Great Autonomies and Freedom

Great Autonomies and Freedom Grandi Autonomie e Libertà
Founded	20 March 2013
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 630
Senate	15 / 315
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Great Autonomies and Freedom (Italian: Grandi Autonomie e Libertà, GAL) is a miscellaneous and highly heterogeneous, mainly centre-right, regionalist and Christian-democratic, parliamentary group active in the Italian Senate.^[1]

The group was formed in March 2013 by senators elected with The People of Freedom (PdL) and Lega Nord (LN) to counterbalance the For the Autonomies group, a centre-left outfit allied with the Democratic Party (PD).^[2]^[3]

In the following years, the group changed its scope, as several of its members started to support the Renzi Cabinet, and, almost completely, its composition: the LN members returned to their home group, most PdL/Forza Italia members switched to other parties and groups (in July 2015, in particular, five senators left to join a fully pro-Renzi group, the Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies), and senators of different ideological and electoral backgrounds joined (including, for some time, members of the Federation of the Greens and Italy of Values, both left-leaning). As a result, after several changes in its denomination, as of February 2016, the group's full name is Great Autonomies and Freedom (Great South, Populars for Italy, Moderates, Italy Base Movement, Idea, Euro-Exit, Libertas Political Movement).^[1]

Current composition

As of February 2016, the group's composition is as follows:^[1]

three senators (Antonio Caridi, Mario Ferrara, Giovanni Mauro) of Forza Italia (FI), two of whom (Ferrara and Mauro) affiliated to Great South (GS);
three senators (Andrea Auguello, Carlo Giovanardi and Gaetano Quagliariello) of Identity and Action (IdeA), all three elected with The People of Freedom (PdL)—a fourth IdeA senator, Luigi Compagna, is affiliated to the group of Conservatives and Reformists (CR) for technical reasons;^[4]
one senator (former minister of Defense Mario Mauro) of the Populars for Italy (PpI), elected with Civic Choice (SC);
one senator (Michelino Davico) of the Moderates (Mod), elected with the LN and passed through Italy of Values (IdV);
seven non-party independents, including:
- former minister Giulio Tremonti and and former undersecretary Paolo Naccarato, both elected with the LN (see Labour and Freedom List);
- Angela D'Onghia, current undersecretary of Education in Renzi Cabinet, elected with Civic Choice (SC) and passed through the PpI;
- one senator (Bartolomeo Pepe) loosely affiliated to the Italy Base Movement^[5] and two senators (Monica Casaletto and Paola De Pin) loosely affiliated to Euro-Exit, all three elected with the Five Star Movement (M5S) and two of them (Pepe and De Pin) passed through the Federation of the Greens (FdV);
- a senator (Riccardo Villari) loosely affiliated to the Libertas Political Movement, elected with FI and, formerly, with the Democratic Party (PD).

References

Political parties in Italy

Major	Democratic Party Five Star Movement

Medium	Forza Italia Lega Nord–Us with Salvini New Centre-Right–Union of the Centre Left Ecology Freedom–Future to the Left/Italian Left

Minor	Brothers of Italy/Our Land Green Italy–Federation of the Greens Italy of Values Conservatives and Reformists Civic Choice Democrazia Solidale Possible–Free Alternative Identity and Action Act! Italian Socialist Party Democratic Centre Movement for the Autonomies Great South Communist Refoundation Party Alliance for Italy New Italian Socialist Party Popular Construction Populars for Italy X Movement Unique Italy The Right Communist Party of Italy The Network 2018

Regional	Aosta Valley Valdostan Union Progressive Valdostan Union Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Edelweiss Piedmont Lega Nord Piemont Moderates Lombardy Lega Lombarda South Tyrol South Tyrolean People's Party Die Freiheitlichen Greens South Tyrolean Freedom Trentino Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party Union for Trentino Trentino Project Lega Nord Trentino Trentino Civic List Veneto Liga Veneta Tosi List for Veneto We Independent Veneto Venetian Independence Friuli-Venezia Giulia Responsible Autonomy Lega Nord FVG Civic Freedom Emilia-Romagna Lega Nord Emilia Lega Nord Romagna Liguria Lega Nord Liguria Tuscany Lega Nord Toscana Marche Lega Nord Marche Marche 2020 Umbria Lega Nord Umbria Campania We the South Basilicata Reality Italy Calabria The DemoKRats Autonomy and Rights Sicily Pact of Democrats for Reforms Party of Sicilians The Megaphone Democratic Sicily Sardinia Sardinian Reformers Sardinian Action Party United Project Republic of Sardinia Party of Sardinians Red Moors Sardinian Democratic Union Christian Popular Union

Abroad	South America Associative Movement Italians Abroad South American Union Italian Emigrants

Parliament	Chamber and Senate Mixed Group Popular Area Senate For the Autonomies Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies Great Autonomies and Freedom

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