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{{Infobox political party
| name = Movement for Autonomy
| native_name = Movimento per l'Autonomia
| logo = [[File:MpA Logo 2023.png|160px]]
| leader = [[Raffaele Lombardo]]
| leader1_title = Secretary
| leader1_name = [[Roberto Di Mauro]]
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| foundation = 30 April 2005
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| split = [[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats]]
| headquarters = Piazza Galatea 27, [[Catania]]
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| ideology = [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/italy.html|title=Italy|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215174515/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/italy.html|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>[[Autonomism (political doctrine)|Autonomism]]<ref>{{cite book|author=ANSA|title=Il libro ANSA 2007. Notizie, immagini, personaggi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyXWb-TGShYC&pg=PT46|access-date=23 March 2014|year=2007|publisher=Gremese Editore|language=it|isbn=978-88-8440-457-2|page=46}}</ref><ref name="MPA">{{cite book|last=D'Atena|first=Antonio|title=Sesto rapporto sullo stato del regionalismo in Italia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTmJpJUMYXgC&pg=PA54|access-date=23 March 2014|year=2011|publisher=Giuffrè Editore|isbn=978-88-14-17198-7|page=54|language=it}}</ref><br>[[Christian democracy]]<ref name="Nordsieck"/>
| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]
| national = {{nowrap|[[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right]] (2008–10)<br>[[New Pole for Italy]] (2010–12)<br>[[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right]] (2013)<br>[[Liberal Popular Alliance]] (2015–17)<br>[[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right]] (since 2017)}}
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| europarl = [[European People's Party group|EPP–ED]] (2005–09)
| seats1_title = [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]]
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| seats4_title = [[Sicilian Regional Assembly]]
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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090204181601/http://mpa-italia.it/ www.mpa-italia.it]
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| country = Italy
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The '''Movement for Autonomy''' ({{langx|it|Movimento per l'Autonomia}}, '''MpA''') is a [[regionalism (politics)|regionalist]]<ref name="Nordsieck"/><ref name="Vampa2016">{{cite book|author=Davide Vampa|title=The Regional Politics of Welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SkgWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA62|year=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-39007-9|page=62}}</ref> and [[Christian democracy|Christian-democratic]]<ref name="Nordsieck"/> [[list of political parties in Italy|political party in Italy]], based in [[Sicily]]. The MpA, whose founder and leader is [[Raffaele Lombardo]], advocates for greater [[economic development]], [[autonomy]] and legislative powers for Sicily and the other regions of [[southern Italy]].<ref name="Vampa2016"/><ref name="Sorge2015">{{cite book|author=Antonio Sorge|title=Legacies of Violence: History, Society, and the State in Sardinia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUcjCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT86|year=2015|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-2174-9|page=86}}</ref>

==History==
===Early years===
The party was founded on 30 April 2005 as the '''Movement for Autonomy''' (''Movimento per l'Autonomia'') by [[Sicily|Sicilian]] splinters from the [[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats]] (UDC) led by [[Raffaele Lombardo]],<ref name="Alonso2012">{{cite book|author=Sonia Alonso|title=Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility: A Comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhNwQ3CV0hQC&pg=PA167|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-969157-9|page=167}}</ref> as well as people from other centre-right parties, notably including [[Forza Italia]] (FI), the [[Italian Republican Party]] (PRI) and [[New Italian Socialist Party]] (NPSI).

At the [[2006 Italian general election|2006 general election]], the party joined the centre-right [[House of Freedoms]] coalition and formed a joint-list, the [[Pact for Autonomies]], with [[Lega Nord]] (LN), a regionalist movement based in [[northern Italy]], and the [[Sardinian Action Party]] (PSd'Az). The MpA elected five deputies (two in the lists of FI) and two senators (one in the lists of FI). Lombardo claimed to have discarded the possibility of an alliance with the centre-left coalition [[The Union (Italy)|The Union]] mainly because of the latter's opposition to the building of the [[Strait of Messina Bridge]] and their support for [[civil union]]s. In January 2008, the MpA formed a political pact with [[Vincenzo Scotti]], leader of the [[Third Pole (Italy)|Third Pole]], who became president of the party.<ref name="Lansford2013">{{cite book|editor=Tom Lansford|title=Political Handbook of the World 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lUF1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA714|year=2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-5825-6|page=714}}</ref>

At the [[2008 Italian general election|2008 general election]], the party won 1.1% of the vote (7.4% in Sicily) and obtained eight deputies and two senators, thanks to the alliance with [[The People of Freedom]] (PdL) and Lega Nord. After the election the MpA joined the [[Berlusconi IV Cabinet]].

