Lega Toscana ("Tuscany League", LT) is a regionalist

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active in

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. The party was formed in January 2011 as Lega per la Toscana ("League for Tuscany") by a group of splinters from Lega Nord Toscana (LNT) led by Emilio Paradiso, a former president of the party, and Federico Tosoni, both based in

Prato Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...

. They opposed

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's return to separatism, while they were strong proponents of

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. As well as other splinters who had earlier formed Tuscan Identity, Paradiso and Tosoni had been rivals of Claudio Morganti, former leader of LNT and MEP. In January 2012 the party was joined by a group of LNT splinters from the

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led by Franco Paiuzza. In the 2015 regional election a joint list of the League for Tuscany and

More Tuscany More Tuscany (''Più Toscana'', PT) is a regionalist political party in Italy active in Tuscany, Italy. The party was formed in October 2012 by a group of splinters from Lega Nord Toscana (LNT) led by Antonio Gambetta Vianna, a former president ...

won 0.6% of the vote. In the local elections of 2019, Emilio Paradiso ran for mayor of

. Eventually, Paradiso and his party scored just 1.3% of the votes and failed the election to the municipal council. In the 2020 Tuscan regional election Paradiso was a candidate on the

Lega per Salvini Premier Lega (), whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier (, LSP or LpSP), is a right-wing populist political party in Italy, led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord (, LN). The LSP was established in December 20 ...

lists, in support of Susanna Ceccardi's candidacy for president of the region,EMILIO PARADISO CANDIDATO CONSIGLIERE PER LA LEGA
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References

{{reflist Political parties in Tuscany Italian leagues