Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – The League is closing ranks, and on the eve of today's key day, Sunday, September 20, in Pontida, the most resonant slogan is unity. "The League wins only if united, strong, and free, from North to South," is the message Secretary Matteo Salvini delivers to young people from the stage. "To change history, it takes courage, vision, determination, and patience.
You must never give up, for better or for worse, never get carried away when the wind is at your back and never get depressed when you have to roll up your sleeves" he adds.
Massimiliano Romeo, leader of the Northern League group in the Senate, also expressed hope for no protests. This appeal will be in the hands of the militants: the boos (which were absent yesterday) seem to have been averted, but the risk remains, proving that the challenges within the Northern League remain to be addressed after a small internal front has emphasized the more "northern" demands.
Internal squabbles don't seem to faze Salvini, who is focused on months that promise to be full of challenges. Immigration, remigration, and security, but also autonomy and more economic issues, are the key issues that will have to reconcile the various sides of the Northern League, which looks to the future but is "firmly rooted" in the past.
Yesterday afternoon, early activists paid tribute to founder Umberto Bossi, who passed away this year.
Minister Roberto Calderoli—quick to point out that Salvini's role is legitimized by the congressional vote—attended the ceremony (an olive tree, a symbol of peace, was planted) and the Mass. Salvini preferred to remember him from the stage, emphasizing him as "a courageous visionary" who "restored a voice and dignity to a people." His message—on the day the Senator would have turned 85—was greeted with a standing ovation from the young people, to whom he reminded them of the virtue of patience: "A twenty-year-old wants to lead a revolution," but "some of the results you've heard about today—for example, autonomy and fiscal federalism—are a reality after 36 years."
Calderoli also seems to be urging resistance. "Parties and politics have their ups and downs, you don't have to weave them all the time. There are cycles and cycles. When you go down, then you come back up. When things are good, maybe things will turn out bad. But if things are bad, maybe things will turn out good." Today, on a large lawn with 200 accredited journalists, the League awaits the sun.
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