More important, at the [[2008 Sicilian regional election]] Lombardo was elected President of the region by a landslide and the MpA was the third largest party in the region with 13.8% of the vote (21.8% including also Lombardo's personal list and the [[Autonomist Democrats]], the MpA's social-democratic and liberal faction) and 15 regional deputies.

===The Party of the South===
[[File:Raffaelelombardo.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Raffaele Lombardo]], the party's leader.]]
In the [[2009 European Parliament election]], the MpA, that changed its name into '''Movement for Autonomies''' (''Movimento per le Autonomie'') and aimed at becoming a national party, ran as part of [[The Autonomy (Italy)|The Autonomy]], that included also [[The Right (Italy)|The Right]], the [[Pensioners' Party (Italy)|Pensioners' Party]] and the [[Alliance of the Centre (Italy)|Alliance of the Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.partitoladestra.com/?costante_pagina=polo_autonomia&id_lingua=2|title=あがり症の対策方法について|publisher=Partitoladestra.com|access-date=2015-05-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604151622/http://www.partitoladestra.com/?costante_pagina=polo_autonomia&id_lingua=2|archive-date=2015-06-04}}</ref><ref>[http://www.irispress.it/Iris/page.asp?VisImg=S&Art=33035&Cat=1&I=null&IdTipo=0&TitoloBlocco=Italia&Codi_Cate_Arti=18] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006090338/http://www.irispress.it/Iris/page.asp?VisImg=S&Art=33035&Cat=1&I=null&IdTipo=0&TitoloBlocco=Italia&Codi_Cate_Arti=18|date=October 6, 2011}}</ref> As part of its "national" strategy the party was joined by some small [[Northern Italy|northern]] regionalist parties: [[Lombardia Autonoma]], the Forum of Venetians, [[Autonomist Trentino]] and [[S.O.S. Italy]]. The alliance gained a mere 2.2% of the vote, thus returning no MEPs, but in its [[2009 European Parliament election in Sicily|Sicilian]] stronghold it reached 15.6%. Since the election there were talks about the foundation of a new "Party of the South", of which the MpA would have been the core.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/giugno/26/Lombardo_lancia_Partito_del_Sud_co_9_090626077.shtml |title=Lombardo lancia il "Partito del Sud" "Bassolino e Loiero vengano con me" |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpa-italia.it/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=562 |access-date=July 13, 2009 |title=Mpa-italia.it - mpa italia Resources and Information }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In December 2009 [[Raffaele Lombardo]], leader of the MpA and President of Sicily, formed his third cabinet that included ministers from his MpA party, the "PdL–Sicily" of [[Gianfranco Micciché]] and the newly formed regional section of [[Alliance for Italy]] (ApI), plus some independents, including one who was close to the centre-left opposition [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] (PD). Lombardo appointed no members of the "official" PdL and of the UDC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://palermo.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Lombardo-azzera-la-giunta-e-chiama-i-rutelliani/1810974 |title=Lombardo oggi azzera il governo regionale Si riparte con Mpa, Pdl Sicilia e rutelliani &#124; Palermo la Repubblica.it |publisher=Palermo.repubblica.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref>

