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The joke beyond the damage reaches Lesina, in the Foggia area, where the only candidate from the Northern League cannot be elected mayor due to lack of a quorum. Net of the meticulous list of conquered municipalities, from Attigliano to Parabiago, and the 24 councilors more than in 2015, the day after the League, and the entire center-right falls, is full of scars. Matteo Salvini plays the role of the coach who drove the team to win the World Cup, and when things get difficult, the tough enter the field, and it is the line that passes from Via Bellerio to the local offices. “How is the leadership of the head of the first center-right party in crisis? – Riccardo Molinari, leader of the group in Montecitorio asks rhetorically – We are running to win, at least we are talking about disputable Tuscany while in Veneto the center-left did not touch the ball. A win for Luca Zaia? So Michele Emiliano and Vincenzo De Luca won in Puglia and Campania … ”.
Too bad another movie is made on unofficial channels. In which the post-Salvini has already begun, although diluted in the next three years of the legislature. And from the long journey in the desert, it scares everyone. “Matteo doesn’t hit you – it’s the lament of some very busy Melonians in the area – now he’s become a drag.” Until the final requiem, which more than one says: “I don’t see it at Palazzo Chigi.” The situation changed suddenly. To the point that the former Guardasilli League of Bosnian rite, Roberto Castelli, applauds Zaia, for the relaunch of northern themes, and makes fun of Salvini: “Yes, first game, but the League loses almost ten points from the previous Europeans … “.
The “southern question”, which yesterday seemed little more than a hot vote out, runs the risk of creating the first real rift between the Captain and Giorgia Meloni. A mutual search for the scapegoat. Salvini thunders: “We need to rethink the offer there.” Claudio Borghi, an economist at Carroccio, denies any suspicion of a crisis in the leader: “We are the only party that is growing everywhere. Does Fdi say it too? Good, but it depends on how many seats you get. If I have to reproach something, in addition to the “motivational” campaign, if you lose somewhere then it has collateral effects, it is the election of candidates to the South. If you send a revolutionary and refreshing message and then you are “forced” to support candidates who are not. Precisely what is innovative dilutes the message and damages the image of the party ”.
The “cousins” of FdI think exactly the opposite: the League in the South did not break through on its own, barely touching the two figures, and did not spend on Stefano Caldoro in Campania and Raffaele Fitto in Puglia. He did not play as a team, he did not extend his hand. A defeat cost Meloni a setback, which inflamed the ire of his parents. Even within Forza Italia, the mood does not skyrocket: “The South, where the electorate is more ‘mobile’, confirms our sensitive point. After the Cinquestelle tsunami, the Democratic Party was more prepared than the center-right. We couldn’t intercept anything. ” Gaetano Quagliariello, out of nowhere, is more of a possibility: “The post-Salvini? If he moves well, he will embody it himself. He interprets a fighting party well, you need someone to integrate it at the government level ”.
The day after Regionals, the League is understandably in shock. After Lucia Borgonzoni in Emilia, even the Tuscan “student” Susanna Ceccardi has had a bad (political) ending. From a young promise to shipwreck in the space of an electoral campaign. With the disadvantaged right on the ballot even in the municipality of Cascina of which she was mayor: “Elected in 2016, he joined the squad of the leader in 2018, candidate for the European elections in 2019, as governor in 2020 – the candidate of center-left Michelangelo Betti sciorina – Perhaps voters prefer a more reliable model of administrative continuity … ”Salvini seems to have lost his magic touch. Worse: becoming a Midas King in reverse. Edoardo Rixi, one of the first to call for early elections Before they disappeared from the agenda, he argues: “There is no leadership crisis on the horizon, only internal debate. Electoral tactics have to be reviewed, arguing is always good.”
Yes, because it is true that without a congress – now in hyperuranium – the secretary is immovable. But what is the strategy for the long journey of the opposition facing the center-right -except for surprises-? Will anything change? “We will discuss it,” replies Molinari synthetically. Others, among the allies, are less optimistic: “There is no strategy. There is no plan B. With Matteo it is impossible to reason in the medium or long term. He doesn’t care and he wouldn’t keep his word … “So, let’s get on with the day. At least trying to open the construction site.
The first novelty – which the right does not want to waste – is the front page of the rulers. The “Covid bailiffs” who have convinced their voters: Luca Zaia and Giovanni Toti. The governor of Liguria re-elected with 56%, twenty points more than last time, is certainly not an enemy of Salvini. For years it was the “hinge” between Lega and Forza Italia. Now he presses the button of autonomy, collects the wishes of Meloni and Berlusconi, relaunches his old idea: “We need a federation that extends the center-right beyond the sovereign sphere.” Translation: Get the moderates back. A thought that many deputies of Forza Italia, close to despair, are willing to believe. But also a trap for the Captain who has never loved collegiality. And you know the “control room” trick. Gaetano Quagliariello, out of nowhere, is more of a possibility: “The post-Salvini? If he moves well, he will embody it himself. He plays in a fighting game, he needs someone to integrate him at the government level. Meloni and Salvini cannot occupy the space that Berlusconi used to be alone: a federation or a re-foundation is needed ”. Ambitious program. Which apparently doesn’t seem to touch Zaia. The superdux assures “Matteo” that he can sleep peacefully, that the two understand each other as old husbands, that he has no national ambitions and that it is only important for him to govern the Veneto. “Too bad – laughs a parliamentarian from the center right. One sentence would be enough for Salvini to solve all his problems. Say: I am the secretary and Luca will be the next prime minister. “
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