The Independentist Front Lombardy (''Fronte Indipendentista Lombardia'', FIL) was a padanist and

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active in

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. Founded in 2006 by Max Ferrari and other splinters from

Lega Lombarda Lega Lombarda (; abbr. LL), whose complete name is (), is a regionalism (politics), regionalist List of political parties in Italy, political party active in Lombardy. Established in 1984, it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega ...

–

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, FIL joined

Lombardia Autonoma Lega Padana Lombardia (Padanian League Lombardy), briefly in 2008 part of the Lombardia Autonoma (''Self-Governing Lombardy'') coalition, was a Padanism, Padanist and autonomist list of political parties in Italy, political party active in Lombardy, ...

in 2008, but soon regained its autonomy as a markedly-separatist party. Ferrari chose to stay in Lombardia Autonoma, which had its name changed into "Lega Padana Lombardia", and finally returned in the League in 2010. The party eventually re-emerged under the leadership of Piergiorgio Seveso in 2011, when it ran a candidate in the

Varese Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part ...

municipal election, but gained a dismal 0.2% of the vote. Since 2012 the website is no more active.

Leadership

*National secretary: Max Ferrari (2006–2008), Piergiorgio Seveso (2009–2011)

References

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* Padanian nationalist parties Political parties established in 2006 Political parties established in 2011 Political parties disestablished in 2008 Separatism in Italy Lombard nationalist parties {{italy-party-stub