The elections are being closely watched for signs of a rift between her and her equally far-right coalition partners. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ROME – Polling stations opened on Sunday for regional elections in Italy’s two most populous regions – polls seen as a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s three-month-old government.
Home to a combined 13 million residents, the northern economic powerhouse of Lombardy and Lazio, which includes the capital Rome, will elect a new regional president and assembly members.Her far-right Brothers of Italy party made history by securing 26 per cent in September’s legislative elections.at the helm of the most right-wing government in Rome since World War II.
The vote will also be closely watched for signs of tensions between Ms Meloni and her coalition partners – Mr Matteo Salvini’s far-right League and Mr Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing Forza Italia. In Lombardy, regional president Attilio Fontana, a member of Mr Salvini’s League and the candidate of Ms Meloni’s coalition, is expected to be re-elected for another five-year term.
Further south in Lazio, right-wing candidate Francesco Rocca is expected to win in the face of a divided opposition, replacing the Democratic Party’s Nicola Zingaretti, who resigned after being elected to the national parliament in 2022.
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