Lega, Vannacci opts for the North-West and Ciocca remains out of the European Parliament

MILANO – Il General Vannacci chooses the Northwest and bars Angel Lock the road back to Brussels. In the end the red card that was the catchphrase of his European election campaign fell to him. But the leader of the League Matteo Salvini “retrieves” the outgoing MEP from Pavia: «Ciocca will work directly alongside me».

The General’s Choice

Now it’s official: Roberto Vannacci has opted to be elected in the North West constituencywhere with 186,966 preferences he obtained his best result among all the electoral districts. But it is also his “natural” constituency, given that the general is originally from Sarzanain the province of La Spezia. With this choice remains excluded from the list of those elected in Brussels Angelo Ciocca, outgoing MEP since 2016, when he had taken over from Gianluca Buonanno, who tragically passed away in a road accident. But it also means that you get a kick Isabella Tovaglieriif he had not received more preferences than Ciocca, he would have risked re-election.

Salvini “fishes out” Ciocca

The leader of the Carroccio Matteo Salvini in fact thanked General Vannacci «for a choice that allows the League to have a balanced territorial representation throughout the country”. Of the eight elected, three are in the North-West (Vannacci, Sardone and Napkins), two to the North-East (the Giuliana Cisint and the Venetian Stud) and one each in the center (Ceccardi), sud (Patriciello) and islands (Tiredin the only constituency in which Vannacci was not elected). «I am sure that Roberto will give an increasingly valuable contribution in a historical and international phase that will see us as protagonists – the words of federal secretary Salvini – I met this morning Angelo Ciocca, a man who has my full respect and trustand who will work directly alongside me from now on.”