Great South Grande Sud | |
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| Abbreviation | GS |
| Leader | Gianfranco Micciché |
| Founded | 5 September 2011 |
| Dissolved | 23 November 2013 |
| Preceded by | Force of the South |
| Merged into | Forza Italia[1] |
| Ideology | Regionalism[2] Christian democracy[2] Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Orange |
| Website | |
| www.grandesud.it (inactive) | |
Great South (Italian:Grande Sud) was acentre-rightregionalistpolitical party in Italy. The party was at times referred to asProject South (Italian:Progetto Sud).[3][4]
In January 2012 GS formed a sub-group in the Mixed Group of theChamber of Deputies, including the seven FdS deputies (Giuseppe Fallica,Ugo Grimaldi,Maurizio Iapicca,Gianfranco Micciché,Antonino Minardo,Francesco Stagno D'Alcontres andGiacomo Terranova) and two new entries (Aurelio Misiti, fromItaly of Values, who was appointed chairman, andGerardo Soglia, from the PdL), but not the three deputies of NS. In March 2012 the party was joined byGiancarlo Pittelli.[5][6][7]
In the2012 Sicilian regional election Micciché ran for president, as part of a "Sicilianist" coalition including also theParty of the Sicilians, theSicilian People's Movement and the local wing ofFuture and Freedom.[8] Micciché won 15.4% of the vote and GS obtained a mere 6.0%, returning five regional deputies.[9]
In the 2013 general election, Great South was part of the centre-right coalition and obtained the 0.43% of the vote for the Chamber and the 0.39% of the vote for the Senate, electing a senator in Calabria and two senators in thePdL's list in Sicily.
In 2013 Great South joined the newForza Italia[1] and became virtually inactive as an independent party.
Great South was initially composed of the following parties:[10][11]
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