco Stagno D'Alcontres, and Giacomo Terranova) and two new entries (Aurelio Misiti, from Italy of Values or IdV, who was appointed chairman, and Gerardo Soglia, from the PdL) but not the three deputies of We the South (NS). In March 2012, the party was joined by Giancarlo Pittelli.[4][5][6] The party was at times referred to as Project South (Italian: Progetto Sud).[7][8]

In the 2012 Sicilian regional election, Miccichè ran as part of a Sicilianist coalition also including the Party of Sicilians (PdS), the Sicilian People's Movement (MPS), and the local wing of Future and Freedom (FLI).[9] While Miccichè finished fourth with 15.4% of the vote in the election for president of Sicily, the party obtained 6.0%, returning five regional deputies in the Sicilian Regional Assembly.[10][11]

In the 2013 Italian general election, Great South was part of the centre-right coalition led by the PdL,[12] with Blasi organising the party's electoral lists.[13] Great South obtained the 0.43% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies and the 0.39% of the vote for the Senate of the Republic, electing a senator in Calabria and two senators in the PdL's list in Sicily. In November 2013, despite some internal dissent,[14] Great South became virtually inactive as an independent party when it joined the new Forza Italia.[15]

Composition

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Politically, Great South was a regionalist, liberal, and Christian democratic party.[16] Great South was initially composed of several parties.[17][18]

Party Main ideology Leader Home region
Force of the South Liberal conservatism Gianfranco Micciché Sicily
I the South National conservatism Adriana Poli Bortone Apulia
We the South Christian democracy Arturo Iannaccone Campania

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Gianfranco Blasi è coordinatore regionale di Forza del Sud". Regione Basilicata (in Italian). 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Blasi (Grande Sud): occorre recuperare identità e prospettive". Regione Basilicata (in Italian). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Blasi (Grande Sud): occorre recuperare identità e prospettive". Il Metapontino (in Italian). 19 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Camera.it - Deputati e Organi Parlamentari - Composizione gruppi Parlamentari". Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "BariSera". Retrieved 21 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Il Grande Sud sta navigando a gonfie vele" [The Great South is sailing full steam ahead] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "FDS: Micciche', progetto Sud e' un treno inarrestabile".
  8. ↑ "Governatori del PDL in campo con una lista. La carta di Berlusconi per conquistare la maggioranza al Senato".
  9. ↑ "Sicilia/ Micciché molla Musumeci - Affaritaliani.it". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Sicilia - Elezioni Regionali 28 ottobre 2012".
  11. ↑ "Se il centrosinistra chiama, Grande Sud risponderà". Basilicata24 (in Italian). 30 October 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Elezioni, Grande Sud: intesa con Pdl e definizione liste". Regione Basilicata (in Italian). 9 January 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Elezioni: ecco le liste in Puglia e Basilicata I candidati in Puglia I candidati in Basilicata". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 21 January 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Carnevale (Grande Sud): rispettiamo Micciché; no a Forza Italia". Regione Basilicata (in Italian). 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  15. ↑ ""Grande Sud con Forza Italia", Berlusconi "abbraccia" Miccichè". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  16. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2013). "Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Archivio Corriere della Sera".
  18. ↑ "Nasce la federazione per il Sud, in campo Micciché, Poli Bortone e Iannacone | Il Sud". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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