Marche Regional Elections: Acquaroli in Pesaro. "Will I vote? I'm optimistic."

Pesaro, July 11, 2025 – Matteo Ricci in Ancona, Francesco Acquaroli in Pesaro , the wolf's lair, the Democratic Party's red stronghold where the Democratic Party challenger served as mayor for ten years before taking flight to the European Parliament. In the chess game of the autumn regional elections, the governor, seeking a repeat, moves to the second city of the Marche region, a thriving opposition constituency, where on Wednesday, July 23, he will call on the center-right to mobilize for a repeat of his debut event at the Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova.

The slogan is the same, "More Marche!" , the format is identical—a roundup of center-right leaders, testimonials, and the governor's speech—the location is the amphitheater in Miralfiore Park (7 p.m.). The mission: to erode support behind enemy lines, in one of the two provinces—along with Ancona—where the regional elections seem more uncertain.

Here, the center-right is ready to lay down two axes. "The start of construction on the new Pesaro hospital, the largest public project ever undertaken by the Region, and the unblocking of the eternally unfinished Guinza tunnel." The first five years have laid the foundations for Marche to become a "competitive region" again in terms of gross domestic product. Now "we need to accelerate" with the "completion of reforms," particularly in healthcare, and the "infrastructure" already underway for transportation, says Acquaroli. He notes: "On one side, there's a center-right coalition, on the other a left-wing one. I can't identify the center."

With the election campaign starting, the governor is touring the region, and the feedback, he reports, is positive. "There's a willingness to listen, and above all, they're telling us: keep going, the Marche region mustn't go backwards, it needs another five years like this." "These are important statements," he concludes, "which come not from party circles, but from the people." He's "optimistic" about the outcome of the vote, and in a possible second term, he would like to complete the reforms "to make the region, currently in transition, more competitive and productive."