Sicilia Vera () is a
political party
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active in
Sicily
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, led by
Cateno De Luca.
"Vera" is also an acronym for ''Verso una Economia Regionale Autonoma'' ().
History
The party was founded in 2007 by
Cateno De Luca, at that time deputy of the
Sicilian Regional Assembly
The Sicilian Regional Assembly () is the legislative body of Sicily. While it has a long history as an autonomous entity, the modern Region of Sicily was established by Royal Decree on 15 May 1946, before the Italian Republic. The Regional Assem ...
.
In the
2008 Sicilian regional election, De Luca found an agreement with the
Movement for Autonomy (his former party) and was re-elected on its lists. In the
2012 Sicilian regional election De Luca ran for the presidency of the region with his own list, "Sicilian Revolution" (including also Sicilia Vera), but he scored just 1.2% of the vote and was not re-elected. On the occasion of the
2017 Sicilian regional election, Sicilia Vera made an electoral agreement with the
Union of the Centre and De Luca was re-elected to the ARS, but on 20 December he left the UDC group and joined the mixed group.
In the
2018 Italian local elections, De Luca was elected in the ballot (with 65.3% of the votes)
mayor of Messina, at the head of a set of
civic lists promoted by Sicilia Vera, which however did not get even a seat due to the threshold barrier of 5%.
On 30 October 2018, De Luca resigned as a regional deputy to keep the office of mayor of Messina. His seat was assigned on to Danilo Lo Giudice, mayor of
Santa Teresa di Riva and also a member of Sicilia Vera, who joined the mixed group.
In the
2022 Italian local elections
The 2022 Italian local elections were held in various Italian local communities on 12 June 2022, with a run-off round on 26 June. Local elections in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol were held on 15 May, with a second ballot on 29 May, while local e ...
, the mayoral candidate of Messina for the civic lists promoted by Sicilia Vera,
Federico Basile
Federico Basile (born 19 June 1977) is an Italian politician who served as mayor of Messina since 2022.
Biography
Basile holds a degree in economics and commerce from the University of Messina. In 2005 he obtained the qualification to the profes ...
, won with 45.6% of the vote, while its coalition got 20 seats out of 36 in the municipal council.
On 27 June 2022, De Luca founded a new movement called
South calls North, federated with Sicilia Vera, in support of his candidacy for the presidency of the Sicily. De Luca assumed the role of coordinator of the new movement while MEP
Dino Giarrusso, former
Five Star Movement
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member, becomes its secretary. The ex-journalist of
Le Iene Ismaele La Vardera also joined the movement, assuming the role of federal president and spokesperson in the electoral campaign of De Luca for the regional election of September.
At the beginning of August, the political agreement between De Luca and Giarrusso is broken, due to disagreements over the candidacies for the
2022 Italian general election
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, and the movement remains headed by De Luca.
Election results
European Parliament
See also
*
South Calls North
References
External links
Official website
{{Italian political parties
2007 establishments in Italy
Political parties established in 2007
Political parties in Sicily
Regionalist parties in Italy