The stitching job is not easy. The aftermath of a turbulent summer, animated by the demands of the 'northernists', are still present. But in view of the next political elections we need a united League, a compactness invoked primarily by Matteo Salvini during the last federal council.
The Northern League must regain consensus, and for this reason other internal wars must be avoided. The picture, however, becomes more complicated with the possible no-confidence in the Senate of Massimiliano Romeo, who together with the governor Attilio Fontana has asked for a renewal of the party, ending up in the sights of the secretary and his loyalists. The meeting of senators is scheduled for November 17th. And on that occasion Romeo will listen to the motivations of his colleagues, aware that he has always led the group following the secretary's line, primarily on Ukraine.
Meanwhile, pressure is increasing in Lombardy against Salvini so that the purge can be avoided. The Northern wing appreciated the invitation to the unity of the movement coming from Salvini, who assured that he did not want to carry out settling accounts, so much so that the possible commissionership of the Lombard League, of which Romeo is secretary, was also averted. The managers close to the deputy prime minister, however, still ask for a signal of retaliation, such as the head of the group leader in the Senate, so much so that the 20 signatures collected at Palazzo Madama to remove Romeo from his position arrived a few days after the extraordinary federal congress in Milan.
"I am dealing with the budget law" Salvini cut short when asked about the issue today. Even if relations are at their lowest, Salvini had nevertheless underlined, after the last federal report, that his phone "is always on", words read by many as another opening.
From Lombardy, multiple sources defend Romeo, underlining that he simply represented widespread intolerance among the militants, a discontent that, as regional secretary, he could not ignore. Not only that: from the North they are also convinced that the summer confrontation, although bitter, has brought something more to the movement, with federalism having "become central again" both in the program and in the new logo of the League.
To avoid no confidence in the Senate, several appeals also arrived, such as that of the governor Fontana and the provincial secretary of the League of Varese Andrea Cassani, re-elected yesterday during the only congress not frozen before the elections. Romeo, it is reiterated, only posed political questions, perhaps raising the tone, but only "in the interest of the League".
The Lombards, it is further pointed out, did not react even after the postponement of the congresses, including those of Bergamo and Brescia, the heaviest provinces in terms of militants and where there was progress towards the confirmation of secretaries close to the Northerners' theses. This is also why they are now expecting a real truce, also thanks to yesterday's words from Giancarlo Giorgetti, who during the Varese congress invited the winning candidate to also involve those who lost, words which also seemed to be addressed to Salvini on a national level.
"The lack of confidence in Romeo in the Senate, at this moment in which they are trying to rebuild a conciliatory climate, even after the cancellation of the congresses, would seem like a false note" comments, not surprisingly, the head of local authorities of the Lombard League Andrea Monti.
