Italy’s right-wing League won control of Ferrara and Forli in second round run-off elections yesterday, conquering two bastions of left-wing support in Emilia-Romagna that had been governed by the left for more than 50 years. Matteo Salvini, the League leader and a deputy prime minister, welcomed the triumph in the traditional heartland of the left. “Extraordinary victories of the League in the run-offs. We have elected mayors where the left has been governing for 70 years,” he said. The centre-left Democratic Party (PD), which wrested control of the…

Source: The Times June 10, 2019 08:05 UTC