The Base ( it, La Base) was a

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active in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...

, led by Efisio Arbau.

History

The party was founded in 2010 by Efisio Arbau, already mayor of

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since 2005. Arbau, a member of the

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, asked for the

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to run for the presidency of the

Province of Nuoro The province of Nuoro ( it, provincia di Nuoro; sc, provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro. It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The provin ...

. Anyway, the party denied the primaries to him, considering the re-nomination of Roberto Deriu, the outgoing president of the province, untouchable. Arbau, not wanting to give up his candidacy, was expelled from the PD along with seven other exponents of the territory. The regional section of the PD was also divided on the case: the parliamentarians

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, Gian Piero Scanu, Guido Melis and Caterina Pes lined up with Arbau.

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, then regional councilor, dubbed the expulsion of Arbau as a "squad and Holy Inquisition method". Arbau thus ran for president in the provincial election - then won again by Deriu - in alliance with

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and

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, arguing, during the entire electoral campaign, that the Democratic Party had now become a right-wing party. Arbau came in third, with 23.9% of the vote. In 2013 Arbau took over the

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from Francesca Barriacciu, who was elected to the

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, and joined the

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group. However, Arbau left the group shortly after, in dissent with the chairman Mario Diana on the request for a secret vote on the amendment to the double preference, thus causing its dissolution. In the 2014 regional election, The Base took part in the

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in support of

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's candidacy, which later turned out to be a winner. Despite the 0.7% of the vote obtained by the party, Arbau was re-elected to the Regional Council. However, in 2015, the

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declared Arbau lapsed from the charge along with three other regional councilors. In 2018 Arbau announced the confluence of the Base in the

Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party ( sc, Partidu Sardu, it, Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the p ...

, in turn affiliated with the

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, thus sanctioning a political shift to the

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. The alliance with the Sardinian Action Party and with the League caused the discontent of many members of The Base, such as the deputy mayor of

Nuoro Nuoro ( or less correctly ; sc, Nùgoro ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of the Monte Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), i ...

Sebastian Cocco, who decided to leave the party.

Electoral results

Sardinian regional elections

References

{{Reflist Political parties in Sardinia Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Italy Political parties disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Italy