In 2007,
Cateno De Luca, a former
Christian Democrat who had been a member of the
Christian Democratic Centre (1994–2002), the
Union of the Centre (2002–2005) and the
Movement for Autonomy (2005–2008), formed
Sicilia Vera, which soon became an independent party. In June 2022, in the run-up to the
Sicilian regional election, De Luca, along with former
Five Star Movement MEP
Dino Giarrusso, launched "South calls North", as a broader political vehicle than Sicilia Vera. However, after a few weeks, Giarrusso left the party due to conflicts with De Luca with regard to the party's candidatures in the following election and De Luca remained the sole leader. ScN took part in the
2022 general election, winning one single-member constituency in the
Chamber of Deputies with Francesco Gallo, and one in the
Senate of the Republic with
Dafne Musolino, both from the districts of Messina, where ScN was capable to collect more than 30% of votes. Contextually, in the
2022 regional election De Luca came second, with 24.0% of the vote, behind the centre-right candidate
Renato Schifani, while the affiliated party lists obtained 18.1%, electing eight members of the
Sicilian Regional Assembly; upon the formation of parliamentary groups, four councillors elected with ScN formed a distinct parliamentary group named "Sicilia Vera", De Luca's other party. In March 2023,
Laura Castelli, a former leading member of the
Five Star Movement joined the party, becoming its spokesperson. In January 2024, Castelli was appointed president of the party. In September 2023, senator Musolino left the party in order to join
Matteo Renzi's
Italia Viva. in 2024 In 2024, the party signed a deal with Franco Cuccureddu, a former member of the
Movement for Autonomy (MpA), who became the party's representative in
Sardinia. Cuccureddu's list, named
Shared Horizon (OC), run in the
regional election within the centre-left coalition gaining three seats. In March 2024, De Luca launched
Freedom, a populist electoral list with several
regionalist and anti-establishment minor parties, with the aim of taking part in the
2024 European Parliament election. ==Ideology==