New Sicily (Italian: Nuova Sicilia, NS) was a regionalist social-democratic political party based in Sicily. Its founder and leader was Bartolo Pellegrino.

New Sicily
Nuova Sicilia
LeaderBartolo Pellegrino
Founded20 April 2001
Dissolved13 February 2008
IdeologyAutonomism
Federalism

It was composed mainly by former members of the regional section of the Italian Socialist Party and the Sicilian Action Party.[1]

The party was affiliated to the House of Freedoms, the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi. It participated in the national general election, obtaining 33,437 votes, and the Sicilian regional election of 2006, in a joint ticket with the Movement for Autonomy, obtaining 308,219 (12.5% of regional votes) and ten seats in the Sicilian Regional Assembly.

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  1. ^ Sonia Alonso (26 April 2012). Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility: A Comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-19-969157-9.