[17] Since 2018, membership recruitment by the LN in the central and southern Italy has been made under the name of "Lega per Salvini Premier" (LSP),[18] which practically supplanted NcS.

[21] On 8 February 2015 Salvini and Attaguile, a deputy, launched the Sicilian section of the party in Palermo: in the event, he apologised for Lega Nord's past rhetoric towards the South.

[31] Seven deputies, including Attaguile, since joined the party: Barbara Saltamartini (ex-AN/PdL/NCD),[32] Giuseppina Castiello (ex-AN/PdL/FI)[33] Alessandro Pagano (ex-FI/PdL/NCD),[34][35] Carmelo Lo Monte (ex-DC/PPI/DE/UdC/MpA/CD/PSI),[36] Trifone Altieri (ex-FI/PdL/FI/CR/DI),[37] and Roberto Marti (ex-FI/PdL/FI/CR/DI).

[41] In the 2017 local elections the NcS was present only in a few municipalities, obtaining some convincing results only in the Centre-South (closer to the areas of LN's influence), including 6.8% in L'Aquila (Abruzzo),[42] 8.5% in Ladispoli,[43] 6.6% in Guidonia Montecelio,[44] 6.6% in Fonte Nuova[45] and 3.0% in Cerveteri (Lazio),[46] 3.3% in Mondragone (northern Campania),[47] and occasionally 4.9% in Santeramo in Colle (Apulia).

[citation needed] The LSP, whose statute had been published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale in December 2017[51] and had been described as a "parallel party",[52][53] might eventually replace both the LN and NcS, which would be merged into one.

On social issues, NcS opposed same-sex marriage and the EU's management of immigration, while it supported family values and the legalisation of brothels.

[62] In foreign policy NcS opposed the international embargo against Russia of 2014,[63][64] and supported an economic opening to Eastern Europe and to countries of the Far East such as North Korea.