Sicilian nationalism
Sicilian nationalism consists of various movements in the autonomous Italian region of Sicily, as well as the Sicilian diaspora, which seek greater autonomy or outright independence [1] for the region from Italy, or promoting further inclusion of the Sicilian identity, culture, history, and the Sicilian language.[2][3]
Various separatist and autonomist movements in Sicily have received support from the political left, right, and centre.[4] Historically, the most notable party with a Sicilian nationalist platform was the separatist Sicilian Independence Movement, who had four seats in the Italian Senate and nine seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies at their peak in the mid-1940s.[5] In contemporary Sicily, the largest sicilianist[6] party has been the autonomist Party of the Sicilians, part of the greater Movement for the Autonomies, which governed Sicily under the presidency of Raffaele Lombardo from 2008-2012.[7]
The left-wing sicilianism, formerly active also through some Sicilian socialists, Antonio Varvaro's MISDR (Republican Democratic Sicilian Independence Movement) and the Communist Party of Sicily, is now represented only by the Sicilian Socialist Party and the Sicilian National Front.[8]
Contents
1 Political support
1.1 2006 party support
1.2 2008 party support
1.3 2012 party support
1.4 2017 party support
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Political support
After Lombardo's autonomist government ruled from 2008-2012, in the 2012 regional election, the largest predominantly sicilianist[9][10] coalition, led by the center-right Gianfranco Micciché[11] gathered 19.98% of the votes, becoming no longer the governing coalition. From then on, they served in the opposition in the Sicilian Parliament.[12]
The nationalist candidate Roberto La Rosa from the party "Free Sicilians",[13] taking part in the 2017 regional elections, managed to get only 0.70% of the vote.[14][15]
2006 party support
Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Movement for Autonomy - New Sicily | 308,219 | 12.52% | 10 |
Sicilian Alliance | 59,380 | 2.41% | 0 |
Christian Democrats for Autonomy | 6,530 | 0.26% | 0 |
TOTAL:[16] | 374,129 | 15.19% | 10 |
2008 party support
Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Movement for Autonomy - Allies for the South | 375,587 | 13.94% | 15 |
Sicily Strong and Free | 119,892 | 4.45% | 0 |
Autonomist Democrats | 101,449 | 3.76% | 0 |
TOTAL:[17] | 596,928 | 22.15% | 15 |
2012 party support
Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Party of the Sicilians - Movement for the Autonomies | 182,737 | 9.53% | 7 |
Force of the South - Great South | 115,444 | 6.02% | 3 |
People of the Pitchfork - Sicilian National Front | 23,965 | 1.25% | 0 |
Sicilian Revolution | 22,422 | 1.17% | 0 |
TOTAL:[12] | 344,568 | 17.97% | 10 |
2017 party support
Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Populars and Autonomists | 136,520 | 7.09% | 5 |
Future Sicily and Italian Socialist Party | 115,751 | 6.01% | 2 |
One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. Sicilian Socialist Party) | 100,583 | 5.23% | 1 |
Free Sicilians | 12,600 | 0.70% | 0 |
TOTAL:[12] | 365,454 | 18.99% | 8 |
See also
- Sicily
- Politics of Sicily
- Sicilian Vespers
- Sicilian revolution of 1848
- Southern Italy autonomist movements
References
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^ "Partito dei Siciliani: il programma politico". Archived from the original on 2013-02-05.
^ "Sicilian Independence Movement". google.com.
^ "Travel Sicily, Italy". google.com.
^ "PPartitu dî Siciliani: lu mpegnu pulìticu". Archived from the original on 2013-03-23.
^ "Regione, Lombardo presidente risultato record con il 65,3% - Palermo la Repubblica.it". repubblica.it.
^ "Sicilian National Front Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "Sicilia: Micciche', coalizione sicilianista contro partiti nazionali - Palermo la Repubblica.it". repubblica.it.
^ Salvo Toscano. ""Sicilianisti" corteggiati per vincere al Senato". Live Sicilia.
^ Affaritaliani.it: Sicilia / Micciché molla Musumeci Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine.
^ abc "Informatizzazione Dati Elezioni Comunali 2014". regione.sicilia.it. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29.
^ Regionali 2017, Roberto La Rosa presenta la sua candidatura con Siciliani Liberi, Palermo Today
^ Riepilogo risultati elezioni Sicilia, regionali, 5 novembre 2017. La Repubblica
^ La Rosa deluso "siamo un partito da prefisso telefonico". Giornale di Sicilia
^ "Elezioni Regionali". www.regione.sicilia.it.
^ "Elezioni Regionali 2008". regione.sicilia.it.
External links
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Party of the Sicilians (autonomist)
Sicilian People's Movement (autonomist)
Force of the South (autonomist)
Sicilian Revolution (autonomist)
Movement for the Independence of Sicily (separatist)
Sicilian National Front (separatist)