The arrival of Corrado Passera does not change the political conditions of the coalition that supports Stefano Parisi as mayor candidate in Milan. On the contrary, he highlights the absolute heterogeneity of a coalition which is such only in form, being completely Salvinian traction.
And therefore Corrado Passera and Maurizio Lupi appear as the marginal covers of a political operation that Salvini unscrupulously plays in a Lepenist perspective. The practical effect of this operation is to close Milan in a much more reductive scheme than the first Northern League administrative experience in the Lombard capital with the mayor Marco Formentini.
In fact, Salvini tries to weld the bankruptcy of Pontida's federalism, which has multiplied spending centers by reducing responsibilities, with xenophobic illusions built on intolerance and anti-Europeanism up to the irresponsible "ethyl" contempt against the Head of State, insulted only because found guilty of having hoped for the fall of national borders to strengthen Italy's position of excellence on the world wine market.
Parisi's own reading of what is happening in Milan appears very misleading, and is also understandable considering the far less noble reality of the facts. According to the centre-right candidate, a new centre-right is taking shape in Milan.
But under the patina of great respectability of Parisi, the right that hides itself represents a livid area in its closures and in its Salvinian excesses, of which Milan certainly has no need. On the other hand, it is highly unlikely that Parisi could actually bring together the now distant constituencies of the Lega and Berlusconi by imposing such a profound genetic mutation on them. If anything, this design risks giving even more breath to the 5 Star Movement which aspires to consolidate itself as an alternative to the center-left and the Democratic Party.
It is good that Beppe Sala, candidate for mayor of the centre-left, highlights, alongside the undoubtedly decisive programmatic aspects, also the political framework in which the local elections on 5 June will take place. And it is above all in the interest of the Milanese to open their eyes.
