La Alloy, beyond the political upheavals (first separatist and then nationalist) was generally considered capable of one good administration.
According to a widespread opinion, many local administrators of the League have shown that they know how to correctly manage the Municipalities or Regions entrusted to them. More, it has always been believed the Paladin League of companies and in general of the productive classes of the North crushed by the excessive taxes imposed by the government of Rome and by the oppressive centralized bureaucracy.
After Salvini's national turning point firmness towards the "invasion" of migrants was added as a strongly identifying element. The slogan "Italians first" encompasses both economic and social issues.
The story of the Covid pandemic has revealed since last year, the true nature of the League, a party based on a few confused or unrealistic ideas and with a political staff who can manage the ordinary administration of territories that are all in all rich and need nothing, but that when faced with serious problems, emergencies true, it shows completely unprepared, and lacking even the normal common sense that should push the politician to immediately turn to those who have the right skills to address the issues.
What happened in Lombardy throughout the management of the Covid and now with the outbreak of scandal of the regional company Aria who deals with information technology and purchases, demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt the management incapacity of the Northern League ruling class. And the question is not denied by Piedmont or even by Veneto.
In the latter case, although Zaia is considered an excellent administrator, it has been seen that, in the second phase of the epidemic Veneto was caught unprepared as in the rest of the country, and indeed at certain times it had a high number of deaths. But beyond the news, the Lombardy case highlights the deficiencies of the League both from the point of view of ideology and concrete political action.
First the much-vaunted federalism comes out very dented from all healthcare management. The Regions have misused their autonomy by accumulating delays both in the preparation of health infrastructures and in the vaccination campaign. In reality, they mostly limited themselves to doing the counterpoint to central power supporting total reopenings or total closures "against". The result has only been to increase the confusion and uncertainty, inevitable in a certain sense, having to fight against an unknown and insidious enemy which has united all the governments of the world to a certain extent.
We will have to talk about regionalism again the health emergency is over and it is doubtful that public opinion is still in favor of increasing the powers of the Regions in crucial sectors such as energy, education, etc. Indeed it is probable that one should proceed with a rethinking the functioning of the Regions by taking away from them some of the autonomy, which they have so badly used, and by imposing more strict central regulations in many fields, including healthcare.
Secondly, they all emerged the contradictions of the concrete political activity of the League and the distance from their proclamations. Many entrepreneurs think that the Northern League are sensitive to their requests, that they act to protect VAT numbers and the freedom of the market. In reality, the League has always been in favor of the public sector; he has always defended the so-called municipal socialism of which the Lombard company Aria belongs, which is managed in a patronage and inefficient manner. Few remember that the fall of the Berlusconi government in 2011 it was mainly due to the League which refused to adopt those policies of dismantling the companies owned by Municipalities and Regions, and of reforming pensions, which had been advocated by the European Central Bank and which Berlusconi himself had accepted.
Circa pensions then the gifts such as quota 100 are also the result of the Northern League proposals, which above all benefited workers of the Public Administration and the banking sector, wasting a few billions that would have been more appropriately invested in infrastructures or in supporting businesses.
Finally, one cannot fail to mention the catastrophic Salvinian propaganda against the Euro and Europe when many of the medium-sized enterprises of the North live in contact with foreign countries, and base a significant part of their success on the breaking down of borders and on the stability of the common European currency.
To see the polls, Salvini still remains popular and the League the first Italian party. For the moment, the attention of public opinion is all about Covid and vaccinations. But soon, once the emergency has passed, people will begin to reflect on the shortcomings of health management and the hoaxes that politics has spread in recent years, and which proved to be such at the outbreak of the first serious crisis. If a change is decided, it will have to be entrusted to expert people and not left in the hands of petty demagogues.
