From Campania to Veneto, here are the scenarios in the six regions to vote next year
In 2025, six regions will be called to vote: Campania, Marche, Puglia, Tuscany, Valle d'Aosta and Veneto. An election day to be held next autumn is possible, but it will not be easy to get all the regions to agree.
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With the electoral round that closed on Monday 18 November yesterday with the election of Michele de Pascale president of Emilia-Romagna and of Stefania Proietti president of Umbria, the number of regions governed by the centre-left rises to six (Sardinia, Campania, Puglia, Tuscany, in addition to the aforementioned Umbria and Emilia Romagna). That leaves 12 centre-right-led ones (Piedmont, Basilicata, Abruzzo, Molise, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Lazio, Sicily, Calabria, Liguria, Marche and Veneto). In Valle d'Aosta, the Autonomists govern. Then there are the Autonomous Province of Trento led by Maurizio Fugatti (Lega) and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano led by Arno Kompatscher (Südtiroler Volkspartei)
In 2025, six regions will be called to vote: Campania, Marche, Puglia, Toscana, Valle d'Aosta and Veneto. The dates are not yet known, although it is generally the president of the region concerned, according to the provisions of the law, who sets the date. An election day to be held next autumn is possible, but it will not be easy to get all the regions to agree.
In Veneto, the game is open for the post-Zaia period
.After the double defeat in Emilia Romagna and Umbria, Fratelli d'Italia is working to recover in view of the next electoral challenges, starting from Veneto, where - while waiting for the moves of the outgoing governor, the Lega Nord Luca Zaia (already in his third term of office and, according to the current law, no longer eligible for reelection) - a national game is being played at the last vote. It is no mystery in fact that Giorgia Meloni's party is looking with interest at the rich Northern Region, moved by the desire to nominate one of its own exponents for the leadership of Palazzo Balbi. Especially since FdI is firmly the leading party in the region as of the 2022 general election. The name of Senator Luca De Carlo, chairman of the Agriculture Commission at Palazzo Madama, has long been mentioned. But it is not just him. FdiEuro-parliamentarian Elena Donazzan, a former councillor of the Zaia junta, could also aspire to the nomination. Not to mention that the Carroccio has certainly not renounced the leadership of the region ('Our priority is still to have a candidate of the League for the leadership of Veneto,' said Matteo Salvini at the end of his party's federal council meeting), while Forza Italia is betting on the former Lega Nord mayor of VeronaFlavio Tosi, who has become the Azzurri's coordinator in the region. Among the options taking shape is that of a civic candidate. Among the names circulating is Matteo Zoppas, president of Ice. While in the centre-left there is the name of Giacomo Possamai, mayor of Vicenza, who is territorially rooted like Michele de Pascale from Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna and the mayor of Assisi Stefania Proietti in Umbria
In Campania, the De Luca variable weighs heavily
.In Campania, where the centre-left governs, the plans of Dem secretary Elly Schlein are put at risk by the moves of the governor Vincenzo De Luca, who after the green light received from his regional council for a third term in office, has no intention of stepping aside, as the Nazareno is asking him to do. And some say he would be tempted by the idea of forcing his hand and resigning in order to return to the polls within 90 days. So as to burnish any government appeal on the regional rule that allows him to run again. And to displace the PD, which would be forced to find an alternative candidate in a hurry, since Schlein has repeatedly stated that he does not intend to run again. As for the centre-right, both Forza Italia and FdI have ambitions. The latter are united on the name of Edmondo Cirielli, the party's strong name and deputy foreign minister. While the Azzurri are banking on the MEP Fulvio Martusciello, the party's plenipotentiary in the region.
In Puglia Decaro hypothesis for the centre-left
In Apulia (where Michele Emiliano is nearing the end of his second term of office and is not eligible for re-election), the game promises to be a tough one for the centre-right, because the man to beat could be the former mayor of Bari Antonio Decaro (PD), who has meanwhile moved to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on the strength of half a million preferences in the European elections in June (he was the Dem candidate with the most votes).
