Early lead for 'radical' candidate in Mayor of Rome vote

Meanwhile populist party leaders like Marine Le Pen in France, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Frauke Petry in Germany are increasingly starting to believe that becoming head of state is possible. The 5SM candidate in Rome, Virginia Raggi, has taken the lead in the first round of the mayoral ra...

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Published inIrish independent
Main Author Chiara Palazzo Rome
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin Independent News & Media 07.06.2016
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Renzi, Matteo
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Summary:Meanwhile populist party leaders like Marine Le Pen in France, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Frauke Petry in Germany are increasingly starting to believe that becoming head of state is possible. The 5SM candidate in Rome, Virginia Raggi, has taken the lead in the first round of the mayoral race with 35.5pc of the vote, while Roberto Giachetti, from Mr [Matteo Renzi]'s centre-left Democratic Party (PD), seems to have edged over far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni by about 4pc (24.7pc v 20.7pc) as the last votes are still being counted. Ms [Raggi]'s main campaign promise, and the reason for her popularity, is to put an end to the capital's history of mismanagement and corruption. In the latest scandal in the Eternal City, centre-left mayor Ignazio Marino resigned in October following an expenses Ms Raggi's main promise is to end corruption row nicknamed "Dinnergate" by the press.