The reports that run at the Nazarene are shivering to the secretary of the Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti: at best, the game at the regional (20 and 21 September) ends 4 to 2 in favor of the center-right coalition. The nightmare is an overwhelming 6 to 0 for the Fdi-Lega-Forza Italia alliance. An outcome that would blow up the armchairs of the secretary of the dem and the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. It would be almost impossible to hold the people’s lawyer at Palazzo Chigi with 19 Regions in the hands of the opposition. Also because in Campania, where the outgoing president of the Democratic Party Vincenzo De Luca took the lead, the trend was reversed and the challenger Stefano Caldoro is recovering. Black scenario.
The leader of the Democratic Party to avoid electoral defeat, in the first post-covid consultation, attempts the card (desperate move) of an alliance with the Five Stars. It is almost a threat: if the Five Stars do not withdraw the candidates in the 6 Regions, the vote in September risks blowing up the Giallorossi government. On the sidelines of the national conference of women of the Democratic Party, the leader of the Democratic Party comes out of the closet: «The regions decide. But I have always said and I confirm that an alliance that governs Italy and that has the ambition to draw the next election of the President of the Republic should at least try to unite in the Regions, also because the right has often chosen past candidates that have already failed by voters. So you can win and, where possible, at least let’s try to take a step forward together to save this country ».
Zingaretti fears repercussions not only for the executive but also for his secretariat. There is already a line to put it on the door: Giorgio Gori, Stefano Bonaccini, Beppe Sala. The president of the Lazio Region pulls the election (in 2022) of the Head of State in the negotiation: it starts with the Pd-M5S scheme in the next regional elections to get compact to the choice of the tenant of the Colle. A message addressed not only to the Grillini allies but also to the Renzians: Italia Viva threatens to break the government alliance in Puglia (with Ivan Scalfarotto) and Liguria. In the Democratic Party the front for the axis with the grillini is almost compact. The request for a Giallorossi alliance for the regional authorities was anticipated yesterday – in the interview with the press – by the Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia: «An alliance with the M5a seems to me an occasion for everyone. We need to build an open, progressive, environmentalist front to contrast with the sovereign one. It doesn’t make sense not to do it on the territories ».
The move of the Democratic Party aims to bring out the movement teased in the last hours by a rapprochement with the League: Mes and annuities are two issues on which the yellow-green pact can be reborn. For now, the dem secretary’s appeal does not breach the grill wall: in Campania, Puglia, Marche, Tuscany, Liguria and Veneto the pentastellate candidates remain confirmed. An element of disturbance on the Pd-Five star negotiation is certainly Alessandro Di Battista, who has returned to the overturn in recent weeks. The Dibba aims to take the lead of the Movement.
In that case, the chances of an alliance are practically zero. Yesterday, however, Davide Casaleggio’s stop came: «Di Battista political leader? The members decide “, replied the son of the founder of the Movement in an interview with SkyTg24. A message for everyone (Grillo, Di Maio and Di Battista): Heads and alliances must have the green light of Rousseau. Zingaretti’s plans get complicated.
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