“An organic alliance with the Democratic Party today is out of place” – Corriere.it

From no to a structural axis with the dem to the confrontation with the government on the Pnrr to his vision of the Movement: Giuseppe Conte, guest of the `Forum in masseria´ review which took place in Bruno Vespa’s farm, in Manduria, intervenes on the whole . Above all, he tries to mitigate the controversy surrounding his participation. “I couldn’t let the government sing it and play it by itself.” Thus the president of the M5s, Giuseppe Conte, joked with journalists that he is the only member of the opposition present at the event.

The most relevant words (politically) are those he dedicates to the future of the centre-left. «The wide shot is a formula that doesn’t exist. Here it is a question of making an intransigent opposition in a serious way, rather than voting, as some forces who claim to be opposition do, with the government and therefore from this point of view we are interested in offering a different vision of the country », says Conte. they can “share objectives, battles with the Democratic Party, obviously this dialogue needs to be refined and I hope it can grow” but “think about an organic and structural alliance is out of place today».

The M5S leader is also critical of the Ukraine issue. “We’re not there yet on the war, I don’t see any turning points” on the part of the Democratic Party. The former prime minister also spoke about his vision of the conflict. «Zelensky is there and he is defending himself, he remains in camouflage and certainly he is becoming a hero for his country but thanks to our supplies. Zelensky cannot decide under what conditions the negotiating table exists. We all work to uphold his territorial sovereignty. “Since we are at war indirectly, but I fear directly in a while, we too are here – says Conte – we also have the right to sit down at a table and we cannot offer Zelensky a blank bill and let him tell us how and when to make peace. And under what conditions?

Conte also addresses the issue of the Pnrr, opening to a table with the government. «Let’s get together around a table, this is not Conte’s project but neither is Meloni’s, it is the project for a relaunch of the entire country. We cannot waste these resources, it is certainly not by sending away the Court of Auditors that delays are resolved ». The M5S president adds: «In a while the head of the Stability Pact will come to a head and we will certainly have to deal with a proposal that in my opinion should have been better negotiated. I say this for both Draghi and Meloni”

And on the Movement he claims:. “We remained revolutionaries otherwise I would not have been kicked out of Palazzo Chigi. We talk often with Grillo, he is a great visionary, he reads a lot, I am very happy to talk to him. He is a great personality within the Movement »

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