Sardinian Action Party

Sardinian Action Party

*Partito Sardo d'Azione* (Italian)
*Partidu Sardu* (Sardinian)
Sardinian Action Party Partito Sardo d'Azione (Italian); Partidu Sardu (Sardinian)
Secretary	Christian Solinas
President	Antonio Moro
Founder	Emilio Lussu
Founded	17 April 1921
Headquarters	Viale Regina Margherita 6, Cagliari
Newspaper	Il Solco
Ideology	Sardinian nationalism; Regionalism; Autonomism; Historical:; Social democracy; Social liberalism; Separatism; Classical radicalism;
Political position	Right-wing; Historical:; Centre-left
National affiliation	Political party: ; League ; Coalition: ; Centre-right coalition
European affiliation	European Free Alliance (1981–2020, expelled)
Colours	Black Red
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 400
Senate	0 / 200
European Parliament	0 / 73
Regional Council of Sardinia	1 / 60
Conference of Regions	0 / 21
Party flag
Website
	www.psdaz.net
	Politics of Sardinia; Political parties; Elections;

The Sardinian Action Party (Sardinian: Partidu Sardu, Italian: Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist^[8] and separatist^[9] political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the party has also sided with the centre-right coalition and, more recently, with the League.

The PSd'Az is one of the oldest stateless nationalist parties active in Europe that promotes autonomy towards the ideal of independence.^[10]^[11] As such, the party was a founding member of the European Free Alliance in 1984,^[12]^[13] but was expelled in 2020 because of its alliance with the League.^[7]^[14]

Christian Solinas, who has led the party since 2015, was elected senator in the 2018 general election and President of Sardinia in the 2019 regional election, the first Sardist to do so since Mario Melis in 1984–1989.

^ Hassan, Gerry (2009). Modern SNP: From Protest to Power. Edinburgh University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780748642113. Likewise, the constitutional aims of the nationalist Sardinian Action Party (Psd'Az) are more subtle than simply demanding independence.
^ Alcalde, Ángel (2017). War Veterans and Fascism in Interwar Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9781107198425.
^ "Gianfranco Contu, biografo delle "comunità dentro gli ideali", di Gianfranco Murtas | Fondazione Sardinia".
^ ^a ^b https://web.archive.org/web/20180531195841/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/sardinia.html ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Mazzini e le radici del sardismo - la Nuova Sardegna".
^ "Il Partito sardo d'Azione nasce il 17 aprile 1921 dal Movimento dei combattenti, riunito a Oristano per preparare le imminenti elezioni politiche. Ma l'evento è preparato da un lungo fermento..." (in Italian). La Nuova. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
^ ^a ^b "Efa-Ale (European Free Alliance) expels the Sardinian Action Party". L'Unione Sarda. 2020.
^ John A. Agnew (2002). Place and Politics in Modern Italy. University of Chicago Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-226-01051-9.
^ Sardinian Action Party Statute - About the party: Art.1: Il “Partidu Sardu – Partito Sardo d’Azione” è la libera associazione di coloro che si propongono, attraverso l’azione politica, di affermare la sovranità del popolo sardo sul proprio territorio, e di condurre la Nazione Sarda all’indipendenza.
^ Elias (A.) et Tronconi (F.), From protest to power. Autonomist parties and the challenges of representation, Vienna, Braumüller, 2011
^ "Sardinians - World Directory of Minorities". Faqs.org.
^ Eve Hepburn (2010). "Explaining Failure: Sardinian Nationalism". In Eve Hepburn (ed.). New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties. Routledge. pp. 116–121. ISBN 978-1-317-96596-1.
^ "30 years EFA" (PDF). E-f-a.org. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ Izzo, Riccardo (2020-10-05). "Il Partito Sardo d'Azione espulso dagli autonomisti europei dell'European Free Alliance". Termometro Politico (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-10-31.

[1] Hassan, Gerry (2009). Modern SNP: From Protest to Power. Edinburgh University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780748642113. Likewise, the constitutional aims of the nationalist Sardinian Action Party (Psd'Az) are more subtle than simply demanding independence.

[2] Alcalde, Ángel (2017). War Veterans and Fascism in Interwar Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9781107198425.

[3] "Gianfranco Contu, biografo delle "comunità dentro gli ideali", di Gianfranco Murtas | Fondazione Sardinia".

[Nordsieck-4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180531195841/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/sardinia.html ^{[bare URL]}

[5] "Mazzini e le radici del sardismo - la Nuova Sardegna".

[6] "Il Partito sardo d'Azione nasce il 17 aprile 1921 dal Movimento dei combattenti, riunito a Oristano per preparare le imminenti elezioni politiche. Ma l'evento è preparato da un lungo fermento..." (in Italian). La Nuova. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2022-08-19.

[efa-7] "Efa-Ale (European Free Alliance) expels the Sardinian Action Party". L'Unione Sarda. 2020.

[Agnew2002-8] John A. Agnew (2002). Place and Politics in Modern Italy. University of Chicago Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-226-01051-9.

[9] Sardinian Action Party Statute - About the party: Art.1: Il “Partidu Sardu – Partito Sardo d’Azione” è la libera associazione di coloro che si propongono, attraverso l’azione politica, di affermare la sovranità del popolo sardo sul proprio territorio, e di condurre la Nazione Sarda all’indipendenza.

[10] Elias (A.) et Tronconi (F.), From protest to power. Autonomist parties and the challenges of representation, Vienna, Braumüller, 2011

[11] "Sardinians - World Directory of Minorities". Faqs.org.

[Hepburn2010-12] Eve Hepburn (2010). "Explaining Failure: Sardinian Nationalism". In Eve Hepburn (ed.). New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties. Routledge. pp. 116–121. ISBN 978-1-317-96596-1.

[13] "30 years EFA" (PDF). E-f-a.org. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[14] Izzo, Riccardo (2020-10-05). "Il Partito Sardo d'Azione espulso dagli autonomisti europei dell'European Free Alliance". Termometro Politico (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-10-31.

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