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Quick facts for kids Northern League Lega Nord
Federal Secretary	Matteo Salvini
Founded	1991
Ideology	Currently: Regionalism Federalism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism Anti-globalisation Anti-immigration Historically: Padanian nationalism Liberalism
Political position	Right-wing

The Lega Nord (English: Northern League) is an Italian political party. It's leader is Matteo Salvini.

After the 2018 elections, Lega Nord formed a coalition with the Five Star Movement.

Since 2014, the party has been a member of the Right-wing to far-right Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom group in the European Parliament.

Images for kids

Umberto Bossi at the first rally in Pontida, 1990
Umberto Bossi, 2001
Roberto Maroni, 2010
Roberto Maroni speaks at the federal congress in Milan, 1 July 2012
Matteo Salvini, 2018
Placard for the 2018 electoral campaign, resembling Donald Trump's one in 2016
Statue of Alberto da Giussano, the Medieval knight who inspired Umberto Bossi
Campervan of Lega Nord for the 2005 Tuscan regional election in Florence
Matteo Salvini speaks in a Lega Nord rally in Turin, 2013
"Festival of the Padanian Peoples" in Venice, 2011
Traditional rally of Lega Nord in Pontida, 2011
Traditional rally of Lega Nord in Pontida, 2013
Official logo (1994–1999)
Official logo (1999–present)

See also

In Spanish: Liga Norte para niños

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