What happened to the center-right in the regional elections?
The center-right has several problems to face after the result of the regional elections. Here are which ones
The small Umbria, therefore, seems destined to maintain an exclusivity that the center-right certainly would not have wanted. Obviously, he would also have preferred a victory in Tuscany. Since it is not comparable with the Marche ex pd – where the victory of the FdI candidate, Francesco Acquaroli is very significant – due to its historical value as a former red stronghold, the green heart of Italy remains the only region that has rebelled so far in red power. A power that lasted more than half a century.
And this – it must be recognized because they are facts and not opinions – thanks to a center-right led by Matteo Salvini. Which Salvini with his league arrives with breath on the neck to Eugenio Giani , "Giani bifronte" formally of the Democratic Party, but also Matteo Renzi's man.
The Marche is decisive in maintaining a draw which, however, for the battered center-left, as Startmagazine had anticipated , risks appearing a victory. And this despite the clear majority of the Regions remaining firmly in the hands of the center-right, 15 out of 20, more: the vast majority now.
But let's go back to Umbria, governed by the Northern League player Donatella Tesei, and to its exclusivity, which the local leaders certainly would not have wanted to maintain. Given that in Tuscany, however, with the Northern League candidate Susanna Ceccardi the center-right marked an important achievement, unimaginable until recently, both in Umbria, where the center-right pulled by the League had swept away, and in Tuscany, where it had already made it contestable it was a victory, a certain objective "loneliness" of the "captain" emerges.
His League is firmly confirmed in first place, even if Fratelli d'Italia advances and surpasses the Five Stars. But Salvini in fact, apart from any hypocrisy, is not considered by the allies of the center-right to be the true leader of the entire coalition. In spite of the numbers. And this gap risks being more than to the detriment of the Northern League leader, former Minister of the Interior and former Deputy Prime Minister, to the detriment of a coalition which, despite public embraces and proclamations, is in fact not very united. What opponents on the left smell very well. And, moving in their hegemonic logic of conquering the "casemates" of Gramscian memory, they take advantage of it, insinuating themselves into the cracks and contradictions.
It sounds paradoxical indeed, but perhaps the center-right should learn a bit of "communist discipline" from their opponents, discipline in internal organization, of course, not in content. The image that emerged was a bit that of a Prodian olive tree, with parts reversed.
With a lot of discussions a bit like a soap opera on the fact that now the leadership of the "captain" would be undermined by the real "Bulgarian" plebiscite for the governor of Veneto Luca Zaia. But the mainstream meanwhile does not take into account that historically the Zaia list has always surpassed that of the League. And above all it does not want to take into account the fact that without Salvini the League would not have become the first Italian party, which confirmed itself at over 26 percent not taken for granted in times of Covid for a party, a leader historically "born among the people", such as he always remembered Salvini to underline the difference between the Lega and the allies. They were also accused of having left him a little alone in the even more difficult challenge in Emilia Romagna. Where FI even dropped to 2 percent and some fringes were accused, as they are now suspected of having done so in Tuscany with Renzi, of "intelligence" with the enemy, through the separate vote.
As far as Puglia and Campania are concerned, it is known that the Northern League leader would have wanted a change in the candidacies, to go more "towards the new", but met with firm internal opposition from the allies. It is easy to speak with hindsight, but perhaps Giorgia Meloni and Silvio Berlusconi do not seem to have exactly right these candidates. It is still a victory, which will pose problems for the government, to govern 15 regions out of 20, but the center-right inside has several problems now to face.
Because the center-right, if it wants to remain a coalition in a majority system, being united, at least on a formal level, is probably no longer enough. And the center-right is either really united with a leadership recognized first of all internally or it risks giving it to the left in the future.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/che-cosa-e-successo-al-centrodestra-alle-elezioni-regionali/ on Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:30:27 +0000.