Sunday’s regional elections are seen as crucial test for coalition government and future of Salvini’s far-right partyAmong the gifts the Sardines – the Italian movement facing off against the far-right politics of Matteo Salvini – received in recent weeks were six works of art by the late Aldo Borgonzoni, a painter and anti-fascist resistance fighter.Borgonzoni’s granddaughter is Lucia Borgonzoni, the far-right candidate seeking to bring an end to 70 years of leftwing rule in Emilia-Romagna on Sunday in regional elections that will prove an important test for the stability of the national government coalition between the centre-left Democratic party (PD) and the Five Star Movement (M5S), and may decide whether Salvini and the far-right League return to power. Continue reading…
Via: Sardines take on League in birthplace of Italian socialism as key election looms
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