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The center-right once again questions the leadership of the “Captain” after the electoral coup
The solidarity march with Matteo Salvini of the allies had been organized in Catania. But the result of the ballots was enough to return the stormy air to the center-right and put the leader of the League in the sights of the competitors. But it was not Giorgia Meloni and Antonio Tajani who made themselves heard, at least officially, for once. But the same supporter of the Northern League, that Giancarlo Giorgetti who seems to live the sovereign line of the secretary with more and more suffering.
Concern over the “control” of Lombardy, where the region led by the Northern League has been pressured by the management of the pandemic, is strong. He lost Lecco, although by 31 votes, he lost Legnano and lost Saronno: here, if we continue like this, they reason via Bellerio, we will win neither in Milan nor in Varese next year and we run the risk of losing the Regionals in 2023. The theme of the administrative offices of 2021 is also very present in the reflections made by the center-right leaders these days. “For Salvini, the ballots turned out very badly in Reggio Calabria and Chieti, where, by mistake of the candidates, he lost two games that could have been won at the table,” says a great FdI player. “If it continues like this, we run the risk of a bloodbath in the 2021 administration, penalized also by the fact that cities where we are weak such as Bologna, Naples, Turin will go to the vote. The two great challenges will be Rome and Milan. but now we have to put our belly to the ground and choose good candidates. “
The Ligurian governor Giovanni Toti opened the reflection on the strategy absent in the center-right, the next day the Regionals from 20 to 21 September. Toti had asked Salvini to stop the league shirt and wear the coalition leader more and give life to a constituent of the center right. But criticism is also present in FI. “It is clear that Salvini alone is no longer capable of dragging the coalition,” he argues among the Azzurri, who are calling for more “reinforcement. “The ‘overtaking’ of Meloni failed, with the defeat of Raffaele Fitto in Puglia, now we have to think of a strategy. It is clear that FI is fundamental so that the coalition is not too skewed to the right.”
Matteo Salvini has lost part of his “magic touch” and is no longer capable of doing everything alone: a political strategy is needed to relaunch the League and the entire center right. This is the reflection that dominates the party in via Bellerio and Forza Italia, after the disappointing result of the administrative votes, while Fratelli d’Italia continues to enjoy the positive trend of vote growth. There was great enthusiasm among the leaders and parliamentarians of the League for the way in which the secretary managed the preliminary hearing in Catania, without attacking the judges and former government colleagues. But the cold rain of the ballots – especially the result in Lombardy and the South – has “extinguished” all satisfaction. It is not that Salvini’s leadership is really questioned, but in parliamentary groups, except for some “hawks”, such as Claudio Borghi and Alberto Bagnai, now all share Giancarlo Giorgetti’s reflection on the location of the League in Europe and on the need of a movement of the party towards more moderate centrist positions. A position also shared by the directors, starting with the governors Luca Zaia, Attilio Fontana and Massimiliano Fedriga. Without questioning the “generosity” of the patron, who “does not skimp” for the party, a virtue that everyone recognizes, the garter belts ask for the return to the centrality of good government in the territory and the definition of a more structured strategy that is not only take advantage of the consent of Salvini’s “celebrity”. And, many of those closest to him ask him to relax, rest, worried about his health because he cannot arrive on Sunday night “cooked live by Massimo Giletti” after a week of cortisone infusion to treat shoulder inflammation. caused by too many selfies. Even on the location in Europe and on the space to occupy in the center, nobody is clear, but Giorgetti’s positions are quite shared, although it is clear that it is a long process, which cannot be started overnight. . .
Salvini is more skeptical and even today reiterated that he has no intention of joining the European People’s Party. But, among the former Lumbards, a large part of the parliamentarians and MEPs would not be opposed to starting a dialogue with the new leadership of the German CDU as proposed by Giorgetti. The former Undersecretary of the Council Presidency, the Northern League that has been in Parliament the longest, has made his voice heard even today. “Politics is like that, you win or you lose. To say that we won in Lombardy is not true,” Giorgetti admitted. “If we have lost, we have lost. We are not one of those who when we lose we say that we have won.”
On the domestic league front, any dialogue with the EPP is in any case a hypothesis that is not on the agenda at the moment and could hardly take place with Salvini at the head of the party. Although Giorgetti – and a good part of the party – continues to insist on the issue. Another issue is the South. The League not only does not make its way, but in the last electoral consultations it has lost many votes against the historical figure of the European Championships in 2019. The party shares the reflection that now we must overcome the scheme of the Lombard commissioner sent to the South (among others, Stefano Candiani in Sicily, Nicola Molteni in Campania, Christian Invernizzi in Calabria). It is necessary to “cultivate” a ruling class in place, if at all, keeping the commissioner but with a local youth at his side.
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