A centre-right bloc made up of
Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI), the anti-migrant Northern
League (LN) and the rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party was
the big winner of local-election run-offs in many Italian towns
and cities on Sunday. The centre right won most of the contests
in the 22 provincial capitals, with the centre-left losing
strongholds such as Genoa and Pistoia. The anti-establishment
5-Star Movement (M5S) was absent from most run-offs after
performing badly in the first round. Federico Pizzarotti, a
former M5S member, was re-elected mayor of Parma.
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