autonomist South Tyrolean People’s Party (SVP, ‘Südtiroler Volkspartei’, German) was once again the party with the most votes in Alto Adige/South Tyrol, a German-majority Italian state. local elections It was held there this weekend. but this victory happened pyrus.
According to official data, SVP fell to its lowest level It achieved a historic result in terms of consensus, garnering only 34.5% of the vote, seven points less than in the previous election five years ago. Worst result since 1948. In fact, the party has never before received less than 40 percent of the vote.
Right and anti-vaxxers
All this in one choice Political fragmentation has increasedand the list of independentists (Südtiroler Freiheit party), right-wingers (Brethren of Italy) and even former commanders of an old group, ‘Schuetzen’, increased. Tyrolean snipers. The second is Jürgen Wirth Anderlan, whose ideology clearly includes anti-vaccination rhetoric. anti-immigrant.
“We lost. That’s for sure. We lost two councilors (15 to 13), but we expected to lose only one,” said SVP secretary Philipp Achammer. Even the once popular governor of the state, Arno Kompatschersuffered a crash losing nearly 10,000 votes in the election compared to previous elections (68,210 to 58,771).
separatists
Problem with this (new in this province where SVP is located) It was a hegemonic formation until recently) will be how to manage now establishment of a stable government, a mission announced in capital letters. “We will have 12 parties in the provincial council, which is an impressive number. We will be the largest party, but we guarantee stability.” [política] This will be very difficult,” Achammer said.
A new headache in a state like South Tyrol/Alto Adige; This is not an ordinary state, it is one of the most experienced ones. Europe’s rich and productiveDespite the problems in the past, until 1919 this region belonged to Austria. Of the rest, one stands out: its existence in the 20th century organizations terrorists Today, the Tyrolean Liberation Committee, which Italy finally managed to disable, has been granted almost full autonomy.