Salvini mocks 'Schlein effect' as centre right wins big

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 29 - Rightwing League leader Mate Salvini mocked the "Schlein effect" referring to the centre-left Democratic Party (PD)'s recently elected leftwing leader Elly Schlein after the centre right did very well in local election run-offs MOnday, winning five out of seven including for the first time in over 30 years the Marche capital of Ancona and several towns in the once red belt of Tuscany.
    "Nothing to say: a very good Schlein Effect," said Salvini on Twitter, commenting on the municipal elections.
    "Extraordinary results for the League and the centre-right throughout Italy, with historic victories in Ancona - the only regional capital on the ballot, which has always been administered by the left - and Brindisi, a triumph in Tuscany with the re-conquest of Massa, Pisa and Siena, while waiting for the results of the first round in Sicily in which we are very confident. (ANSA).