Fedriga wins with 64%, Lega above FdI-Corriere.it

TRIESTE At first glance, it ended exactly as expected, that is, with the clear victory of Massimiliano Fedriga (64 percent). At 3 pm sharp, with the appearance of the first exit poll which gave the outgoing president 30 points ahead of his challenger Massimo Moretuzzo (supported by the pact signed between the Democratic Party and the 5 Star Movement), the Region practice could already be considered closed.

Voting analysis

But the vote on Sunday and yesterday is full of ideas that go beyond the confirmation of the Northern League governor and which also have a political significance for those who look to the Northeast from Rome. The first, the most relevant, is that between centre-right and centre-left up here (from Lombardy to Veneto) there is no match. Despite the change of secretariat of the Democratic Party and the agreement, not reached elsewhere, between the dem and the 5 Stars, the gap between the two coalitions remains very deep. L‘
Schlein effect, if he was ever able to deploy his function in a few weeks, he was not warned in the Region. Maybe something more weighed in Municipalities of Udine, where the outgoing mayor Pietro Fontanini was forced to take the ballot failing to exceed 46.3%.

Power relations

Another important fact is the result obtained by the League which, astonishing its own general staff, snatched the first place among the lists in the competition. And it did gaining several points compared to the September 2022 Policies, confirming that from the Regionals in Lombardy the Carroccio turned around compared to the descending slope and started to grow again. An increase that, the third important element, did not pay the price for the real boom recorded by the list that bore the name of Fedriga, which reached just over 17 percent. Indeed, by combining the votes of the League with those of the president’s list it was easier to resist the onslaught of the Brothers of Italy. That was feared but that, with closed polls, there was not because the party of Giorgia Meloni stopped at 18 percent (more than 31 per cent went to Policies).

Centrist delusion

Precisely by virtue of the verdict of the polls, Fedriga can prepare to govern for another five years without major tensions within his coalition. The power relations are such that no one can raise a loud voice. And the president, with the consents he has earned personally, can keep his hands free for some important choices. On other fronts, the result of the candidate Giorgia Tripoli stands out, leader of the no vax-no green pass world, who obtains more than 4 percent (barrier threshold) on her name but not on the symbol of the Together free list (which stops below the limit of a few cents, and appeals are anticipated). And he thus risks not bringing any representative to the Regional Council. As will certainly happen to the Third Pole and with its candidate Alessandro Maran fails to reach 3 percent. Among the disappointed that even the 5 Stars remain empty-handed, at their all-time low (2.41%).

The reactions of the leaders

In short, who can really celebrate only the center-right. Giorgia Meloni sends word that Massimiliano has worked very well, I have never considered the hypothesis of his defeat. Salvini points out that the third success after Lombardy and Lazio in the days of the green light to the new procurement code and the Bridge Decree. And Silvio Berlusconi comments: The good governance of the centre-right is confirmed once again.