From Madrid he studied holding matches in Rome

The “Spanish Syndrome” is a kind of mirror of Italian contradictions. And when reading the results of voting in Spain by the parties, there is a temptation to tip them in their favour, rather than analyze them. With a certain courage and consistency, Georgia Meloni The Biggest Loser, the far-right leader of Vox, called out, Santiago AbascalTo offer solidarity. On the other hand, she revealed herself in its support, sure that the right wing would overthrow the socialist government; They formed an alliance between Vox and Popolari who received the most support.

The backlash is contradictory: both in terms of identity and the coalitions that the FdI is trying to build in Europe remain in the balance, and in terms of the reactions of its allies, even ahead of their opponents. The project of a center-right axis in Brussels’ future institutions looks even more problematic than yesterday. train like The Islamic Front, which is fighting for survival, clings to the victory of the European People’s Party to illustrate the centrality of moderate forces: way to claim the role of the individual regarding the right to win for Meloni, the Northern League Matteo Salvini. However, the reaction of the latter seems more interested. Forgetting about the collapse of Vox, Salvini used the Spanish result to criticize the prime minister and Berlusconi. They attacked the “no” agreement with the far-right extremists in Strasbourg: in particular with the French Marine Le Pen agreement and with the German AfD party, which belong to the same group as Salvini. “Whoever puts a veto is not working for a common home for the entire center-right,” warns the Northern League leader. To be clearer: “In the perspective of 2024, we do not need a veto but a right-of-center capable of banishing the left.” Salvini does not see or does not want to see that the socialist class was favored precisely because voters feared seeing a coalition conditional on a far-right government; The key to an outcome that leaves Spain divided in two and without a majority is also clear and perhaps above all reflects a rejection of extremism. But this reading ends up questioning the same oppositions in Italy.

“The black wave can be stopped,” Democratic Party Secretary Eli Schlain stressed.. The problem is that left. The embrace of outgoing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez measures not the similarities but the differences between Spanish socialism and the Pd and M5S prone to extremism. And by accepting some grounds. For this reason, the unscrupulous approach to Spanish reality ends up reproposing an “Italian syndrome” marked by ambiguity that next year’s European vote aims to underscore, not hide.

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