Defeat of Meloni’s party in Italian local elections

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting SRF, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has led her Italian Brothers party from one election victory to another. But now Italy’s right-wing coalition has suffered defeat in a local election after the votes have been counted. In the Sardinian local elections, the left wing camp won more votes for the first time in years and won the elections.

Thus in Sardinia, the left opposition Reunited for the first time after a long time. The Democratic Party and the 5-Star Movement had agreed on a joint candidacy in this region and now they have won with a few more votes against the right-wing coalition. All votes counted showed Alessandra Todd of the leftist 5-Star Movement, which is supported by the Democratic Party (PD), with 45.3 percent of the vote. This result put her ahead of Paolo Truzzo, the right-wing candidate selected by Meloni, who won 45% of the vote. which governs a region in Italy. Despite the small progress and incomplete counting, the polls and newspapers announced Todd’s victory. This is the shame of Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy. This was because he single-handedly chose the losing candidate of the right-wing coalition, who was one of his closest confidants. Meloni had made this choice against the will and despite the resistance of his government partner Matteo Salvini from the Lega party. Therefore, this defeat goes directly to Meloni.

This result is considered the first victory and success for the Italian leftists who have not really had a match in recent years. In this way, if the two left-center opposition parties get along and do not split, they can defeat Meloni: this is the message that many commentators are now reading from the results of this election.

It will soon become clear whether this interpretation is really correct or not. Because local elections will soon be held in four other Italian regions, and the EU Parliament elections are coming up in June.

SRF Italy reporter said Today it is clear that Meloney can be defeated. He ignored his coalition partner Lega when choosing a candidate for his party. Since then, there has been a palpable crisis within the right-wing coalition. Maloney messed up the start of the 2024 election year.

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