Attilio Fontana is the third most popular governor in Italy (Sala ranks seventh among mayors)

Milan – Lombardy Region President Attilio Fontana continues to be popular with Lombardy residents. According to a poll conducted by the opinion polling institute Lab21 for Affaritaliani , the Northern League governor is the third most popular with Italians, with 60.7% of the vote (unchanged from six months ago). He is beaten by two other Northern League politicians: Luca Zaia of Veneto (67.9%) and Massimiliano Fedriga , President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. To find a center-left mayor, we have to go down to fourth place, Michele De Pascale of Emilia-Romagna.

While Fontana climbs to the podium among governors, the same cannot be said for Giuseppe Sala , who stops in seventh place in the ranking of the most popular mayors, overtaken by Matteo Lepore (Bologna), Roberto Gualtieri (Rome), Massimo Zedda (Cagliari), Luigi Brugnaro (Venice), Gaetano Manfradi (Naples), Silvia Salis (Genoa), Stefano Lo Russo (Turin) and Sara Furnaro (Florence).

Among the parties, in voting intentions, Brothers of Italy is just above 30%, the League is stable at 9%, ahead of Forza Italia . The Democratic Party is at 20%, while the Five Star Movement is growing strongly at 12.2%. The Green Left Alliance is below 6%.

Fontana's career

Attilio Fontana , a lawyer from Varese born in 1952, has been president of Lombardy since 2018 and is now in his second term . A sober and measured figure, far from the bombastic tones of certain politicians, he has built his career through extensive apprenticeship: mayor of Induno Olona , president of the Regional Council, and then mayor of Varese .

A member of the League, he represents the administrative and pragmatic soul of the party , avoiding excessive symbolism and preferring concrete work to propaganda. A conservative, he nevertheless stands out for some atypical positions, such as his support for assisted suicide , which conflicts with parts of the center-right.

Before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, he faced difficulties and scandals, emerging acquitted in all investigations. Far from the image of a tribune, he loves golf and art, supports AC Milan , lives in the provinces, and dislikes Milan, despite leading the richest and most complex region in the country. Under his administration, Lombardy remains the "driving force of Italy," a blend of excellence and contradictions: high-quality healthcare but with waiting lists, innovative industry but record pollution.