From electoral law to Lombardy, all the matches now opening up

Matteo Renzi's omen, with the polls just closed, is likely to come true: 'From tomorrow morning Giorgia Meloni will try to change the electoral law. Because with this law she will never set foot in Palazzo Chigi again'. Apart from the confirmation of the Veneto with Alberto Stefani, the centre-right chews bitterly and runs for cover. The regional elections have shown that with the current rules of the game and if it remains united, the centre-right can win and challenge the centre-right at the political elections in 2027.

It is Giovanni Donzelli, one of Giorgia Meloni's colonels who is pushing for a new electoral law. She justifies it with greater government stability, a fixation of the premier who periodically claims the longevity records of her team. 'If you voted today there would not be the same stability we have now,' is the premise of the head of the Fratelli d'Italia organisation, 'We believe it would be useful to have it. And he reveals: 'It is a reflection that we also make on electoral law, there are no dogmas but we believe that stability is needed'.

In short, the premierate reform, which is hibernating in Parliament, is not enough. And now a solution and perhaps a confrontation must be sought. Donzelli speaks and Meloni is silent, limiting herself to an ecumenical public message. The premier congratulates the three new governors and thanks the losers Edmondo Cirielli and Luigi Lobuono. And on the Veneto Alberto Stefani remarks: 'it is a victory that is the result of the work, credibility and seriousness of our coalition. Nothing more. But it is hard not to imagine, behind Donzelli's words, the government leader's concern.

Antonio Tajani's endorsement is more explicit. On the plane that is taking him to Saudi Arabia, the Italian deputy prime minister is relaunching the proportional system, on which he has 'always been in favour' and with the support of a part of the opposition that is just as favourable. A law that he imagines similar to that of the election of mayors or regional presidents with the aim of 'giving more representation to the territories, because today with the constituencies the territories have had less representation'.

On the other hand, the PD brakes. 'This debate is being made by the right, there is no concrete proposal yet, but it starts from the two worst premises: there is the fear of losing: with the coalition we have built today, they would not have won in 2022 and they would lose in 2027. Another wrong premise is the premierate, which we will continue to oppose hard. We are not prepared to reduce the prerogatives of Parliament and the President of the Republic,' attacks Elly Schlein.