Lucia Borgonzoni, far-right candidate, had to find the time long. During the weeks of campaigning preceding the election, this close friend of Silvio Berlusconi had great difficulty finding the light. Lucia Borgonzoni, 43, certainly did not expect to play the liners, she will have paid for her expenses in Emilia-Romagna. Climbing the podiums or shaking hands, always the shadow of a man. A Matteo Salvini, anxious to win back, will have reduced his speaking time and his visibility. Just calculate the media footprint left by your boss at the end of each meeting.
Because this funny La Ligue campaign was primarily designed to “revive” the boss. An overexcited league chief, with the desire to win back. Salvini occupied the field. Literally. He has invited himself to hundreds of towns and villages in the region. At a time when the voters of Emilia-Romagna (and Calabria) must renew their parliaments and regional governments.
Salvini’s atypical campaign
Emilia-Romagna is a prosperous region in the central north of Italy, bordered by the Adriatic. The region has been governed by the left since the Second World War. We still share its ideas and values mainly in its cities, even if the right has made a solid foray into its countryside. Here, however, the outgoing president of the Pavoise region: unemployment affects only 5% of the working population and finances are doing well. A fine result, therefore, that the opponent Salvini would be wrong to attack: he would break his teeth.
It was therefore necessary to take devious paths: the campaign will be “atypical”. Attacks on Brussels? A new anti-migrant salvo? The League will decide to mute them. She will prefer to communicate on “values” of the people, allegedly confiscated or destroyed by other politicians, over “the need to liberate the territory from a worn and corrupt public model.”
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Regional ballot, national issue
The Italian left does not take it wide. If he fails this Sunday, he will have little hope for the rest of the country. A kind of national dynamic has started and Salvini has put all his energy into it. Because this election is a new test for the parties after the change of coalition last summer. The Salvini League is looking for revenge. And hope for a tight vote.
The fragile ruling coalition fears that a victory by the far right of this leftist stronghold will lead to the downfall of the government. Representatives of the majority (Democratic Party and the 5 Stars) may hammer that this election will have no impact on the government, the head of the League has warned: if his party wins in Emilia-Romagna, he will demand as soon tomorrow, Monday, early legislative elections. In short, a premature return to the polls that could allow Matteo Salvini to return to business. Sign of a great return to the front of the national scene.
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