The first road test of the Meloni government it passed with flying colors at the polls. The electoral test in Lombardy e in Lazio gives reason and greater strength to the action of the executive led by the president of the Brothers of Italy, almost four months after her inauguration, and redraws the map of the administrations of Italy once again: excluding Valle D’Aosta and Trentino Alto- Adige (which have a different electoral system than the rest of Italy), now there are 14 centre-right-led regions against only 4 governed by the left. If, on the other hand, we also counted the territory of the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano (the Northern League’s Fugatti is now presiding over that entire region), there would be good 15 Regions out of 19 of blue color. This is the highest number since the direct election of governors (1995).
With the clear reconfirmation of Lombardy and the ‘blitz’ in Lazio, the current majority can further count on various other territorial entities: such as Veneto, Piedmont, Liguria, Marche, Abruzzo, Umbria, Basilicata, Calabria, Sardinia and Sicily. Two others – Friuli Venezia Giulia and Molise – will go to the vote next spring and are currently administered respectively by a member of the League (Fedriga) and one of Forza Italia (Toma). At Pd&Co. now only the “crumbs” remain (obviously said with the utmost sacred respect) from Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Campania and Puglia.
The future of government
These overwhelming numbers at the local level are not an element to be underestimated in terms of the continuation of the action of the national government. All the more reason, in fact, it will be easier for Meloni and the ministers to have a fruitful dialogue with regional presidents of the same political color as the parliamentary majority. Starting from a decisive issue such as the bill on thedifferentiated autonomy, which was recently fired by the Council of Ministers and which in the coming months will have to see its entire legislative process completed. A reform that will travel together with the fiscal, labour, infrastructure, justice and Constitution reforms. But, more generally, the successes of Francesco Rocca’s Attilio Fontana cannot fail to assume a meaning linked to consensus on a national scale.
The citizens of Lombardy and those of Lazio, in fact, have not only rewarded respectively thirty years of administrative experience in the North and a valid alternative proposal in Central Italy, but have also decided to seal the consensus of a centre-right coalition which will now be able to travel even further with the wind in the sails after the fresh boom of over 3 million votes precipitated at the polling stations in two of the most important regions of Italy. As if the abundant 12 million last year weren’t already enough September 25th in the political elections and the confirmation of a consolidated consensus in the very recent polls. The oppositions succumbed again: thanks to a coarse electoral campaign that had very little to do with precise political proposals for Lombardy and Lazio. With a Democratic Party now desperately clinging to the vote of its voters primaries of next February 26 in an attempt to resurrect. However, after cutting its first 100 days (115 now, to be exact), the Italians have shown that they are solidly on the side of the government.
