Overview

• Matteo Salvini has pledged to formally propose a personal 'Lista Zaia' for the November regional vote despite firm opposition from Fratelli d’Italia and Forza Italia.
• Lega has tapped Alberto Stefani, deputy and regional party secretary, as its candidate to succeed Luca Zaia, who is barred by term limits from a third term.
• Fratelli d’Italia is pressing its own contenders—Andrea De Carlo or Raffaele Speranzon—and, like Forza Italia, has refused to back the Zaia-branded list.
• Salvini warned that failing to secure a unified centre-right nomination in Veneto could threaten the stability of the national government.
• Centre-right leaders are set to reconvene after Ferragosto to try to resolve the candidate disputes in Veneto and other regions before finalizing their slates.