The Movement for Autonomy (Italian: Movimento per l'Autonomia, MpA) is a regionalist[1][4] and Christian-democratic[1] political party in Italy, based in Sicily.

The MpA, whose founder and leader is Raffaele Lombardo, advocates for greater economic development, autonomy and legislative powers for Sicily and the other regions of southern Italy.

[7] At the 2008 general election, the party won 1.1% of the vote (7.4% in Sicily) and obtained eight deputies and two senators, thanks to the alliance with The People of Freedom (PdL) and Lega Nord.

In January 2010 Vincenzo Scotti and four deputies out of eight, who wanted to continue the alliance with the PdL, were expelled from the party[13] and formed their own movement called We the South (NS).

[14][15] However, in September 2010 Lombardo broke also with Micciché and formed his fourth cabinet supported by the so-called "third pole" coalition, composed of the MpA, Future and Freedom (FLI), a wing of the UDC and ApI, plus the PD.

Lombardo decided not to stand for re-election and the PdS chose to support Gianfranco Micciché, leader of Great South (GS), for president, as part of a "Sicilianist" coalition.

[38][39][40] NcI was later enlarged to the Union of the Centre (UdC)[41][42][43] and Identity and Action (IdeA),[44][45] with the goal of reaching 3%, required to win seats from proportional lists under a new electoral law.

In December 2020, Matteo Salvini and Roberto Di Mauro signed a federative agreement between the League and the Movement for New Autonomy (Movimento per la Nuova Autonomia, MNA) based on a series of key points: "Infrastructural development, taxation of ten-year advantage for companies that want to invest in Sicily, a relentless fight against organised crime, Sicilian agri-food development, tourism and strengthening of Sicilian autonomy and administrative in favor of municipalities, simplification and digitisation.