Padanian Parliament

The Padanian Parliament is a body established by Lega Nord with internal representation based on electoral principles. Previously known as the Northern Parliament and the Parliament House of Mantua, it includes all administrators, regional councilors, mayors, and elected members of Parliament from various local and national administrations. The first official headquarters for the plenary meetings of the newly established Po Parliament was at Villa Riva Berni in Bagnolo San Vito. The second set of meetings, held from 2007 to 2011, took place in Vicenza at Villa Bonin Maistrello, Via dell'Oreficeria 21.

Padanian Parliament Parlamento della Padania
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President of the Assembly	Roberto Calderoli, Independent (Lega Nord) since 2011
Structure
Seats	210
Political groups	Government:   Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society (52)   Padanian Communists (5)   Nation Lombardy (5) Opposition   Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania (50)   Padanian Right – European Alliance (27)   Padanian Catholics (20)   Padanian Lions (14)   Liberal and libertarian Padania (12)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Meeting place
Mantua (1997–2007) Vicenza (2007–2012) Villa Da Porto (since 2012)
Website
Parlamento della Padania

The Padanian Parliament is internally divided into competing political forces, including communists, socialists, liberals, Christian democrats, and national conservatives, all united by Padanian nationalism. The 1997 election also featured candidates from the Pannella List, led by Benedetto Della Vedova, who was elected to the assembly.

At the gazebo of Lega Nord, representatives of the parties and the Prime Minister of Padania are elected every five years. In chronological order, from 1996 onwards, the Prime Ministers were Giancarlo Pagliarini, Vito Gnutti, Manuela Dal Lago, Mario Borghezio, Francesco Speroni, and Roberto Maroni. On 10 February 2007, at the request of Umberto Bossi, the founder of Lega Nord and its then federal secretary, the Padanian Parliament reconvened in Vicenza at Villa Bonin Maistrello. Following Silvio Berlusconi's resignation and the end of the fourth Berlusconi government, Bossi decided to reopen the Padanian Parliament on 14 November 2011.

On 4 December 2011, Roberto Calderoli was appointed as the new president of the Padanian Parliament during the assembly's opening. This assembly marked the first participation of twenty Umbrian militants led by Gianluca Cirignoni, then Lega Nord deputy leader at the Legislative Assembly of Umbria. By 2012, the Parliament had an office at La Favorita in Monticello di Fara di Sarego, in the province of Vicenza.

Organs

President of the Parliament

• 1997–2001, Francesco Speroni (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)
• 2001–2007, closed/vacant
• 2007–2011, Roberto Maroni (European Democrats – Padanian Labour)
• 2011–present, Roberto Calderoli (independent)

Prime minister of Padania

• 1996–1998, Giancarlo Pagliarini (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)
• 1998–1999, Vito Gnutti (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)
• 1999–2004, Manuela Dal Lago (Liberal independent)
• 2004–2009, Mario Borghezio (Padanian Right – European Alliance)
• 2009–2012, Francesco Speroni (Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania)
• 2012–present, Roberto Maroni (Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society)

Internal political parties of Lega Nord

Left-wing

• Padanian Communists (PRC), led by Matteo Salvini

Centre-left

• Padanian Socialists – Labour and Society (PD/PSI), led by Roberto Maroni

Centre

• Padanian Catholics (UdC), led by Giuseppe Leoni

Centre-right

• Liberal and libertarian Padania (Italian Radicals/ML), led by Marco Pottino
• Liberal Democrats – Forward Padania (FI), led by Roberto Cota

Right-wing

Padanian Right – European Alliance (The Right), led by Enzo Flego

Autonomist

• Padanian Lions (Liga Veneta), led by Flavio Tosi
• Nation Lombardy (Lega Lombarda), led by Matteo Salvini

See also

• Padanian Declaration of Independence