Italian right-way: the formation of the Northern League as a political force: the role of Gianfranco Miglo and Umberto Bossi

The article deals with contemporary political life in Italy. The authors of the article consider the genesis, background and political activities of Northern Legue - an Italian regionalist political movement founded in the late 1970s. In the historical context, the new movement was symbolically linked to the historical Lombardian League, which dates back to April 1167. The historical reference to the Lombardian League of the 12th - 13th centuries served as a mythological basis for the program of the new political party in the 20th century. As you know, political movements for sovereignty tend to build their ideas back to the times of the mythological Golden Age. In the case of the League, this Golden Age was obviously the time of the Lombardian League. The article examines the main stages of the initial period of formation of the League, participation in the formation of a new political force both of novice politicians (such as Umberto Bossi himself) and VIP- politicians and public figures of Italy at the end of the 20th century, such as Senator Gianfranco Miglio - a recognized theorist of Italian federalism, a main protagonist of constitutional reform for Italy.