More Tuscany (''Più Toscana'', PT) is a
regionalist political party in Italy
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active in
Tuscany,
Italy.
The party was formed in October 2012 by a group of splinters from
Lega Nord Toscana
Lega Toscana ( en, Tuscany League), whose complete name is ( en, Tuscany League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Tuscany. Established in 1987, it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in ...
(LNT) led by
Antonio Gambetta Vianna
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, a former president of the party, and
Gian Luca Lazzeri
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, who were supporters of
Claudio Morganti, former leader of LNT and
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. PT, which is defined by its members as a research institute, promotes the knowledge, appreciation and advancement of the "Tuscan people", its culture, heritage and traditions.
Morganti's leadership was openly contested by some party members and, between April and December 2011, two of the four LNT regional councillors left in protest, even though Morganti had resigned from party secretary in September. In October 2012 the two remaining regional councillors of the party, Vianna and Lazzeri, responded to the emphasis posed by
Lega Nord
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's federal secretary
Roberto Maroni on the
North and the establishment of a
Padanian euroregion
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by changing the denomination of their group from "Lega Nord Toscana" to "More Tuscany". Vianna and Lazzeri were soon expelled from the party, which was left without regional councillors. In April 2013 also Morganti was expelled from the party. PT members expressed their support for him.
In November 2013 PT joined the
New Centre-Right, albeit keeping its own group in the Regional Council.
In the
2015 regional election a joint list of
Lega Toscana
Lega Toscana ( en, Tuscany League), whose complete name is ( en, Tuscany League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Tuscany. Established in 1987, it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in ...
and More Tuscany won 0.6% of the vote.
References
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External links
Official website
Political parties in Tuscany