The League is moving towards new farewells, Salvini seeks an agreement with Zaia

New farewells in the League. The year had begun with the release of Attilio Pierro e Davide Bergaminiwho, on January 5, had joined Forza Italia. Then came the shocking farewell of Roberto Vannaccion February 3, and, in parallel with the two first ‘Vannaccians’, the now former Northern League members Edoardo Ziello and Rossano Sasso. On May 19, it was the turn of Laura Ravetto, former Equal Opportunities manager, to seek a ‘parachute’ with the general. Now it’s the turn of Erik Pretto from Vicenza, for whom the party had initiated the disciplinary process foreseen for those who are not up to date with their contributions. Having failed in negotiations with Vannacci’s Futuro Nazionale, Pretto should soon join the ranks of Forza Italia.

While the date of Saturday 6th is circled in red, when – at 11.30, in Viareggio – the joining of two other Northern League members should be announced. This is Calabrian Domenico Furgiuelewho with the Vannaccians had been the promoter of the press conference on remigration which should have been held in the Chamber, but which was canceled after the occupation of the room by the opposition.

The other ex-lumbard outgoing would be Gianangelo Bofmayor of Tarzo, just over 4 thousand inhabitants in the province of Treviso, in his first mandate as a parliamentarian, and active in the League since 2004. But the general doesn’t stop there. The love of former Northern League members for FI seems to have lasted just six months, because the other two deputies who will join Fnv on Saturday morning are Pierro and Bergamini. Net of the movements, considered physiological in the year before the elections, the new exits are experienced with a bit of bitterness in the League.

The meeting with Salvini

According to AGI, Salvini met the two outgoing Northern League members, Furgiuele and Bof, at the ministry. But the negotiation would not have been successful (He would have proposed to Furgiuele to take on the role of coordinator in Calabria, Fnv’s ‘rivals’ reveal). “Good work, good work”, the minister simply replies, rejecting the reporters who ask him about farewells. In reality, the Northern League secretary would be working to speed up the start of a new phase. Keywords: strengthen the team and define three program objectives to be achieved by the end of the legislature.

Zaia’s (major) involvement

As far as the team is concerned, the objective would be – qualified sources reveal to AGI – the closing of an agreement for a greater involvement of Luca Zaia; agreement to be closed by the first weekend of July, in order to launch the changes on the occasion of the retreat that he intends to organize in the province of Treviso on the 4th and 5th. The pressure on the former governor is apparently intensifying and among the hypotheses that Salvini would have put forward to Zaia would be that of appointing him as his sole deputy, eliminating the other appointments (Claudio Durigon, Alberto Stefani and Silvia Sardone).

On the other front, those who have had the opportunity to speak with Zaia in recent weeks have often heard the answer that he “I’m not interested in running after charges“. On the other hand, the former ‘Doge’ would have already declined the proposal to be deputy secretary in Stefani’s place in April. Zaia, it is reported by qualified sources, is asking for a “project”. He does not believe it is right that the party’s path “is contracted out to one person” and “he will never accept being deputy without content”, it is insisted.

Zaia’s project

It is known that the project the former governor is thinking of foresees that the “territory” and “identities” are put back at the center of the party’s political proposal: for months he has been talking about the creation of a political formation within the League that deals with ‘northernist’ issues, linked to the National League, just as the Bavarian CSU is linked to the CDU in Germany.

But also from Zaia it is not excluded that the square can be foundto use a term dear to Umberto Bossi. Meanwhile, a federal council of the party has been convened for Wednesday: meeting at 11 in the Salvadori room of Montecitorio for the approval of the 2025 financial statements and “communications from the federal secretary”.

Salvini works on the new course

From the secretary’s side, it is confirmed that Salvini is working on the new phase. It is highlighted that preparatory “meetings” for the new course are taking place, which include a phase of “listening to ministers, governors and mayors”. The aim is to arrive at a “strengthened team proposal, with three concrete program objectives to be achieved by the end of the legislature”. Finally, there is “no concern” for those who choose to leave the League, it is claimed. “Indeed, it leaves us with freer hands for next year’s lists”, they comment.

“We are all convinced that we can reach 15%”, he assures himself. However, the atmosphere on the Transatlantic is not the best. Certainly, the ‘Primà at the question time’ of the Vannaccia supporters who, having become members of the Misto group, decide to begin by questioning Salvini themselves is not welcome. The question is illustrated by Ravetto, the harsh reply is up to Ziello. “We thought that in these four years you had done painstaking work at the ministry, aimed at rewarding Italian citizens who have been waiting for years for the assignment of public residential housing”, attacks the Pisan deputy. “And yet, he did nothing. I remembered a Salvini who filled the squares, once, obviously, with the slogan ‘Italians first’, bringing the party that you lead to over 30 percent of the vote.” Final curtain in the Chamber: in the chaos of the Transatlantic, an important deputy approaches the reporters, “why don’t they question Pozzolo about his driving habits?” is the vitriolic joke that refers to the accident in which the Fnv deputy with a blood alcohol level higher than the permitted level was involved.