Between tomorrow and Monday, around 13 million Italians will be called to the polls to renew the top leadership of the regions of Lazio and Lombardy. A test of local significance which, however, will have significant national repercussions, not only in the new general political geography, but also in the balance of power within individual alliances. Mainly in most.
However, the alarm of abstention in voting is growing, with a possible sharp drop not only in view of the policies of last September but also and above all in the previous administrative elections. And some difficulties, especially in the main centers, are also reported in the recruitment of cashiers.
The political value of the nomination ends up in the spotlight of individual political forces. In particular, the centre-right is looking at the possible leap forward from Italy’s Brothers, a rising figure in the polls. The data observed with greater expectation comes from Lombardy, historic stronghold of Lega and Forza Italia: a possible decisive affirmation of the formation of Giorgia Meloni to the detriment of the two allies could have effects on the new national balances. No one questions the stability of the government, which could even be strengthened, but an executive increasingly driven by the Fdi could create new friction between the allies. From a regional point of view, however, the confirmation of Attilio Fontana at the helm of Pirellone is given as very likely by the surveys of the main opinion research institutes.
Also in Lazio there is an affirmation of the centre-right, also due to the fact that Pd and Cinquestelle are divided, giving the green light to the return of a center-right exponent to the leadership of the Region, after the Zingaretti era.
The coincidence of the elections with the approach of the primaries, meanwhile, led the Democratic Party to a brief internal truce, with the four candidates vying for the secretariat united in support of Majorino in Lombardy and D’Amato in Lazio. A unitary choice destined to disappear in the coming days.
Source: IL Tempo
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