The break-up of the alliance with the official PdL in Sicily and all around the South led to a painful split. In January 2010 [[Vincenzo Scotti]] and four deputies out of eight, who wanted to continue the alliance with the PdL, were expelled from the party<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/gennaio/21/Mpa_espelle_Enzo_Scotti_Sta_co_9_100121003.shtml |title=L' Mpa espelle Enzo Scotti "Sta con il Pdl" |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref> and formed their own movement called [[We the South]] (NS).<ref>[http://www.ilvelino.it/articolo.php?Id=1044026] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213031819/http://www.ilvelino.it/articolo.php?Id=1044026|date=February 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asca.it/news-CAMERA__PRESENTATO_NUOVO_GRUPPO__NOI_SUD__-_ALLE_REGIONALI_COL_PDL-888782-ORA-.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220085645/http://www.asca.it/news-CAMERA__PRESENTATO_NUOVO_GRUPPO__NOI_SUD__-_ALLE_REGIONALI_COL_PDL-888782-ORA-.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |title=askanews |publisher=Asca.it |date=2014-10-17 |access-date=2015-05-19 }}</ref> However, in September 2010 Lombardo broke also with Micciché and formed his fourth cabinet supported by the so-called "third pole" coalition, composed of the MpA, [[Future and Freedom]] (FLI), a wing of the UDC and ApI, plus the PD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/settembre/17/Sicilia_pronto_altro_polo_con_co_9_100917006.shtml |title=Sicilia, pronto "l' altro polo" Il Pd: sì con un programma forte |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/settembre/22/Via_terzo_polo_Lombardo_Giunta_co_8_100922030.shtml |title=Via al "terzo polo" di Lombardo Giunta di tecnici con Pd e futuristi |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref> In November, as an ally of [[Gianfranco Fini]]'s FLI, the MpA quit Berlusconi's government.<ref name="Corriere 11-15-2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/10_novembre_15/finiani-crisi-dimissioni-bocchino-sinistra_c8255902-f094-11df-9e3d-00144f02aabc.shtml |title=Governo, i "futuristi" si sono dimessi Berlusconi e Bossi: fiducia oppure voto - Corriere della Sera |publisher=Corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref>

On 15 December 2010, the MpA was a founding member of the [[New Pole for Italy]] (NPI) along with the UDC, FLI and ApI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/dicembre/16/Nasce_Polo_della_nazione_co_9_101216008.shtml |title=Nasce il Polo della nazione |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/gennaio/29/Fini_dimissioni_Opzione_che_non_co_8_110129029.shtml |title=Fini: dimissioni? Opzione che non esiste E Bossi invita ad "abbassare i toni" |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref>

In March 2011, Lombardo announced that the MpA would soon merge into a larger "party of the South".<ref>{{cite web|author=Mariateresa Conti |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/addio_mpa_lombardo_sinventa_ennesimo_partito_sud/cronaca-attualit-mpa-partito_sud-raffaele_lombardo/19-03-2011/articolo-id=512479-page=0-comments=1 |title=Addio Mpa, Lombardo s'inventa l'ennesimo Partito del Sud |language=it |publisher=IlGiornale.it |date=2011-03-19 |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gds.it/gds/sezioni/politica/dettaglio/articolo/gdsid/151395/ |title=Politica siciliana, ultime notizie e approfondimenti - Giornale di Sicilia |publisher=Gds.it |date= |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ilvelino.it/articolo.php?Id=1318406] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314134323/http://www.ilvelino.it/articolo.php?Id=1318406|date=March 14, 2012}}</ref>

In July 2012, Lombardo stepped down from secretary of the party and was replaced by [[Giovanni Pistorio]], the long-time leader of the party in Sicily, along with [[Agazio Loiero]], a former [[Southern Democratic Party|Southern Democrat]] and later Democrat who had been President of [[Calabria]] from 2005 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gds.it/gds/sezioni/politica/dettaglio/articolo/gdsid/205979/ |title=Politica siciliana, ultime notizie e approfondimenti - Giornale di Sicilia |publisher=Gds.it |date= |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/stories/politica/7232_mpa_loiero_leader_nel_dopo-lombardo/ |title=Mpa, Loiero leader nel dopo-Lombardo - Corriere della Calabria |access-date=2012-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218080455/http://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/stories/politica/7232_mpa_loiero_leader_nel_dopo-lombardo/ |archive-date=2013-02-18 }}</ref>

