Vannacci grows in the polls against the League and aims to double the number of deputies in the Chamber

He grows in the polls, embarks municipal councillors and aims shortly to double the patrol of deputies in the Chamber. The general Roberto Vannacci is a confirmed problem now for the League and the entire centre-right. While waiting to see whether the majority will keep him in or out of the coalition in next year's general elections, the leader of National Future continues to be a thorn in the flesh. Especially for the Carroccio. FnV is growing in the polls. The latest one by Swg for La7 places the former paratrooper's party at 4.6 per cent, not far from the League, down at 5.8 per cent. Another by Ipsos gives the two parties even closer with Futuro nazionale at 4.8% and the Carroccio at 5.7%. If the trend does not reverse, overtaking may not be science fiction.

Vannacci intercepts widespread discontent on the right. And the landslide in favour of the general continues almost everywhere in the territory. The latest case in Genoa where Futuro Nazionale enters the municipal council for the first time among the ranks of the opposition to Giunta Salis following the passage of municipal councillor Francesco Maresca from Fratelli d'Italia to the party founded by the MEP. And while preparations are in full swing for the constituent assembly on 13 and 14 June in Rome with the party's official baptism and hundreds of delegates from all over Italia, the party aims to increase its weight in Parliament.

The latest arrival was Laura Ravetto, former head of the League for Equal Opportunities, who brought the number of Futurist deputies to four, with the subsequent birth of the political component 'Futuro nazionale Vannacci' within the mixed group. But the Vannaccians are aiming to make another four new arrivals official on Saturday. The announcement should take place in Viareggio, the town of the general. The names circulating are those of the two ex-League members Attilio Pierro and Davide Bergamini, who moved to the ranks of Forza Italia in January. Two other Leghists are also expected to move: Domenico Furgiuele, a Calabrian deputy (a past with Francesco Storace's La Destra), promoter at the end of January of a press conference in Montecitorio on remigrationblocked by Chamber president Lorenzo Fontana. And Gianangelo Bof, mayor of Terzo in the province of Treviso ('I will dissolve the reservation - he declares - after a meeting with the secretary Matteo Salvini')

Meanwhile, the general presses on. "The centre-right is lost and drifting. Salvini? I haven't heard from him. He didn't even reply to my birthday greetings. Meloni? I've never had the pleasure of talking to her. I hope, however, that they don't all continue to make the mistake of ignoring Futuro Nazionale, because it's not convenient for them,' he said in an interview with Il Piccolo of Trieste, in which he relaunched: 'I don't take sides against Ukraine, but I want to do the Italians' bidding, while someone else, like Ciriani, is more concerned with doing Zelensky's bidding than the Italians'. And again: 'For Futuro nazionale he has set insurmountable red lines: migrants, security, energy, international positioning, the natural family and birth rate'.

Returning to the territory, it is worth noting that in Vigevano (Pavia) the mayoral candidate Furio Suvilla, supported by Vannacci who came fourth but with a exploit of 14.2% of consensus collected, announced that for the ballot there will be neither an alliance nor external support for Forza Italia candidate Paolo Previde Massara, who is challenging Rossella Buratti, supported by the centre-left and the 5 Star Movement. "We invite our voters to vote no ballot or alternatively a blank ballot in the next round of the ballot on 7 and 8 June 2026," Suvilla explained. Lega and Noi Moderati, whose candidate Rinaldo Ghia (also supported by Fratelli d'Italia) was also excluded from the ballot having stopped at 21.45 %, chose instead to leave their voters free to vote. 'Our invitation is to consider the 'lesser evil' for Vigevano,' commented Gian Marco Centinaio, vice-president of the Senate, appointed provincial commissioner of the League after the defeat in the first round.