Politics · Italy · 6 hrs ago
De Luca seeks to build a national alliance of mayors and centrist groups
Cateno De Luca is trying to turn Sud chiama Nord into a national political force at a convention in Rome.
The Taormina mayor wants to unite civic, regionalist, liberal and moderate groups, along with mayors from across Italy.
The alliance is intended to reach the 3% threshold for entering parliament and bring more support to Giorgia Meloni's coalition.
Senior Fratelli d'Italia figures have backed the project, and a formal agreement with the Sindaci d'Italia mayors' group is expected within days.
Organisers are also in contact with other moderate parties about a possible joint list, although Forza Italia has objected to some of these efforts.
De Luca and his allies say the national project will not change their separate course in Sicily, where he remains a potential contender for regional leadership.
The groups still need to settle the terms of their cooperation.
Cateno De Luca is seeking to turn his party, Sud chiama Nord, into a national force federating civic, autonomist, liberal and moderate groups.
The project aims to clear the electoral threshold and bring support to Giorgia Meloni’s coalition.
De Luca’s convention in Rome brought mayors and senior members of Brothers of Italy onto the same stage.
A formal agreement with Sindaci d’Italia, led by Ernesto Magorno, is expected within days.
De Luca ruled out an alliance with centrist rival Alessandro Onorato’s civic project, which is aligned with the centre-left.
- Who
- Cateno De Luca, leader of Sud chiama Nord, and mayors and centrist groups he hopes to unite.
- What
- De Luca is seeking to build a national alliance and turn Sud chiama Nord into a national force.
- When
- The convention was reported on October 27, 2026; a formal agreement with Sindaci d’Italia was expected within days.
- Where
- At a convention in Rome.
- Why
- The alliance aims to federate civic, autonomist, liberal and moderate groups, clear the electoral threshold and bring support to Giorgia Meloni’s coalition.
Cateno De Luca’s Sud chiama Nord
Alessandro Onorato’s civic project
Political alignment
Cateno De Luca’s Sud chiama Nord
De Luca is seeking to federate civic and centrist groups within a project linked to the centre-right coalition.
Alessandro Onorato’s civic project
Onorato’s civic project is aligned with the centre-left.
Assessment of rival project
Cateno De Luca’s Sud chiama Nord
De Luca dismissed it as an operation assembled in Roman salons.
Alessandro Onorato’s civic project
Onorato’s view is not stated.
De Luca collected more than 550,000 votes in the regional elections.
De Luca criticised the party of General Roberto Vannacci.
ANSA reported on De Luca’s convention in Rome, where the national alliance project was presented.
A formal agreement with Sindaci d’Italia was expected.
- Party
- Sud chiama Nord
- Prospective partner
- Sindaci d’Italia, led by Ernesto Magorno
- Target figure
- 3% electoral threshold
- Regional vote
- More than 550,000 votes collected by De Luca in 2022
- Convention location
- Rome
What people are saying
When they want to vote, we are already ahead.
The agreement is national and in Sicily we will go our own way.
Cateno, you are part of this team.
It is not a palace operation.