The center-right wins regional elections in Abruzzo. Marco Marsilio, supported by Fratelli d'Italia, Lega and Forza Italia, is reconfirmed as Governor with 53,5%, according to the latest projections. Luciano D'Amico, supported by the Pd, Cinque Stelle, Italia Viva and Azione, stops at 46,5%. The turnout was 53%.
Il center left he hoped to repeat the Sardinian miracle but that didn't happen. The center-right instead rejoices. “We have knocked down a wall because in 30 years it has never happened that the outgoing Governor has been reconfirmed” he declared Marsilius“. The regional elections in Abruzzo are local elections and have a mainly local value but do not ignore the national implications. In the centre-right, the success puts a plaster on the repeated controversies between Prime Minister Giorgia Melons and the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini and avoids the fear that the electoral trend had exhausted the driving force of the governing coalition and above all of the Prime Minister and her party. On the contrary, the improvised alliances of the center-left do not bring luck and offer reasons for reflection especially to the Schlein's PD and Conte's Five Stars.