Le Sardinian elections, without attributing to them a national value that they do not have, confirm that the prime minister Giorgia Meloni he has lost his magic touch. He is no longer the King Midas of Italian politics and he is no longer invincible. His decision-making, like the one that pushed her to impose the losing candidacy of the mayor of Cagliari Paolo in the regional elections Truzzu against the opinion of his allies, more than an act of strength it was an act of weakness. And who knows, maybe the same thing might happen, on a national level, with the third term and with the premiership. At the same time, the left must not delude itself that one swallow makes a spring: the conquest of Sardinia is important and the victory of Todde likewise. But how can we forget that even in Sardinia the centre-right got more votes than the left and how can we ignore the 8,7% collected by Renato Question, supported by Action and Italia Viva, who could very well have been an ally of the left? Here these two elements - the greater consensus gathered by the center-right and the Soru case - must make the left reflect. Building an alternative to the Meloni Government in the next legislature is not impossible even if it now appears futuristic. Something more will be understood from the European elections but the Sardinian elections also remind us of an elementary truth: in politics realism and common sense are virtues.
Sardinia: the Soru case and Nenni's lesson
Peter Nenni he said that “whoever is not against me is with me”. Here, exactly. If the "broad field" really wants to be a broad field and above all a winning field it must open the doors with foresight to everything that is not in the center-right and at the same time build a pro-European, reformist and anti-populist policy. The Soru case is enlightening: in Sardinia the former Governor was not at all against the left but was asking for primaries to place his candidacy for leadership of the Region. There Schlein, who became secretary of the Democratic Party against the opinion of the members precisely with the primaries a year ago, denied them because she had already agreed to support the Todde of the Five stars. But what will happen in the future Pd? He will mostly follow Conte or open the doors to the center of Bonino, Renzi and Calenda? Mathematics and foresight would offer an easy answer but even in politics not everything rational is real. But you can always hope.
Dear Dr. Locatelli
The article lists a series of correct and totally acceptable considerations, and presents a type of political analysis which, in terms of structure, is similar to everything presented to us today by the media, and, indirectly, by the politicians themselves.
In other words, there is a debate on how to act to obtain and increase electoral consensus for one's party. Absolutely logical from a political point of view, but it's not what citizens should really care about. Centre-left, centre-right, populism, progressivism, and many other definitions no longer have a clear reference to real concrete visions. Everyone sees what they want in it. I come from an ancient time, where there were two totally alternative visions of society, but also very clear in their social, economic and international perspectives.
Today everything is very fluid and uncertain. And the result is, for example, the electoral successes of a movement, the Five Star Movement, which in ten years has represented everything and the opposite of everything.
And consequently a continuous debate of alliances and agreements, with negotiations of pure power.
What is needed instead are political offers based on clear social and economic principles, and concrete medium-long term structural visions, which must then be implemented by people with high and proven managerial, organizational and financial professionalism.
Dear Doctor Galluzzo, I fully agree with you but this is what modern day politics offers us. Tacticism prevails over profound analyzes of societal changes and a non-ideological vision of the future. It won't be easy to get back on top but hope is always the last to die.