===The Party of Sicilians===
{{Main|Party of Sicilians}}

In August 2012, Lombardo resigned also from President of Sicily, prompting an early [[2012 Sicilian regional election|regional election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2012/agosto/01/Lombardo_dimette_resta_saro_presidente_co_8_120801014.shtml |title=Lombardo si dimette ma resta: sarò presidente per l' "ordinario" |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref> The Sicilian section of the MpA was renamed as [[Party of Sicilians]] (PdS). Lombardo decided not to stand for re-election and the PdS chose to support [[Gianfranco Micciché]], leader of [[Great South (Italy)|Great South]] (GS), for president, as part of a "Sicilianist" coalition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/palermo/notizie/politica/2012/3-settembre-2012/partito-siciliani-ora-ha-anche-simbolo-pistorio-presenta-catania-2111672079220.shtml |title=Il Partito dei siciliani ora ha anche il simbolo: Pistorio lo presenta a Catania - Corriere del Mezzogiorno |publisher=Corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilgiornalediragusa.it/notizie/politica/43019-elezioni-regionali-nasce-il-partito-dei-siciliani-sosterra-micciche-presidente.html |title=Elezioni regionali, nasce il Partitodei Siciliani, sosterrà Miccichè Presidente - Il Giornale di Ragusa |access-date=2012-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111201252/http://www.ilgiornalediragusa.it/notizie/politica/43019-elezioni-regionali-nasce-il-partito-dei-siciliani-sosterra-micciche-presidente.html |archive-date=2013-01-11 }}</ref><ref>[http://affaritaliani.libero.it/politica/sicilia280812.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830195154/http://affaritaliani.libero.it/politica/sicilia280812.html|date=August 30, 2012}}</ref> Micciché won 15.4% of the vote, while the PdS obtained a mere 9.5% and ten regional deputies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2012/elezioni/regionali/sicilia.html#risultati |title=Sicilia - Elezioni Regionali 28 ottobre 2012 - la |publisher=Repubblica.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref>

The PdS/MpA failed to pass the electoral thresholds in the [[2013 Italian general election|2013 general election]], but, thanks to an agreement with the PdL, had one deputy ([[Angelo Attaguile]]) and two senators ([[Antonio Scavone]] and [[Pippo Compagnone]]) elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cataniatoday.it/politica/elezioni/politiche-2013/risultati-raffaele-lombardo-senato-pds-mpa.html |title=Lombardo fuori dal Senato, ma il Pds ha due senatori e un deputato |publisher=Cataniatoday.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref> Attaguile chose to team up with the LN in the "Lega Nord–Autonomies" parliamentary group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/politica/2013/03/18/Berlusconi-se-sinistra-prende-Colle-battaglia-ovunque_8419216.html |title=Lega, con il Pdl alle consultazioni. Calderoli: non andremo in aiuto del Pd - Politica |publisher=ANSA.it |access-date=2015-05-19}}</ref> Attaguile later left the PdS/MpA and joined to [[Us with Salvini]] (NcS), becoming its national secretary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paesietneioggi.it/articolo.php?aid=4361 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095817/http://www.paesietneioggi.it/articolo.php?aid=4361 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |title=Noi con Salvini, Volpi: "puntiamo a rinnovare la classe dirigente siciliana" - Politica - 30/01/2015 - Paesi Etnei Oggi}}</ref>

In the [[2017 Sicilian regional election|2017 regional election]], the PdS/MpA formed teamed up with [[Cantiere Popolare]] (CP) under the banner of "Populars and Autonomists".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://palermo.repubblica.it/politica/2017/09/25/news/elezioni_regionali_la_sfida_del_cartello_degli_autonomisti_arriviamo_alla_doppia_cifra_-176452131|title = Elezioni regionali, il cartello degli autonomisti Mpa-Cantiere popolare: "Arriviamo alla doppia cifra"|date = 25 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://palermo.blogsicilia.it/da-lagalla-a-lombardo-passando-per-saverio-romano-ecco-il-simbolo-di-popolari-e-autonomisti/410595 |title = Da Lagalla a Lombardo passando per Saverio Romano, ecco il simbolo di 'Popolari e autonomisti'|date = 2017-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catania.meridionews.it/articolo/58846/regionali-asse-tra-lombardo-romano-e-lagalla-i-nomi-dei-catanesi-e-lincognita-del-nipote-di|title = Regionali: Asse tra Lombardo, Romano e Lagalla. I nomi dei catanesi e l'incognita del «nipote di| date=20 September 2017 }}</ref> The list won 7.1% of the vote, obtained six regional deputies and entered the regional government led by [[Nello Musumeci]], the newly elected president of Sicily.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://gds.it/2017/11/29/regione-ecco-la-nuova-giunta-nomi-e-foto_761900 | title=Regione, ecco la nuova giunta - Nomi e Foto| date=29 November 2017}}</ref>

