why is voting a test for government and opposition? – Corriere.it

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‘Ohio of Italy. And this time too Molise, where there will be votes for the regional ones on Sunday 25 and Monday 26, the match full of meaning. Sure for the center-right, since it will be a test for the executive by Giorgia Meloni, in the hours in which the majority in Rome wobbles on the Mes and on the Santanch affair.

But above all for Forza Italia, being the first electoral test after the disappearance of Silvio Berlusconi. The Azzurri are confident and hypothesize an exploit in memory of the Knight. An important match also for the centre-left, because the alliance between Pd and M5S is being tested. And what to say about Matteo Renzi who tries to flirting with the centre-right. Will it be the beginning of a more structural understanding? In short, in this small corner of the peninsula politics studies the alliances of the future. All this reinforces the specific weight for the conquest of smallest region of Italy.

And then for all these reasons if several big names have taken the field to participate in many initiatives. Matthew Salvinifor example, we have seen four times in a month. The League has done something that no one had ever done: it brought to Molise four ministers to talk about work, roads, health, disability and the future, said the Northern League’s deputy prime minister while in Isernia.

And been very active too Joseph Conte who spent two long days there. At the forefront too Elly Schleinwho wishes to close the defeat of the recent administrations and who on Thursday on the sidelines of an electoral event was immortalized in front of a lemonade with Conte and Nicola Fratoianni. A face to face that was interpreted as a test of semi-wide field.

Be that as it may, at the starting line the centre-right comes in blue Francesco Roberti, mayor of Termoli and president of the province, supported by Forza Italia, Lega, Fratelli d’Italia, UDC, Popolari, plus two civic lists attributable to the candidate. First time without the Knight at the forefront. He called me a month ago, says Roberti. Another greedy detail: the centrists of Italy alive and Action they will not run with their own lists but they will support the centre-right.

On the other hand the centre-left in yellow-red mode lined up Roberto Gravina of the 5Stelle, mayor of Campobasso, who will have in tow in addition to the M5S, the Democratic Party, the Verdi and Left Alliance, the socialists and two civic lists.

In the challenge between mayors what will be the role of Emilio Izzo? L’retired outsider and former state employee on the field with the I don’t vote for the usual suspects list. A candidate who defines his own as a public health movement and who was appreciated by the former anti-mafia magistrate during the electoral campaign Antonio Ingroia. Surprisingly there is also a fourth candidate of Forza Nuova, Nicholas Inni.

It goes without saying the great unknown will be the abstention. Five years ago, when the center-right won with Donato Toma, we voted in April, this time the polls are open on a summer weekend. This is why many argue that the 52 percent turnout recorded in 2018 will be difficult. And this is why with an electoral base that could shrink, it will be interesting to note the result of the centrists of Italia viva and Azione, present in the centre-right lists. Two curiosities: the voters are more women (166,092) than men (161,713) and among the candidates for the position of councilor there is John Germanofather of the actor Elio.

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