Milan confirms itself as an island. Which runs according to its own political logic, made up of contradictions, separated from the rest of Lombardy and Italy. A city where the Democratic Party is the first party with 31.38% of the votes (27.19% considering the metropolitan city), followed closely by Fratelli d’Italia with 21.73%, which quadruples the political votes, but not breaks through. With all due respect to the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russawho had said he was confident of overtaking.
De Corato thinks about the assault on Palazzo Marino
“Great satisfaction because Fratelli d’Italia is the leading party not only in Italy, but also in Lombardy, in Milan (for the centre-right coalition) and in many municipalities of this region where first Forza Italia and then the League have long been dominant – declared the former deputy mayor Riccardo De Corato – There still remain some challenges such as the municipal elections in Milan. I am convinced that with the right candidate and the right organization we will be able to win this challenge too. Sala, who is celebrating today, stay calm.”
Avs boom in Milan thanks to Ilaria Salis
Third place for the Alleanza Verdi Sinistra (10.52%), which broke through thanks to the candidacy of Iaria Salis. “The strong and beautiful result is the result of having waged an intransigent and passionate battle on environmental issues, of having always been at the forefront in the defense of peace (the display of the Palestinian flag was greatly appreciated) but also to have included people of extraordinary profile and representativeness on the list. All this was greatly appreciated by the young people,” he commented Carlo Monguzzi.
Fly Forza Italia with Lady Letizia
But Milan is also that city where Forza Italia reaches 8.87%, with the very Roman leader, Tajani, who collected 25 thousand preferences, and the former candidate of the Third Pole (who the center-left should have voted against Fontana), Letizia Brichetto in Moratti, which establishes itself as the queen of preferences. So much so that “the next objective is to reconquer Palazzo Marino”, he went unbalanced Gianluca Comazzi, municipal councilor of Fi. And it is also the city where Action gave a sign of life (6.64%), as well as the United States of Europe (6.37%), both ahead of a dying League, the seventh citizen force (6.13%) and a Five Star Movement that has never broken through, stuck at 5%.
In Milan, those who are the opposition in the country are in charge
A city therefore where the country’s opposition governs and has a stable majority, as certified by the PD group leader in the Region Pierfrancesco Majorino: “Great result in the city of Milan, with a good success for the Democratic Party (32%) and AVSI. An interesting picture emerges from the city. And what was already seen even in the regional elections is confirmed. PD and forces to its left (and 5S) are very close to 50%. The right is stuck quite a bit below”.
But the mayor of Milan Sala calls for a push towards the centre
But it is also the city where the mayor Beppe Sala, theoretically supported by the Democratic Party, which the day after the vote, celebrates the city’s result, but regrets a run-up to the center (read Renzi/Calenda), which proved to be a failure in the rest of the country. In fact, on Facebook he wrote: “The parties that support me obtained 55%”, “Elly Schlein and the Democratic Party have obtained an excellent result, from an Italian and European perspective: a formation that holds up. The merits of the secretary must be recognized.” But immediately afterwards he added that the centre-left “in Italy is, unfortunately, not competitive” because “without the centre, you can’t win. Giorgia Meloni talks about a restoration of pure bipolarism. You have a center (FI, which achieved a good result), we don’t.”
Future mayoral candidate Maran in the balance
His possible successor, Pierfrancesco Maran, who collected 22,890 preferences in the city (45 thousand in total), however, it is not known whether he will go to Brussels. He will depend on how many parliamentarians the Democratic Party takes in the North-West. Patrizia Toia (Pd) certainly won’t go there, as she will leave the European Parliament after twenty years and four legislatures.
