KONCEPCJA PADANII NA PRZEŁOMIE XX I XXI WIEKU
THE CONCEPT OF PADANIA AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The introduction to the article examines the importance of the events of 1989 for the geopolitical conditions of Italy and the emergence of the concept of "Padania". The paper looks at the issues related to the precise boundaries of "Padania", treated by the followers of its creation as a confederation of northern and central regions of present-day Italy. It presents an attempt to implement the concept of "Padania" in the mid-90s, undertaken at the initiative of the Northern League (Lega Nord), led at the time by Umberto Bossi. There are discussed both concepts of Padania: one of Bossi and one of the theorist of federalism - Gianfranco Miglio. In conclusion, the article says that the Northern League continues to play on the Italian political stage role. Moreover, with the crisis associated with the massive influx into Europe (and through Italy) of Muslim immigrants, the importance of the League - in its geopolitical dimension - can only be strengthened.

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