The secretary’s decisive meeting with the northerners at his home fails to reach a conclusion. The Deputy Prime Minister wants to stay in power, whilst the regional governors are waiting for the voters to pull the plug. Fears of reprisals following the ‘pratone’ incident. And escape plans are being drawn up.

The regional president and Luca Zaia’s successor, Alberto Stefani, had promised the Patriarch of Venice and Salvini’s party that he would stand firm. In the end, the end-of-life bill was passed, and within the party there is talk of a ‘U-turn’. 

After years of battles, the former governor has won a delicate victory: the majority of the Lega and the opposition voted in favour, whilst FdI councillors voted against and those from Forza Italia abstained. Cappato and civil rights activists are celebrating: “A decision that respects the freedoms of those who are suffering”. This is the first time in a region led by the centre-right

The Prime Minister intends to extend the simplifications, partly in response to requests from Zaia, Fontana & Co. Meanwhile, the Lega secretary has been excluded from the celebrations in Lombardy.

Northerners press ahead with their association: “Answers before Pontida”. Romeo’s “dissident” book on “returning to the League”. The possible implications in the Senate are causing Meloni concern

The regional president and some of his close allies in the Lega continue to disavow the Doge. The formation of a new group in the Regional Council is a real possibility: ideally, reviving that famous ‘Zaia List’ invoked during the election campaign

The President of the Veneto Regional Council: “Extend the scope of self-defence only where psychological stress is involved. The jeweller’s case is a textbook example. He sought confrontation without protecting himself.” On the North and the “party of the nostalgic”, he says: “Salvini never said those things. The North and South are inextricably linked.” A ‘yes’ to preferential voting