Campania and Puglia are confirmed as centre-left with wins from Roberto Fico and Antonio Decaro respectively while Veneto remains centre-right with Alberto Stefani at the helm. The final round of regionals ended 2 to 1 with clear results in all three regions with successors Vincenzo De Luca, Michele Emiliano and Luca Zaia posting an average gap of almost 30 percentage points over the challengers. However, the abstention rate was very high with the number of voters 14% less than in the previous regional elections.
George Melon congratulate the winners. First of all with the members of the Northern League and the new president of Veneto Stefani for “one a victory resulting from the hard work, credibility and seriousness of our coalitionHowever, he also congratulated the other two new governors, with the hope that “they can carry out their mandate as well as possible, in the interests of the citizens they represent”.
Deputy Prime Minister and League leader Matteo also rejoiced at the results achieved in Veneto Salvini who won the internal contest on the centre-right, saw the supremacy of the Northern League confirmed and thus refuted the thesis that the region was ready to change flags by turning to fire: Fdi remained below 20% while the Salvinians, thanks to the Zaia booster, the leader in seven provinces, flew to 36%. Salvini spoke about “a very important victory, now I think about his policieshe said.
Center-left rejoices: “Meloni is not invincible”
And the center-left is also thinking about 2027, encouraged by the results. The myth of Giorgia Meloni’s ‘invincibility’ ends tonight, those in the opposition say. The defeat of the Fdi deputy minister, Edmondo Cirielli in Campania, was “Meloni’s defeat”. The far right has been betting on it. It ended with a 20 point margin. And it was the match in Campania that was the most complicated match for the left-centre defender. An important step in building a coalition that will challenge the far right in politics: from reformists to Avs. It was no coincidence that all the leaders arrived in Naples from Rome to Fico’s committee. First, Elly Schlein. The Secretary of the Democratic Party can celebrate the victory of the line of ‘stubborn unity’ and the victory of a Democratic Party that enjoys very good health in terms of consensus: the first party in Puglia and Campania, the first party of the coalition in Veneto. “The message is clear, there are other alternatives and they are competitiveredemption begins in the South and will lead us to victory because for politics the game is wide open”, said Schlein before a group photo of the center-left leaders from the stage. And again: “You often hear me say that united we win, but Fico and Decaro’s margin of victory shows that united we win in a big way. This is the way, voters appreciate united efforts. All this makes me think of a great poet in this land, the air is so cold.”
Then a jab at Meloni: “We’re going to move forward in this direction to beat Giorgia Meloni who has little to celebrate or jump on tonight. She’s lost the reigns, she’s lost Giorgia Meloni”. Joseph Countwho followed the count with his Roberto Fico, confirmed: “Fico is president, they don’t jump anymore“.
“Whoever jumped in front of the Campanians and today fell heavily did not win – said Conte – whoever thought of beating us by fighting in the mud, confusing Fico and his family, did not win”. And the M5S leader claimed: “Fico decisively defeated the candidate of the Italian Brotherhood, a member of the Meloni Government, without getting involved in a mud fight. For the M5S, this is a historic double achievement: two regional governors in two years, which we have never done before. This gives us more strength and courage”. On policy, he reiterated that “we want alliances to be born on the basis of sharing projects, programs, themes and goals that we like. After that, if an agreement is reached and black and white is put aside, my base says we agree”.
Schlein said he is ready to get to work immediately. Av agrees. “Let’s work together to build a common program agenda for the country, because this right has been decisively defeated. The key word now is unity and let’s immediately work together to build a government program agenda for the country.”
Venice
In Veneto victory Alberto Stefani it’s clear with more than 65% preferences also thanks to the contribution of former governor Zaia, head of the list in all provinces. And it was precisely to him that the new governor said: “I hope that Luca Zaia will remain in the Regional Council and the team for the next 30 years. He has made an extraordinary contribution to the region. He has written the history of Veneto for the last 15 years and we will continue to write it together”.
“In the next five years, Venice needs a mayor of Venice. I will be the president of all citizens,” Stefani believes. And the team that will rule Veneto in the next five years “will remain the same until the end of its mandate”. “When assuming administrative responsibilities, private life always comes first after public life, but let me dedicate this victory to the people I really care about, to all the grandparents who have left an important mark in the lives of their grandchildren,” he added later. “It was a beautiful election campaign, among the people, in which we chose to tackle new issues while maintaining fairness towards other candidates. I thank the center-right coalition, first Luca Zaia, then Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni, Antonio Tajani, Maurizio Lupi and Antonio De Poli,” said Stefani.
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In Campania former president of the Chamber Roberto Fico collects more than 60%. “My first thanks go to all Campanians who have made a clear, strong and important choice, which gives us responsibility”, he said, speaking from his committee stage in Naples where all the big names from the center-left had gathered. “I will be the president of all Campanians, those who voted for us, those who did not vote for us, those who voted for others, because all the region is important, all the people are important and all the rights of everyone in our region are important, that is the basic thing. I want to try, with great sensitivity – added Fico – to represent the voice of those who have no voice, whose difficulties have never felt helped, and try to get closer to these people”.
Puglia
In Puglia Antonio Decaro he was president with more than 64%. I feel a great responsibility for the result”, he said while announcing his intention to start work immediately “because I have to earn the trust of those who voted for me but most importantly I have to try to regain the trust not only of those who did not vote for me but of all those who did not come to vote and stayed at home”.
“In elections at national level, and also in this region – the former Mayor of Bari underlined – the negative figure is abstentionism. For me, if citizens are not interested in politics, it means that politics is not interested in citizens.” Politics “is not done to give positions of power to friends but to give water to farmers, give young couples the opportunity to buy a house and reduce waiting lists (in the health edition)”, he underlined by announcing that the “first” of his mandate is to “address the waiting lists. So I will ask all affiliated government and private health facilities to stay open until 11 pm and also stay open on Saturdays and Sundays”.
And after thanking his opponents “for their grace and respect in conducting the election campaign”, the former mayor of Bari assured that “I want to cooperate with the government as I always do.
