After the administrative elections on 28 and 29 May, the centre-right is ‘catch ’em all’ and cries of victory almost everywhere. In most cases, the centre-left can only count the difference that sets it apart from its rivals. To use a football metaphor, this round of selection can be summed up as: centre-right, centre-left beats 9 to 3. In addition, some cities also “moved” politically.
Center right takes (almost) everything
The centre-right captured the Latina municipalities from the centre-left in the first round, and the municipalities of Ancona and Brindisi in the final votes. Added to these are the confirmations of Sondrio, Treviso, Imperia in the first round and Massa, Pisa and Siena in the polls. The centre-left, on the other hand, relaxes in Vicenza, where centre-left candidate Giacomo Possamai won by just 500 votes, and endorses the mayors of Brescia and Teramo in the first round. In Terni, Ternana’s president, Stefano Bandecchi (popular alternative and civic lists), won the centre-right candidate, with the Terni mayor being cut off from the centre-right.
“A very good Schlein effect”
The majority used ironic and cynical tones to comment on the disappointing results of the centre-left in recent administrations. “It’s a perfect Schlein effect,” Matteo Salvini jokes, after a meeting with Silvio Berlusconi at Arcore to analyze the vote and “think about the future too” in terms of European elections. Piddina secretary: “This is the so-called ‘Schlein effect’, which is much, less liked by the mainstream, less loved by voters who prefer the Meloni effect as soon as they have the opportunity to vote: a truly unique winner.”
In the evening, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rejoiced: “I want to thank all the citizens who have chosen to trust the centre-right and who have rewarded our good management, our recommendations and our concreteness”. Even the leader of the Via della Scrofa took the opportunity to launch an offensive to the left: “We have had important confirmations and some victories that can be described as historic. It confirms the fact that there are no more castles, as in Ancona…”. Tommaso Foti, chairman of the Fdi deputies, uses tennis jargon to use a tennis metaphor: “Game, match, match, another clear affirmation of the centre-right, which imposes itself in 5 of the 7 capitals on today’s ballot papers”.
For Berlusconi and Salvini, who affirmed the Lega-Fi axis by posting face-to-face on social media and press agencies, these are “absolutely comforting, excellent results for the centre-right”. Deputy Prime Minister and national blue coordinator Antonio Tajani is also happy to see that the Meloni government, of which he is a member, has become “strengthened” in this way: “The centre-right and Fi are wreaking havoc on the administrative hands. Our movement is affirmed as the center of the Italian political framework from North to South”.
There is also room for centrists, the so-called fourth leg of the coalition that conquered Porto Sant’Elpidio in Ancona state, where UDC candidate Massimiliano Ciarpella won 70 percent of the vote. Senator Antonio De Poli rejoices: “The Crusader shield flies high on the Marches”.
Schlein: “We must set up an alternative camp to the right”
“It’s a clear defeat”. This is how Elly Schlein began her post-voting analysis of Nazarene after the disappointing results of the municipal ballot papers. For the Pd secretary, “There is an alternative camp that will be rebuilt to the right, divided on many issues, but falling apart in the first round, but united when the vote goes. So we feel the responsibility to build a space that convincingly defends the right to victory, but it’s a responsibility that doesn’t just concern the Democratic Party.”
The view from the national team extends to the European continent: the difficulties of the Social Democrats in Germany, the results in Spain and Greece are clear, and for the centre-left these could be a dangerous prediction of the outcome of the next European Championship. elections. The popular and conservative coalition is the favorite party: now a new election campaign begins.
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Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