In December 2017, the PdS/MpA was a founding member of [[Us with Italy]] (NcI), a pro-[[Silvio Berlusconi]] centrist electoral list within the [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right coalition]] for the [[2018 Italian general election|2018 general election]], along with CP, [[Direction Italy]] (DI), [[Civic Choice]] (SC), [[Act! (Italy)|Act!]] (F!) and splinters of [[Popular Alternative]] (AP – two groups, a liberal one led by [[Enrico Costa (politician)|Enrico Costa]] and a Christian-democratic one led by [[Maurizio Lupi]]).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/12/19/news/listone_centristi_pro_berlusconi-184566329 |title = Nasce "Noi con l'Italia", la lista dei centristi pro-Berlusconi|date = 2017-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/12/19/noi-con-litalia-ecco-la-quarta-gamba-del-centrodestra-ex-fi-leghisti-espulsi-e-alfaniani-pentiti-rinasce-lamore-per-berlusconi/4049201 | title="Noi con l'Italia", ecco la quarta gamba del centrodestra: Ex FI, leghisti espulsi e alfaniani pentiti| date=2017-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/nasce-noi-litalia-quarta-gamba-centrodestra-1475804.html |title = Nasce Noi con l'Italia, la 'quarta gamba' del centrodestra|date = 19 December 2017}}</ref> NcI was later enlarged to the [[Union of the Centre (2002)|Union of the Centre]] (UdC)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/milano/udc-noi-con-italia-accordo-sulla-lista-torna-lo-scudo-crociato-517050.html |title = Udc-Noi con l'Italia, è accordo. Sulla lista torna lo scudo crociato - Affaritaliani.it| date=29 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/17_dicembre_30/gentiloni-berlusconi-lornzin-casini-pd-margherita-civica-popolare-simbolo-votazioni-nasce-stampella-centrista-forza-italia-c6bba08c-ecfc-11e7-ba29-fb1d66cc2503.shtml |title = Nasce la stampella centrista di Forza Italia|date = 2017-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/berlusconi-si-appella-ai-delusi-politica-sar-sfida-coi-5-1478798.html | title=Berlusconi si appella ai delusi dalla politica: "Sarà sfida coi 5 Stelle"| date=30 December 2017}}</ref> and [[Identity and Action]] (IdeA),<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/puglia/la-tela-fitto-cesa-si-allarga-su-idea-di-gaetano-quagliariello-517848.html |title = La tela Fitto-Cesa si allarga su 'Idea' di Gaetano Quagliariello - Affaritaliani.it| date=5 January 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2018/01/05/saremo-garantire-lautosufficienza-al-centrodestra-parla-gaetano-quagliariello|title=Saremo noi a garantire l'autosufficienza al centrodestra. Parla Gaetano Quagliariello|date=5 January 2018}}</ref> with the goal of reaching 3%, required to win seats from proportional lists under a new electoral law.

===Movement for Autonomy===
In December 2020, [[Matteo Salvini]] and [[Roberto Di Mauro]] signed a federative agreement between the [[Lega (political party)|League]] and the '''Movement for New Autonomy''' (''Movimento per la Nuova Autonomia'', MNA) based on a series of key points: "Infrastructural development, taxation of ten-year advantage for companies that want to invest in Sicily, a relentless fight against organised crime, Sicilian agri-food development, tourism and strengthening of Sicilian autonomy and administrative in favor of municipalities, simplification and digitisation."<ref>[https://meridionews.it/articolo/90990/movimento-per-le-autonomie-nuovamente-con-la-lega-patto-federativo-14-anni-dopo-lintesa-lombardo-bossi/ Movimento per le Autonomie nuovamente con la Lega. Patto federativo 14 anni dopo l'intesa Lombardo-Bossi]</ref>

In 2022, the party resumed its original name, '''Movement for Autonomy'''.

In the [[2022 Sicilian regional election|2022 regional election]], the party, again in a joint list with CP, won 6.8% of the vote.

