Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld
ORVIETO, Italy – The gaggle of journalists seen through the cameras of La7 television on Italy’s election night thought for a minute they might be about to see Matteo Salvini take the podium in Milan. The leader of the Lega, suddenly the country’s largest right-wing party, didn’t make his appearance right then, in the small hours of Monday morning. Instead a veteran of the European Parliament, Lorenzo Fontana, read a terse, two-minute statement — the first declaration of intent from a party assured mere moments previous of an electoral victory.
Source: Real Clear Politics