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ROME, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Italy’s two most important regions this weekend Prime Minister Elections are underway that will present Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing allies with their first ballot box test since taking power last year.
The central country is Lazio, with its capital Rome, and Lombardy, with its financial capital Milan national it accounts for just over a quarter of the population and generates a third of Italy’s total gross domestic product (GDP).
“Your country political and it is important that we gain advantage in the two regions with the economic center,” said Meloni of the Forza Italia party judge former part of the coalition Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Polls say the right will easily hold Lombardy in the February 12-13 vote, despite widespread criticism of the COVID pandemic, which has hit the region harder than almost anywhere else in Europe and raised questions about the local health system.
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Right, at the same time, held last September national against the conservative bloc, which is still reeling from defeat in the elections and, as in the north unit unable to provide a front, the center looks ready to take control of Lazio from the left.
Internal divisions have repeatedly baffled the left in recent years, and the defeat in Lazio left Italy’s right 20 means that it controls 15 of its regions, which emphasizes its growing hegemony within the country.
PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE?
Although victory seems assured, if Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party continues to cannibalize its partners, the vote judge could still destabilize the coalition.
The Italian brothers won just 4.5 percent of the vote four years ago in the 2022 general election, winning over many disgruntled League and Forza Italia voters who have drawn attention to Meloni’s uncompromising, nationalist brand of politics.
Opinion polls show support for the Brothers of Italy has since risen to around 30%, largely at the expense of allies, with Meloni enjoying a long honeymoon as he projects a more moderate image than he promoted while in opposition.
While Meloni has always thrived in his home region of Lazio, his party unexpectedly surged in the north in the 2022 election, winning twice as many votes as the League in the traditional heartland of Lombardy.
If support for the League falls again, the future of party leader Matteo Salvini is likely to come under pressure, casting doubt on his ability to enact the party’s controversial flagship policy of giving more autonomy to regions.
of the league Europe “We cannot be held hostage by the Italian Brothers,” said the parliamentarian Angelo Ciocca.
“Autonomy to us law we need a strong League that will not allow its project to fall into the quagmire of Rome,” he told Reuters.
Voting is open on both Sunday and Monday, with voting closing at 1400 GMT on Monday.
Added by Angelo Amante report Edited by Keith Weir
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2023-02-10 04:54:56
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