Administrative, in Verona the center-right is split: Forza Italia towards support for Tosi. Lega and Fdi supports Sboarina
VERONA – The blessing of Silvio Berlusconi it has not yet arrived, indeed it has been expected for a couple of months. Nevertheless Flavio Tosi, former mayor of Verona, former Veneto regional councilor, former secretary of the Liga Veneta, should by now have made it. He met the top management of Come on Italy in Rome and garnered the party’s support for the local elections. Which means a center-right split in two in the capital on the banks of the Adige, given that Lega and Fratelli d’Italia support the outgoing mayor, Federico Sborina, that in the course of the legislature took the leap by taking the party card of Giorgia Meloni and making a toad swallow a Matteo Salvinisecretary of the Carroccio.
“The support is now probable, only the decision of the Knight is missing” from the staff of Tosi who has just returned from the Roman meeting, solemnized by a press release from Come on Italy. However, caution still prevails. In the note it is acknowledged that the national coordinator of Forza Italia, honorable Antonio Tajanithe regional coordinator Michele Zuin (deputy) and the provincial coordinator of Verona Claudio Melotti, they had a face to face with Tosi. The Veronese senator was also present Massimo Ferro and the regional councilor Alberto Bozza. The statement does not say that Forza Italia will support Tosi, but that Forza Italia will participate in the electoral challenge (and this was known), that the opponent to beat is the former footballer Damiano Tommasi, candidate of the center-left (this was also known) and that in any case the horizon for the party is that of the center-right. Sboarina is not even mentioned and is the most evident sign of the coldness that exists towards the lawyer who was elected with the group five years ago Beats, together with the whole coalition. Behind the scenes there is also talk of last-minute attempts to avoid the tear and negotiations to prevent Forza Italia from giving an assist not so much to the center-left candidate, who is rather invisible, as to Tosi, who can count on a hard core and also in Matteo Renzi’s “Italia Viva”. If To went to the ballot against Sboarina, according to whether the gradual polls at the moment do not solve the incoming enigma of the former mayor to deal with the outgoing.
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However, the split is evident, also because it is inside the pairing Lega-Fratelli d’Italia who supports Sboarina does not seem that everything is going well. Just look at the election posters. In the opening one of the electoral campaign, Sboarina’s photo is accompanied by an inscription – “Olympic Verona. With us the city wins “ – which recalls the fact that the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Games will be held at the Arena. It will also be a significant event, but it doesn’t seem decisive enough to mark an election campaign in a city. Furthermore, the League has reached an agreement with Brothers of Italy to have, in case of victory, the deputy mayor, he does not show excessive enthusiasm for Sboarina. In his election manifesto, the lawyer’s name is relegated to a corner, while the invitation is to vote for the League. Tosi, on the other hand, presents only himself in the electoral manifesto. “Flavio Tosi, the mayor is back. Safety, work, family, tourism “. As if to say that he is the real mayor of Verona (he did it for ten years, from 2007 to 2017). From him, Damiano Tommasi he preferred not to appear in photos on posters, in the name of an absence strategy. We will see if it will be paying.