Salvini fails to snatch Tuscany from left in regional elections

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Published 3 years, 7 months ago

A centre-right coalition led by the once powerful Matteo Salvini’s anti-immigrant League party won in three regional elections on Monday, but failed to take the day’s biggest prize: the leftwing stronghold of Tuscany.

Eugenio Giani from the centre-left celebrates his victory in Tuscany’s regional elections, on September 21, 2020. (Photo: AAP)

Salvini’s coalition was poised to win the governorships in three regions, shifting a local power balance further to the right ...

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