
doi: 10.20901/an.15.05
The article deals with the multifaceted reasons for the transformation of the Northern League from a Padanian regionalist and separatist party to an Italian nationalist sovereignist party which is gathering allies that want to bring the European Union back to its pre-Maastricht state. An analysis of electoral manifestos, the effects of Europeanization on party competition, party system change due to leadership change and of the impact of court cases on party life has shown that the Northern League has not been following a long-term trend of policy change but has done so under its new leader Salvini. Salvini has partially imported a sovereignist, nationalist vision from the EU party scene and nationalized the party on the national scene due to the power vacuum left after Berlusconi's resignation. The transformation combined Salvini's personal worldview with the pragmatism associated with the struggle to survive due to dangers of sequestration. The new Northern League is now capable of becoming a leading right-of-the-center party in Italy and of playing a decisive role in the rallying of hard Eurosceptics ahead of the 2019 European election.
Članak se bavi višestrukim razlozima preobrazbe Sjeverne lige iz padanske regionalističke i separatističke stranke u talijansku nacionalističku i suverenističku stranku koja okuplja saveznike koji žele Europsku uniju vratiti u stanje prije Maastrichta. Analiza izbornih programa, učinaka europeizacije stranačkoga natjecanja, promjene stranačkoga sustava zbog promjene vodstva te utjecaja sudskih procesa na stranački život pokazala je kako Sjeverna liga nije pratila dugoročni trend promjene javnih politika nego se promijenila tek pod novim vođom Salvinijem. Salvini je djelomice uvezao suverenističku i nacionalističku viziju s europske stranačke pozornice te je nacionalizirao stranku na državnoj razini zbog vakuuma moći koji je ostao nakon Berlusconijeve ostavke. Preobrazba je povezala Salvinijev osobni svjetonazor s pragmatizmom nastalim borbom za opstanak zbog opasnosti sekvestracije. Nova Sjeverna liga sada ima prigodu postati glavna stranka desno od centra u Italiji te igrati odlučujuću ulogu u okupljanju tvrdih euroskeptika uoči europskih izbora 2019.
Manifesto Project, promjena stranačkog sustava, Manifesto project Europske unije, Euroscepticism, party system change, Northern League ; Euroscepticism ; party system change ; Europeanization of political parties ; Italy ; European Union ; Manifesto Project, Sjeverna liga, Europeanization of political parties, J, europeizacija političkih stranaka, euroskeptičnost, European Union Manifesto Project, Italy, Northern League, Italija, European Union, Political science
Manifesto Project, promjena stranačkog sustava, Manifesto project Europske unije, Euroscepticism, party system change, Northern League ; Euroscepticism ; party system change ; Europeanization of political parties ; Italy ; European Union ; Manifesto Project, Sjeverna liga, Europeanization of political parties, J, europeizacija političkih stranaka, euroskeptičnost, European Union Manifesto Project, Italy, Northern League, Italija, European Union, Political science
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