Tuscany, centre-right officialises candidate: he is the mayor of Pistoia Alessandro Tomasi

Alessandro Tomasi, mayor of Pistoia, is the candidate for President of the Region of Tuscany for the centre-right: this was stated in a note after today's meeting of the regional leaders of the parties in the coalition for the regional elections. 'The coalition, composed of Fratelli d'Italia, Lega, Forza Italia and Noi Moderati, has unanimously and convincingly indicated the name of Alessandro Tomasi as candidate for the presidency of the Region of Tuscany,' it reads. 'At the meeting, which sanctioned the synthesis of a fruitful work begun some time ago, The meeting, which sanctioned the synthesis of a fruitful work begun some time ago, was attended by FdI's deputy regional coordinator and deputy Francesco Michelotti, undersecretary Patrizio La Pietra, Lega Nord coordinator Luca Baroncini, MEP Roberto Vannacci, Forza Italia regional coordinator Marco Stella, and Noi Moderati deputy Alessandro Colucci with his deputy Luca Briziarelli.

Voting will take place in Tuscany on 12 and 13 October. Tomasi will face the outgoing governor Eugenio Giani. The centre-left coalition table includes, besides the PD, M5s Avs, Iv, +Europa, Socialists. At the behest of its leader Carlo Calenda, Action instead broke away, accusing the PD of having made a pact with the M5s 'with so many ideological desiderata'. On 18 August, the Democratic Party and the 5-Star Movement signed today in Florence the 23-point coalition pact in support of Eugenio Giani's re-election as president of the Region of Tuscany. Among the points contained in the pact are a regional citizenship income system; measures to reduce working hours for equal pay and reduce the working week; the doubling of the Florence-Pisa railway line; the closure of the Snam regasifier in Piombino; the revision of the waste plan and the quarry plan, with the recovery of the principles of the Marson law on the government of the territory; and no to the NATO base in Florence and the hypothesis of a military settlement in the San Rossore area. The 23 points advanced by the M5s also reiterate the opposition to the Florence airport expansion master plan and the desire to find in-house management solutions for the Multiutility.

The centre-left coalition table includes, besides the Pd, M5s Avs, Iv, +Europa, Socialists. At the behest of its leader Carlo Calenda, Action instead broke away, accusing the Pd of having made a pact with the M5s 'with so many ideological desiderata'. "We will not support Giani in any way, and I don't care what the local leaders of Azione will do, the national party will not be in this game and our voters are free to do what they believe. The humiliating scene of Giani bowing to Taverna is something that cannot be seen,' Calenda said. After Azione's decision not to support the broad camp in the next regional elections, the regional secretary of Azione, opposed to the choice, resigned