Italy: Georgia Meloni is strengthened by the victory of her candidate in the regional elections

sensational triumph of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, winner at the helm of the center-right coalition with the In Abruzzo 53.5% of the votes. The center-left led by the Democratic Party loses with 46.5%, seven points away. The result confirms Meloni in the central government, who had been stunned by the opposition’s victory in the elections twenty days ago in Sardinia, in which the Democratic Party and its allies had triumphed under the leadership of Ely Schlein.

The result paves the way for the prime minister the crucial European elections which will take place in June. Meloni can now run as a candidate for the leadership of the Fratelli d’Italia party waiting for a collection of votes which consolidate it as only leader of a far-right party in government among the 27 countries of European Union. It is expected in the European elections in June a significant growth of right-wing parties.

In the elections in Abruzzo, homeland of the parents of the great Argentine motor racing champion Juan Manuel Fangio, always remembered by the people of Abruzzo as a glorious “native” who became an international idol with his five Formula One world championships, the coalition led current governor Mauro Marsillo, won with a good 56.5%, leaving the center-left of Luciano D’amico behind by seven points, with 46.5%.

Melons, acclaimed, He said that “all this for us It’s a great pride, “that the citizens of Abruzzo have continued to place their trust in the centre-right, which confirms its majority”. Your party Brothers of Italy It obtained 24.5% against 20.3% for the Democratic Party, the main centre-left party.

The success of the Forza Italia party, founded by the late Silvio Berlusconi, with a liberal conservative spirit, was colorful. It rose to 13.4%, displacing the populists of deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini in third place, who fell to 7.5%. The leadership of Berlusconi’s heir, the Foreign Minister, is confirmed Antonio Tajani.

In the centre-left opposition the key to the defeat was the bad vote of the 5 Star Movement of the former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who reduced to 7%. In that electoral disaster, the M5E It took away the entire anti-Meloni coalition.

Elections are approaching of nearby Basilicata. The results in Abruzzo push for the victory of the centre-right, which is aiming for the re-election as regional president of Fito Bardí, of the centre-right coalition, considered certainly the favourite.