Regional elections 2028, Fontana opens the campaign: "The League in Lombardy and Veneto would be the best option."
Milan, August 25, 2025 – To claim this is the beginning of a very long election campaign is frankly exaggerated. Especially since the election – and we're talking about the Lombardy Region – is still three years away, given that elections will take place in 2028 , the year Attilio Fontana's second term at the helm of the Pirellone expires.
However, especially during the August period, traditionally the realm of hypotheses and future and possible future scenarios in the political field, it is precisely the words of the current governor that turn the spotlight on the upcoming competition , even within the centre-right.
Since Roberto Formigoni's departure, the candidacy for president, as well as the victory, has been the prerogative of the League. Poor Roberto Maroni and Attilio Fontana have twice raised the Alberto da Giussano flag on regional offices. Next time around , the Brothers of Italy , which has also been growing rapidly in Lombardy in recent years, thanks in part to the pull of the Meloni government, could consider claiming a primacy in the presidential candidacy.
So, is the path paved for a future governor candidate from the party that also represents the current prime minister? It's unlikely the League would accept such a choice so easily. Fontana's words are a first warning to those on the fence.
When questioned by journalists on the sidelines of his speech at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics meetings held in Rimini , he expressed a rather clear opinion. The question, admittedly, concerned the much closer elections in Veneto, where current president Luca Zaia will hand over (though he will run on the League's ticket, likely as the top candidate), but the former mayor of Varese didn't hesitate to broaden the discussion to include the situation in Lombardy.
After stating that Salvini—who is pushing for a Lega Nord candidacy—will decide on the Veneto issue, he had no doubts about his succession. "I," he said, as reported by Ansa, " always have one party in mind, the Lega Nord ; there's no doubt about that." Leaving things as they are, with the Lega Nord governing Veneto and Lombardy, Fontana concluded, "I believe would be the best solution."
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