Italy’s centre-left opposition is testing out a big-tent alliance, guessing it’s the best way to unseat Giorgia Meloni at the next general election.
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The rest is still being worked out.
The alliance pulls together parties with disparate political beliefs – the centre-left Democrats, the populist Five Star Movement, the left-wing Greens and Left Alliance and several smaller groups. The goal is to rally behind single, strategically chosen candidates and consolidate the anti-Meloni vote.
The plan will get a crucial test on Sunday and Monday during gubernatorial elections in Campania and Veneto. The outcomes there will offer early bellwethers of the electorate’s mood.
Polling shows an opposition alliance could notch a tie or even a majority in the Senate at the next general election, due by 2027. The prospect has even prompted Meloni to explore election law changes that would damage the opposition, previous reporting found.
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But the coalition has a mixed track record thus far in key regional elections and lacks a clear public face or political platform.