==Election results==

===Italian Parliament===
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! width=6%|% 
! width=1%|Seats
! width=8%|+/−
! width=18%|Leader
|-
! [[2008 Italian general election|2008]]
| 410,499 (8th)
| 1.2
| {{Composition bar|8|630|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2013 Italian general election|2013]]
| 148,534 (13th)
| 0.4
| {{Composition bar|3|630|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{decrease}} 5}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2018 Italian general election|2018]]
| into [[Us with Italy]]
| –
| {{Composition bar|0|630|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{decrease}} 3}}
| {{center|[[Giuseppe Maria Reina]]}}
|-
! [[2022 Italian general election|2022]]
| colspan="2" |''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|400|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{steady}} 0}}
| {{center|[[Roberto Di Mauro]]}}
|}

{| class=wikitable style="width:50%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
| colspan=6|[[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]]
|-
! width=13%|Election year
! width=16%|Votes
! width=6%|% 
! width=1%|Seats
! width=8%|+/−
! width=18%|Leader
|-
! [[2008 Italian general election|2008]]
| 355,361 (8th)
| 1.1
| {{Composition bar|2|315|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2013 Italian general election|2013]]
| 48,618 (15th)
| 0.2
| {{Composition bar|2|315|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| | {{center|–}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2018 Italian general election|2018]]
| into [[Us with Italy]]
| –
| {{Composition bar|0|315|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{decrease}} 2}}
| {{center|[[Giuseppe Maria Reina]]}}
|-
! [[2022 Italian general election|2022]]
| colspan="2" |''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{steady}} 0}}
| {{center|[[Roberto Di Mauro]]}}
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Election 
! Leader 
! Votes 
! % 
! Seats 
! +/– 
! EP Group
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Italy|2009]]{{efn|Run in a joint list with [[The Right (Italy)|The Right]].}}
| [[Raffaele Lombardo]]
| 681,290 (9th)
| 2.2
| {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| New
| rowspan="4" |–
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Italy|2014]]
| colspan="3" |''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy|2019]]
| colspan="3" |''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Italy|2024]]
| [[Raffaele Lombardo]]
| colspan="2" |Into [[Forza Italia (2013)|FI]]–[[Us Moderates|NM]]
| {{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Us Moderates}}}} 
| {{steady}} 0
|}
{{Notelist}}

===Sicilian Regional Assembly===
{| class=wikitable style="width:50%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
| colspan=6|[[Sicilian Regional Assembly]]
|-
! width=13%|Election year
! width=16%|Votes
! width=6%|% 
! width=1%|Seats
! width=8%|+/−
! width=18%|Leader
|-
! [[2006 Sicilian regional election|2006]]
| 308,219 (5th)
| 12.5
| {{Composition bar|10|90|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2008 Sicilian regional election|2008]]
| 371,418 (3rd)
| 14.0
| {{Composition bar|16|90|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{increase}} 6}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2012 Sicilian regional election|2012]]
| 182,737 (5th)
| 9.5
| {{Composition bar|10|90|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{decrease}} 6}}
| {{center|[[Raffaele Lombardo]]}}
|-
! [[2017 Sicilian regional election|2017]]
| 136,520 (4th){{efn|In a joint list with [[Cantiere Popolare]].}}
| 7.1
| {{Composition bar|6|70|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{decrease}} 4}}
| {{center|[[Giuseppe Maria Reina]]}}
|-
! [[2022 Sicilian regional election|2022]]
| 127,096 (7th){{efn|In a joint list with [[Cantiere Popolare]].}}
| 6.8
| {{Composition bar|4|70|hex={{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}}}
| {{center|{{decrease}} 3}}
| {{center|[[Roberto Di Mauro]]}}
|}
{{Notelist}}

==Symbols==
<gallery>
Movimento per le Autonomie Logo.png|2009–2020
MpA Logo 2023.png|2023–present
</gallery>

==Leadership==
*(Federal) Secretary: [[Raffaele Lombardo]] (2005–2012), [[Giovanni Pistorio]] (2012), [[Agazio Loiero]] (2012–2013), [[Roberto Di Mauro]] (2018–present)
**(Federal) Coordinator: [[Agazio Loiero]] (2011–2012)
**Regional Secretary ([[Party of Sicilians|PdS]]): [[Giovanni Pistorio]] (2012–2015), [[Rino Piscitello]] (2013–2015), [[Giuseppe Maria Reina]] (2017–2018)
*(Federal) President: [[Vincenzo Scotti]] (2008–2010)

==See also==
*[[Southern Italy autonomist movements]]

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

{{Political parties of Italy}}
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[[Category:The Autonomy]]
[[Category:Christian democratic parties in Italy]]
[[Category:Catholic political parties]]
[[Category:Political parties in Sicily]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2005]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in Italy]]