With all eyes on Italy’s parliamentary election last weekend, voting held on the same day for assemblies in two of the country’s most significant regions, Lazio and Lombardia, were somewhat overlooked. In both, regional Presidencies were retained by the incumbent parties – easily in the case of the Centre Right alliance in Lombardia, and narrowly […]
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Election result: Sicily regional election 2017
Italy’s resurgent centre-right, powered by Forza Italia, won a clear victory in Sunday’s regional election in Sicily. Nello Musumeci, the candidate of a diverse alliance of right-wing and centrist forces, finished five percentage points clear of his Five Star rival Giancarlo Cancelleri in the race for the regional Presidency, winning nearly 40 per cent of […]