Divided and without an alternative government perspective. It is the political figure that emerges in these hours and which inevitably bear the weight of the two main parties and leaders of the coalition: Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni. The competition between Lega and Fratelli d’Italia for the primacy in the end penalized both. It will be said that Meloni, unlike Salvini, can claim a positive result in terms of consents received, indeed an unprecedented success, if compared with any previous consultation. True but it is not enough to conquer the role of credible government alternative that was and is the main objective of the president of Fdi.
The watershed of the Roman result
This is why from this point of view the result of Rome can be read as a watershed. We will know in two weeks, at the outcome of the ballot. But something can be said. For example, if, as it seems, Enrico Michetti, the candidate sponsored by Meloni and welcomed by his allies without too much enthusiasm, were to obtain fewer votes than the parties that support him, it would be evident that a part of the electorate did not appreciate the choice. Thus the small distance with the challenger of the center-left Roberto Gualtieri who had to face the competition of Raggi and Calenda. It will not be enough for Meloni to evoke the conspiracy, the “poisoned meatball” following the investigation on the neo-fascist right in which his head of delegation in Brussels Carlo Fidanza was involved. As for Salvini, the disappointing result of his League cannot be justified by the Morisi case, his spin doctor who ended up in the middle of a drug investigation, one week after the vote.
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League downhill since the summer of Papeete
The League has in fact been in decline for some time. The descent began after the Papeete summer. Since then Salvini hasn’t won an electoral competition, a descent he continued when he was in the opposition. And it did not stop when the League returned to the government. It means that the political line is not convincing. As well as the mayoral candidate imposed in Milan. That the negative outcome was the most probable Salvini had taken into account for some time, given that for the first time he decided not to lead the League list in Milan. The secretary is now called to decide “what to do?” Beyond the usual denials, the two Leagues, that of Giorgetti and Zaia on the one hand who promote the green pass and vaccine and of Bagnai and Borghi who go to the streets with the no vax exist and are increasingly distant. Salvini had so far managed to be the trait d’union. But the failure of these elections for the first time threatens to question its leadership.
The Forza Italia line
As for Forza Italia, the numbers certainly don’t leave you calm. However, they are the only ones who can already toast to victory with the election in Calabria at the head of the Region of Roberto Occhiuto. Unlike his allies, Silvio Berlusconi wanted a well-known politician to try his hand (he is the outgoing group leader in the House) and perhaps this has paid off. But above all, the Azzurri have no hesitation on what to do starting from the support without ifs and buts to Mario Draghi. This was clearly seen even in these days in which the former prime minister did not spare his allies. Berlusconi will be in Rome in the next few hours to decide on the next steps. Salvini and Meloni will do the same. Each on their own. The crack in the center right is already evident and in the near future it could deepen even more in view of the match on the Quirinale.