Regionals, if the left held out, it’s thanks to Renzi

And also these elections – as the great actor Riccardo Garrone would say – in the cult film Christmas holidays, “If the semo were of the balls”. Because even though Matteo salvini has been saying for years, in Italy we are always on the electoral campaign and we vote often and willingly.

Let’s see The results.

Despite Salvini’s immense triumphalism, the elections yielded a clear result: The League lost and began its true parable of descentit is. Lost sensationally in Tuscany. In the South it is practically below 10% everywhere. In Campania it does not reach 6%.

In Tuscany does not exceed 21%. In Veneto, where Zaia triumphs, the League does not exceed 16% and the Governor’s List reaches 44%. In Liguria, where Toti wins, the League stops at 17.1%.

In short, what polls -which gave a league launched to victory with Bulgarian numbers- then collided with reality.

But just a year ago the League seemed invincible and he had led the now sailor Salvini to ask for full powers. On that occasion the push for the elections was also generalized in the Pd Gitano. It was only a politician who upset the scenarios: Matteo renzi.

The only one who, despite all kinds of offenses and continuous denigrations, put aside any personal resentment and gave way to the government of Conte bis. A painful and painful election but one that served precisely to deflate the euphoric Salvini and not to hand over the country to the sovereign and populist right.

And those who still criticize him stayed in government and in power only thanks to Renzi’s support. Let us remember once again: in the Senate and in Parliament it is essential that the government endure. This is the true story.

If the result of these regional elections makes the center-left catch its breath, it is only thanks to the play of the horse Matteo renzi.

Another thing emerged from these elections. The alliance between Pd and 5Stelle to the regional has shown bankruptcy. Especially in the method, that is, to impose a candidate on the other forces and especially on Italia Viva.

There is an emblematic result: in the supplementary elections of the Senate for the College of the North of Sardinia the alliance Pd-5Stelle failed; but above all the independent candidate Avv. Agostinangelo Marras, supported by Italia Viva, obtained 25%. A great result and a sensational defeat for the Sardinian Democratic Party and 5Stelle.

To be defeated is above all the method used by the Democratic Party and the 5Stelle: believes that its cold fusion can be imposed on everyone. Not to mention the results bad of the Movement, which even saw calls for a useful and separate vote cast by its own national leaders and backers.

In short, we must now change rhythm.

Italy Long LiveJust one year after his birth, he has shown courage, organization and coherence. He supported the candidates of the Democratic Party where there was participation, obtaining good results in Campania, with more than 7% and in Tuscany around 5%. To which is added the national political vote in the supplementary elections for the Senate in Sardinia with more than 25% obtained from the independent candidate supported by Italia Viva.

This matters and this is the national data. Thanks to Renzi’s intuition and courage, the League has lost credibility and momentum. Now the challenges will be more important and Italia Viva will be fundamental for government action: the money that Europe will give us must be spent all and well with transparency, including the Month.

For this it would be useful for once to finish it with the usual prejudices about Renzi. Too easy to accompany and bury one’s dignity and consistency to hide in the heap. We must have the courage to face battles even if they seem impossible and minority.

For this the Democratic Party in the referendum, for example, was wrong. But this is another story and we will see it shortly with the hypotheses of electoral law which will be examined by Parliament.

Those with a shred of intellectual honesty, however, admit it: without Renzi’s horse movement today, the movie would have been different.