The centre-left 'broad field'
alliance has held Emilia-Romagna and is also projected to take
Umbria from the centre right.
The centre left's win in the Emilia-Romagna governor race is an
emotional victory and the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) has
been extraordinary in leading the winning alliance, PD leader
Elly Schelin said after projections showed Michele de Pascale
heading for a clear win, by around 55% to 40% for Elena Ugolini.
In Emilia Romagna, she said from election HQ on Rainews, it has
been an "emotional and moving victory", with "an extraordinary
fact that is emerging for the PD, the linchpin of the
alternative to these right-wing parties".
She reiterated:
"A beautiful, emotional victory, that of Michele de Pascale.
He will be a great president of Emilia-Romagna. "Thank you for
the passion and generosity with which you have spent yourself.
"It is the sign of a victory that is also the victory of a team
and of cohesion".
"A sign of where we can get when we are united and compact
around the objective", added Schlein, according to whom "an
extraordinary result is emerging for the Democratic Party and
this confirms what we feel is the linchpin for the construction
of the alternative to these right-wing parties".
de Pascale told Premier Giorgia Meloni as his win became more
apparent Monday that they should meet up soon to discuss
cooperation on relief and preventive measures after recent waves
of devastating and deadly floods in the northern region.
"It has been a year and a half of political speculation, of
clashes," he said.
"In our land people are afraid, businesses are wondering what
they should do for their future.
"Political speculation must end with this election campaign and
a new institutional collaboration for Emilia-Romagna must begin.
"I hope, in the next few days, to be able to meet the prime
minister and mark a change of pace on this.
"Everyone must be available for a big change of pace".
While a win for the centre left had been a bookies' certainty
before the election, with the northern region and Tuscany the
only two regions never to have had a centre-right governor, the
race in Umbria to the south was expected to be much tighter, and
so it has turned out.
Centre-left Umbria governor candidate Stefania Proietti has an
"unbridgeable gap" over incumbent centre-right Governor
Donatella Tesei, Youtrend said, declaring Proietti the winner.
Proiett's slim edge gradually widened to 50% against 47% with
respect to earlier projections, while earlier exit polls had put
Tesei a tad ahead.
If the centre right is confirmed as wining both regions, it will
be a much-needed fillip after narrowly losing Liguria a month
ago.
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