Bonaccini starts from the South and tries to tame the populist vein of Emiliano-De Luca with a cure for realism

Stefano Bonaccini launches himself into the arena of the Pd congress starting from Puglia, on a track well prepared by Antonio Decaro, mayor of Bari and national president of Anci, beloved by the administrators. The Modenese leader tries to weld an axis with the southern governors Michele Emiliano and Vincenzo De Luca who would ensure him the final victory by adopting the demands and calls for prudence on autonomy, but going straight on reformism and energy choices (see regasification plants) against any ecologism of the no.

After the tribute to Cerignola on the tomb of the union leader Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Bonaccini tried to seduce the four hundred dem (and civic, even from the center-right) gathered in the Apulian capital by Decaro and Emiliano. In the public a varied panorama of the emirate: the former Dalemian parliamentarian Fritz Massa, the CEO of Infratel (5S share) Marco Bellezza, the president of Lega Coop Puglia Marcello Rollo, the former municipal councilor Vito Lacoppola, while the the first rows were occupied by the regional nomenclature dem, with the vice president of the junta Raffaele Piemontese, the regional councilor Francesco Paolicelli (decarian) and the former Emilianist MEP Giovanni Procacci. The meeting begins with the notes of the “popular song” by Ivano Fossati, then the presenter Loredana Capone (president of the regional council) thanked those present, recalling that in these days in Puglia the Salento “porcedduzzi” sweets are being prepared (“I made them this morning”).

Antonio Decaro takes the stage and “melons” himself: “I-am-Antonio, I’m-enrolled-in-the-Pd-since-2008…”. The next passage is pop: “In these 14 years, as the replicant in Blade Runner would have said, I’ve seen a lot”. And down the anti-capobastone tirade: “I have seen incompetent people who have guessed the right current and found a place in government; a childhood friend who came to blows over the sub-government with an old associate of his…”. Then he reveals an anecdote: he opened the chat “The dirty dozen” to find a synthesis between the various administrators, from Nardella to Bonaccini, passing through Ricci. She teases Bonaccini about the Ray-Man as sanbabilini: “They are uglier than Michele Emiliano’s character…”. And she closes with a claim: “We are a population of ants who are not afraid of fatigue. We have to get back on track from the opposition, without palace maneuvers and compromises in order to survive”.

Microphone to Sheikh Emiliano who glosses over alliances (after immediately asking for agreements with the 5S who keep his majority standing) and regasifiers: “Stefano, do you know how Tatarella called Puglia? Black Emilia”. Smiles on stage. He claims the electoral successes, the four center-left mandates in the Region and the Municipality of Bari, the numbers of the municipalities: “We govern 237 out of 250 municipalities in Puglia”. Then a crescendo. “You have to take on the proposal to decarbonise Ilva”. “Stalingrad? It’s still a good story for me.” The final questions: “Do you feel like being the secretary of the Democratic Party who will make Italy recognize what we have done in Puglia?”. Then he gets practical: “Do you feel like giving us the space we deserve? Do you want to become a little Apulian? Long live the Democratic Party, long live democracy, and long live Italy”.

Bonaccini closed the meeting with a pragmatic report: “I’m used to being around, but being around doesn’t mean being capable. If one is an idiot, he turns around and stays an idiot”. great when it took charge of the East after the fall of the communist regime”, praises the Latvian Charter of Taranto on occupation (written by De Luca and Emiliano), and on autonomy chooses to start again from the defense of the Lep and from the stakes identified by the minister of Conte due, Francesco Boccia. Here is the bath of realism: attention to VAT numbers (“they are not tax evaders”) and de-bureaucratization of authorizations for administrators. Broadside to fearful leaders: “If you are a leader, take the votes at home yours. Help us win in the colleges”. The announcement of the meeting – if she will be the new secretary – with Giorgia Meloni on the line of “enough enemies, we are the alternative”, and the novelty of the three national offices: “Beyond Roman-centrism , the Pd av will have offices in Naples and Milan”. From the audience: “And who pays the rent?”. Just a pinch to Emiliano: “We need less bureaucracy and a real industrial policy. We authorized the Ravenna regasification terminal in four months”. No mention of 5S and Calenda. The closure between the praise of Melon’s coherence and the take-off of “a new Labor Party that puts work at the centre”. Music. Luciano Ligabue’s notes start, “The best is yet to come”…