For today's meeting on the "sacred soil", in the choppy sea of press releases, dispatches and declarations, good wishes also emerge Roberto Vannacci which "for Salvini and for the League" goes as far as to hope “an excellent Pontida”. It will be said that the recipients of the message would do better to touch wood. Certainly, the meeting scheduled for Sunday September 20 – the first without Umberto Bossy – on the traditional Lombard “pratone” sanctions the attempt to make peace within the League after this summer's tug-of-war between Matteo Salvini and governors of the NorthOnly on Thursday, the secretary met in Milan with the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, who more than others had expressed considerable doubts about the party's management. Among them was the leader of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Massimiliano Fedriga, the president of the autonomous province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti, and the President of the Regional Council of Veneto Luca Zaia.
Pontida 2026: Peace Rehearsals at the League Rally
The meeting, which took place in the centre of Milan but away from prying eyes, was to be "a fruitful exchange of ideas on the main current issues and of interest to citizens in view of the meeting in Pontida 2026“, explains one note released in "joint" modeFrom the economic situation of families and businesses to recent car tax cut, from the commitment to autonomy and federalism to security issues, the discussion lasted about an hour and a half. The aim: to close ranks in view of the mega rally so dear to Bossi and avoid the redde rationem.
Lega, Salvini grappling with demands from Northern governors
According to the Corriere della Sera, the League leader would have committed to giving an answer to two requests: the first, amend the statute, and therefore the organizational structure of the party, in a federal; the second, to allow (or not to oppose) the birth of theNorthern Association, an elegant way of defining a real current within the center-right party. Apparently, however, Salvini doesn't look favorably on either of the two, particularly the first.
Salvini and the Northern League factions: "No to parties within parties."
And speaking of currents, just Friday morning, interviewed by Morning 5Salvini declared: “Italy wins if it is united and the League wins if it is united. There are international challenges so important that we cannot think of having parties within parties“. Then, on the merits of Pontida he added that “the focus of the day will be the theme of pensions, young and security. We won't talk about philosophy or anything else." When asked if Sunday represents a good day an exam for the deputy prime ministerSalvini replied that “I take the test every day, trying to go to bed at night with a clear conscience”.
Pontida 2026: Discontent among young Lombard League members
As if that were not enough, discontent is reported according to theHandle between young Lombard League members towards the national coordinator of the Youth League, Luca Toccalini, contested in the last board meeting of the Lombard youth team, for the choice, seen as "an imposition from above", to nominate as his deputy at national level Christian colombo, municipal councilor in Rho, in the Milan area. The weekend will tell, in short, whether the party truly has the will to reunite: the base doesn't seem entirely convinced. But that's not all, because there's also the issue of "participation": for Pontida they are only 31 buses announced from Veneto, so to fill the meadow we ask for help, not without grumbling, from militants from the SouthAnd a special train is scheduled from Rome, with the promise of free hotel accommodations for everyone. Who knows if it will be "an excellent Pontida."
