The center-right wins hands down in the ballots for the election of the mayor in many municipalities in Italy. The axis composed of Forza Italia and the Lega, by Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini, conquers the former red stronghold of Genoa for the first time but also clearly asserts itself in Verona, L'Aquila, La Spezia, Catanzaro and fills up in Lombardy. The center-right also conquered Sesto San Giovanni, the former Stalingrad of Italy.
The former M5S Pizzarotti instead triumphs in Parma where he is confirmed as mayor.
The disappointment of the Democratic Party and Matteo Renzi was bitter, winning by a hair's breadth only in Taranto, as well as in Padua and Lecce. The Five Stars, who chose to abstain but who in many Municipalities have tipped the scales by favoring the centre-right, are offside almost everywhere: they only win Carrara and Fabriano.
Municipal elections are not like political elections but yesterday's vote opens a new page in national politics and may perhaps also have an impact on the next electoral law as well as on the duration of the legislature.
Certainly, after yesterday's failure in many Municipalities (but it is Genoa that hurts the most), Matteo Renzi is back under accusation and the battle is reopening in the Democratic Party. "In total mayors we are ahead, but it could have been better" commented bitterly the secretary of the Democratic Party, according to which the political elections are another story and the way forward is not that of coalitions. Then the final jab: "The victory of the center-right is the fault of currents and diatribes in the Democratic Party". There is some truth in his words, but he is the secretary of the Democratic Party.
