In Italy, the first round of municipal elections consecrates the defeat of the League of Matteo Salvini
The right is in retreat in large urban centers, a particularly severe rout for the far-right party. The left, led by the Democratic Party, is already winning Milan, Naples and Bologna, and is in a favorable position in Turin. In Rome, the games remain open. Usually Matteo Salvini is not particularly inclined to self-criticism. But this time, the verdict of the ballot box at the end of the first round of the municipal elections of October 3 and 4 is so clear that the political leader of the League (far right) had no other choice but to admit his responsibilities in the defeat, Monday, at the beginning of the evening, in front of the cameras of the Rai: “In certain cities, we arrived to choose too late the candidates to oppose to the left (…). We arrived late, even if we have the best candidates… ”, he conceded, while the stampede of the right in the large urban centers took all its magnitude. In Milan, Naples and Bologna, the left won clearly, from the first round. In Turin, it is in a ...