There are 14 symbols that will appear on the cards of the Sardinians in the elections of 25 September, both in the Chamber and in the Senate.
There are 1.3 million voters on the island who, divided into 1,836 sections , are called to elect 16 parliamentarians with the Rosatellum system . Voting is only on Sunday from 7 to 23.
Eight of the 14 symbols - some historical, others completely new - are part of the two coalitions (4 for the center-right coalition, as many for the center-left one), the other six run alone.
Below is the list of symbols, with their leaders and their main political proposals.
CENTER RIGHT
Giorgia Meloni - Brothers of Italy: Runs with the center-right coalition. The only party to have always been in opposition in the last legislature, both with the two Conte governments and with the one led by Mario Draghi. He focused his identity campaign on the themes of God, country and family. Its leader has a past in An, maintains the historical traditions of the right as the tricolor flame also symbolizes, and was Minister of Youth in the Berlusconi government born in 2008 and fallen three years later to make way for the technical government of Mario Monti.
Forza Italia - President Berlusconi: By now a historic symbol, born in 1994. It appears in the center-right coalition. It is proposed as the more moderate winger compared to Lega and Fratelli d'Italia. Silvio Berlusconi was Prime Minister four times, he left Palazzo Chigi in 2011 and hasn't been back since.
League for Salvini premier: The old Northern League that changed the symbol and in Sardinia has made an alliance with the Sardists of the Psd'az. It presents itself in the center-right coalition and among the most trodden topics in the election campaign are the fight against immigration, the request for a budget shift for the expensive bills and a new pension reform that avoids the return to Fornero starting from 2023 . Matteo Salvini was Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister in Conte I, which he then brought down, passed to the opposition in Conte II and returned in the majority to the Draghi government, in which he personally did not have government posts but the Lega was able to count on some ministries.
Noi Moderati - Udc: The centrist party of the center-right coalition, which contains three symbols and refers to three leaders: the former Christian Democrat Maurizio Lupi, the former Forza Italia and president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti and the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro.
CENTER LEFT
Pd - Democratic and progressive Italy: One of the few symbols that does not have the name of the party leader, which is Enrico Letta. The Democratic Party is the leader of the center-left coalition, on his list there are also the ex exits of Article 1. The party, which is very pro-European, pushed a lot on the Draghi agenda and on the ecological transition during the election campaign. He defends the citizenship income (which did not vote in Parliament), supports the minimum wage and the ius scholae. In the last legislature he was in the opposition of Count I, in government with both Conte II and Draghi. Enrico Letta was Prime Minister for less than a year between 2013 and 2014, then he fell, leaving space for Matteo Renzi.
Green Alliance - Left: Symbol that unites two parties: the Italian Left by Nicola Fratoianni, who has always voted against the Draghi government, and the Verdi by Angelo Bonelli. It is the leftmost party of the PD-led coalition, the one that pushed Carlo Calenda to leave the alliance. It is characterized by a strong focus on issues of social and environmental justice: it is against the Piombino regasification plant, wants to abolish private jets and considers it necessary to tax large assets to redistribute wealth.
More Europe with Emma Bonino: He runs in the center-left coalition, he is the heir of the Radical Party. Strongly progressive and leftist on civil rights, from the end of life to the defense of abortion to the legalization of soft drugs, liberal in the economic field and strongly Atlanticist in terms of foreign policy. One of the major supporters of the Draghi government, initially had to present himself with the Action of Calenda, giving life to a single symbol. Calenda's tear gave birth to a painful break, with Action which created the Third Pole together with Italia Viva and Più Europa which remained in the center-left coalition.
Civic Commitment - Di Maio: A symbol that appears for the first time at the polls, in the center-left coalition, and which bears the name of the Foreign Minister, a great protagonist of this turbulent legislature. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Labor and Economic Development in Conte I, Di Maio is the father of the citizenship income and the dignity decree. After Salvini's tear in Conte II, he goes to Foreign Affairs, a ministry he will maintain even during the Draghi government. Leader of the 5 Star Movement in 2018, he left the party in controversy with Conte.
THE OTHERS
5 Star Movement: The winner of the last political elections comes back alone, after the sinking of the attempt to create the Progressive Camp together with the Democratic Party. Guided by Giuseppe Conte, twice Prime Minister and one of the architects (together with Lega and Forza Italia) of the fall of the Draghi government which then also caused the break with the Democratic Party. Conte has focused heavily on social issues: strenuous defense of citizenship income, minimum wages and interventions against high prices were the most recurring themes of his electoral campaign, during which he attacked Draghi several times.
Action Italia Viva - Calenda: It is the so-called Third Pole, which sees the two centrists former Pd Carlo Calenda and Matteo Renzi united, with the leader of the Action campaign frontman. It is proposed to bring Mario Draghi back to Palazzo Chigi, which is possible according to Calenda by obtaining 10% of the votes, a threshold that in his opinion would not allow the center-right to govern alone. If Calenda in the last legislature was always in opposition, only to support the Draghi government, the path followed by Renzi is different. After Salvini's tear and the fall of Conte I, the leader of Italia Viva was the architect of Conte II, who subsequently dropped by favoring Draghi's climb to Palazzo Chigi.
Popular Union with De Magistris: It is probably the most left party in these political elections. At the helm the ex magistrate and ex mayor of Naples Luigi De Magistris, who brings together different realities: former left-wing M5S, Potere al Popolo (party that stood in the 2018 elections) and Rifondazione Comunista.
Italexit - For Italy with Comparison: List founded by the journalist and senator elected in the M5S. The name is a clear reference to Brexit, Paragone has always been a supporter of Italy's exit from the European Union. Paragone left the Movement in controversy with the birth of Count II: in the list it gathers several “anti-system” characters both on the left and on the right. It is notoriously an extremely critical "no green pass" towards Draghi.
Sovereign and Popular Italy: Another anti-system force, it brings together under the leadership of the Communist Marco Rizzo various anti-Hydragian and anti-European realities (including far right ones). It is proposed to reverse the course with respect to the Draghi government which "with the obligation to vaccinate and the Green pass has limited freedom". A recent post by Rizzo who "toasted" for the death of Gorbachev caused a lot of discussion.
Vita: The leader is former M5S MP Sara Cunial. No vax, sees among the candidates some of the protagonists of the fight against the Green pass and mandatory vaccinations, as well as several Covid deniers. Some fundamental themes are the no to 5G, the exit from NATO, the no to electronic money, the abolition of professional associations.
(Unioneonline / L)
