A round of regional elections begins on September 28th, involving seven
regions over the course of several months: Puglia, Calabria, Campania,
Marche, Tuscany, Veneto, and Valle d'Aosta. Although these are not
general elections, the deadline is being seen as an opportunity to test
the government's resilience. However, given what's at stake, the results
of the vote are certainly misleading. Currently, it appears that four
regions will receive a center-left majority, two will receive a
center-right majority, and the seventh, Valle d'Aosta, presents
uncertainties due to the presence of ethnic and linguistic political groups.
In the regions currently governed by left-wing governments, government
politicians present themselves as representatives of established lobbies
working to defend well-defined and consolidated interests, rigorously
represented within the lists and proposed candidates. Nothing is
expected to change, and the opposition is relegated to a role of mere
witness, despite enjoying the support of the central government, which
is barely able to grant favors in the region and thus gain greater
consensus. The presidency of the Marche Region, contested between
Meloni's proconsul Francesco Acquaroli and former Renzi supporter Matteo
Ricci, a skilled and astute technocrat, appears contestable. The
progressive decline of the Marche regional economy, largely due to the
international economic climate, and the disastrous state of the regional
health service, directly attributable to the current governor, are
issues that should spur an electoral victory for the "left" and lead to
a change of leadership in regional governance that would revert to
previous, consolidated political balances and interests.
Calabria also appears to have become contestable, with President Roberto
Occhiuto (FI) resigning, simultaneously calling new elections. In this
way, he intends to respond to the corruption investigations he is the
subject of by submitting himself to the voters' decision. The left is
countering his candidacy with that of former INPS President Giuseppe
Tridico, whose program is currently unknown in a region that currently
plays a key role because investments related to the devastating
construction of the fateful bridge over the Strait of Messina are about
to pour into its territory. This is all while, according to ISTAT data,
Calabria's resident population has been steadily and rapidly decreasing
since 2014. "It is no longer simply a 'loss of young people' offset by
births, but a negative natural balance, with more deaths than births.
Previously, the high birth rate mitigated the effects of emigration;
after 2014, the decline in births and aging have made depopulation a
structural and visible phenomenon year after year."
(S. Barresi,
https://www.lanuovacalabria.it/spopolamento-e-raccettazione-la-lenta-scomparsa-della-calabria).
Investment policies must be developed that enable local development,
building a supply chain that capitalizes on local agricultural
production capabilities, markets its products, and creates opportunities
for living and working. The region's repopulation problem can be
addressed by promoting its welcoming role, well exemplified by the Riace
model, which has led to the establishment of numerous artisan businesses
in the region and the resettlement and integration of migrant populations.
But despite every effort, the left is unable to propose a credible and
alternative candidate for Veneto, a region it is considering the legacy
of Governor Zaia, who, although outgoing and ineligible, continues to
shape its political life as the conduit of consolidated regional interests.
The country's political governance
The likely positive outcome of the regional elections must not and
cannot suggest that the opposition has developed the capacity to govern
and is capable of challenging the political majority governing the
country. It is completely devoid of a government program, slogans,
issues around which to mobilize the electorate, economic programs, and
proposals to overcome the profound inequalities that are carving
unbridgeable chasms in society.
What about its foreign policy positions? The opposition stands out for
its feeble voice in condemning the Palestinian genocide and its
inability to force the government to distance itself from the criminal
positions of the Jewish entity, allowing itself to be trapped by facile
and self-righteous accusations of anti-Semitism, which in reality
conceal a consonance with the policies of the State of Israel, which is
believed to be doing the dirty work on behalf of the new Nazis. But more
serious, and above all fraught with consequences, is the left's stance
on the war in Ukraine: persisting in supporting the Kiev government,
sacrificing the interests of the European peoples and draining the
financial resources and welfare of European states to finance a losing
and futile war effort. Rather than defending Ukrainian national
independence, it fights to assert a crude and sordid, racist and
xenophobic nationalism that threatens to pollute the regions of Europe
and compromise the future of the European peoples.
The support of left-wing parties for the war has always brought defeat
and, above all, misunderstanding on the part of their voters, who know
full well that in wars, it is the proletariat, the children of the
people, who die.
