Partai ini ingin agar Italia diubah menjadi negara federal dengan sistem federalisme fiskal dan pemberian otonomi yang besar untuk wilayah-wilayahnya, khususnya untuk wilayah-wilayah utara. Lega Nord juga pernah mendukung gagasan nasionalisme Padania dan kemerdekaan Padania dari Italia.
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