Leftwing group Free and Equal
(LeU) on Friday decided to run alone in Lombardy regional
elections and voted for regional councillor Onoroio Rosati as
its governor candidate.
There was a standing ovation from LeU's regional assembly.
There had been talk of LeU teaming up with the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD) in Lombardy, as well as Lazio.
regional elections in the two regions take place March 4, the
same day as the general election.
photo: LeU leader Pietro Grasso
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