The Editorial Staff
https://www.ucadi.org/2025/09/04/il-governo-alla-prova-delle-regionali/
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regions over the course of several months: Puglia, Calabria, Campania,
Marche, Tuscany, Veneto, and Valle d'Aosta. Although these are not
general elections, the deadline is being seen as an opportunity to test
the government's resilience. However, given what's at stake, the results
of the vote are certainly misleading. Currently, it appears that four
regions will receive a center-left majority, two will receive a
center-right majority, and the seventh, Valle d'Aosta, presents
uncertainties due to the presence of ethnic and linguistic political groups.
In the regions currently governed by left-wing governments, government
politicians present themselves as representatives of established lobbies
working to defend well-defined and consolidated interests, rigorously
represented within the lists and proposed candidates. Nothing is
expected to change, and the opposition is relegated to a role of mere
witness, despite enjoying the support of the central government, which
is barely able to grant favors in the region and thus gain greater
consensus. The presidency of the Marche Region, contested between
Meloni's proconsul Francesco Acquaroli and former Renzi supporter Matteo
Ricci, a skilled and astute technocrat, appears contestable. The
progressive decline of the Marche regional economy, largely due to the
international economic climate, and the disastrous state of the regional
health service, directly attributable to the current governor, are
issues that should spur an electoral victory for the "left" and lead to
a change of leadership in regional governance that would revert to
previous, consolidated political balances and interests.
Calabria also appears to have become contestable, with President Roberto
Occhiuto (FI) resigning, simultaneously calling new elections. In this
way, he intends to respond to the corruption investigations he is the
subject of by submitting himself to the voters' decision. The left is
countering his candidacy with that of former INPS President Giuseppe
Tridico, whose program is currently unknown in a region that currently
plays a key role because investments related to the devastating
construction of the fateful bridge over the Strait of Messina are about
to pour into its territory. This is all while, according to ISTAT data,
Calabria's resident population has been steadily and rapidly decreasing
since 2014. "It is no longer simply a 'loss of young people' offset by
births, but a negative natural balance, with more deaths than births.
Previously, the high birth rate mitigated the effects of emigration;
after 2014, the decline in births and aging have made depopulation a
structural and visible phenomenon year after year."
(S. Barresi,
https://www.lanuovacalabria.it/spopolamento-e-raccettazione-la-lenta-scomparsa-della-calabria).
Investment policies must be developed that enable local development,
building a supply chain that capitalizes on local agricultural
production capabilities, markets its products, and creates opportunities
for living and working. The region's repopulation problem can be
addressed by promoting its welcoming role, well exemplified by the Riace
model, which has led to the establishment of numerous artisan businesses
in the region and the resettlement and integration of migrant populations.
But despite every effort, the left is unable to propose a credible and
alternative candidate for Veneto, a region it is considering the legacy
of Governor Zaia, who, although outgoing and ineligible, continues to
shape its political life as the conduit of consolidated regional interests.
The country's political governance
The likely positive outcome of the regional elections must not and
cannot suggest that the opposition has developed the capacity to govern
and is capable of challenging the political majority governing the
country. It is completely devoid of a government program, slogans,
issues around which to mobilize the electorate, economic programs, and
proposals to overcome the profound inequalities that are carving
unbridgeable chasms in society.
What about its foreign policy positions? The opposition stands out for
its feeble voice in condemning the Palestinian genocide and its
inability to force the government to distance itself from the criminal
positions of the Jewish entity, allowing itself to be trapped by facile
and self-righteous accusations of anti-Semitism, which in reality
conceal a consonance with the policies of the State of Israel, which is
believed to be doing the dirty work on behalf of the new Nazis. But more
serious, and above all fraught with consequences, is the left's stance
on the war in Ukraine: persisting in supporting the Kiev government,
sacrificing the interests of the European peoples and draining the
financial resources and welfare of European states to finance a losing
and futile war effort. Rather than defending Ukrainian national
independence, it fights to assert a crude and sordid, racist and
xenophobic nationalism that threatens to pollute the regions of Europe
and compromise the future of the European peoples.
The support of left-wing parties for the war has always brought defeat
and, above all, misunderstanding on the part of their voters, who know
full well that in wars, it is the proletariat, the children of the
people, who die.
The Editorial Staff
https://www.ucadi.org/2025/09/04/il-governo-alla-prova-delle-regionali/
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