Will they go ahead or not? The centre-left is unlikely to be able to put it off indefinitely, even if this is the wish of the extremely influential national secretary, Elly Schlein

The centre-right must start not with a frantic search for a candidate, but with a plan. The city comes first. And Milan needs not simply a name for its new mayor, but a new ambition

Amidst the toxic atmosphere created by the building sector investigations, the social resentment of the ‘excluded’ and a sense of insecurity, if there is ever a favourable opportunity for the right to retake Palazzo Marino, this is it. But the majority parties are more interested in Rome and the Quirinale