Flop shakes the centre-right, Meloni fears the domino effect. Disjointed vote or wrong candidate, poison among the allies, says Lecce.

Fears for the next electoral tests are clear, he says. But above all the European Championships in June, a potential watershed, writes Leccce. "It is not absurd to think that Tajani will now try to capitalize as much as possible on the rift between FdI and Lega", he adds.