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Lega
Northern League · 1991– · Italy · Radical Right Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Originally northern regional autonomy, since 2013 a national anti-immigration and sovereigntist party.
Economic model
Flat tax, tax amnesties, deregulation for small firms, opposition to EU fiscal rules.
Organisation of powers
Strong regional devolution ambitions; operates fully within electoral politics.
Reading note
One of the largest recorded shifts on the centralisation axis of any party in the dataset — from secessionist to nationalist.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored +06
Coded +6: flat tax and tax amnesties for small business.
- Documented act or statuteA 15% flat rate for the self-employed was extended in successive budgets.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +08
Coded +8: identity and security politics since the 2013 reorientation.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2018–19 security decrees restricted humanitarian protection and criminalised rescue at sea.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +03
Coded +3: fully electoral, with a leader prosecuted and acquitted for the migrant policy.
- Documented act or statuteThe former interior minister was tried and acquitted in 2024 over blocking a rescue vessel.
SC · Scale of decision · scored −02
Coded −2: the largest recorded movement on this axis of any party here.
- Documented act or statuteFounded to seek northern secession in 1996 and now campaigns as a national sovereigntist party, while still pursuing differentiated regional autonomy.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +08
Coded +8 on migration policy.
- Programme textProgramme commitments to naval blockade and mass return agreements.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −02
Coded −2: electoral throughout, with a secessionist rhetorical past.
- Documented act or statuteThe 1996 declaration of Padanian independence had no practical effect and was abandoned.
How it moved
Positions are recorded at dated anchor points tied to a documented moment — a programme adopted, a government formed, a reversal. Nothing is interpolated between them, because nothing is known between them. Figures in amber moved by two points or more from the previous anchor.
| Anchor | EC | CU | AU | SC | ID | CH | What it is tied to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +07 | +05 | +02 | −09 | +06 | +02 | Northern League: secession of Padania, fiscal federalism, hostility to Rome and the south. |
| 2004 | +07 | +07 | +03 | −07 | +07 | 00 | Devolution reform pushed in coalition; regional identity still primary. |
| 2018 | +06 | +08 | +03 | −01 | +08 | −01 | National sovereigntist turn; security decrees restricting rescue at sea. |
| 2024 | +06 | +08 | +03 | −02 | +08 | −02 | A national party with a residual autonomy programme. |
Net movement, 1992 to 2024: CU +3, SC +7, ID +2, CH −4. A trajectory records where an organisation has been. It does not forecast, and several organisations in this corpus moved a long way with no warning available in advance.
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Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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