In the administrative elections, the clear victory of the center-right makes the leaders of the Meloni government happy, who consider the vote of the Italians a positive judgment on the work of the executive. The results of the municipal elections “are confirmation that in politics you win at the centre, with moderate and competent candidates”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, declared this in an interview with La Stampa, highlighting “the decisive contribution of Forza Italia, especially in Ancona and Brindisi, plucked from the center-left thanks to our candidates”.
The result of the polls, continued Tajani, was “beyond all expectations”, as demonstrated by the “historic, truly sensational” result of Ancona, where “there has never been a centre-right mayor and now he is one of Forza Italia, a competent person like Daniele Silvetti “. In Ancona, continued Tajani, “we started early with the electoral campaign, I went to inaugurate the one in Forza Italia: I had seen full theaters and noticed an unexpected enthusiasm, although it was not our stronghold, let’s say. There was a revolution cultural, a reaction to the risk of an excessive shift to the left».
A reverse Schlein effect? “Each one will make their own analysis, but a Pd increasingly to the left, in my opinion, alienates many voters”, replied the minister, who later described Giacomo Possamai’s statement in Vicenza as “a sporadic victory”. center right. “Something went wrong there, it could happen. Mistakes were made, former councilors removed by the outgoing mayor – he explained – And then Possamai, who won by a handful of votes, does not have a profile very close to Schlein, he campaigned without party leaders.
Source: IL Tempo
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