«Borghi’s choice is a hymn to politics. When they finish us off, we start off stronger»- Corriere.it

Throughout Italy, citizens, municipal councilors, leaders of other parties, administrators are registering for Italia Viva. Senator Enrico Borghi joined us today. Matteo Renzi in his newsletter comments on the new members of Italia viva, which continues to grow, not only in the number of members. Italia Viva is growing above all politically and defines the passage of the ex dem to his movement as a hymn to politics. In fact, after the bad week of the breakdown of the single party project, almost all the exponents of the reformist world are re-launching positive declarations on the need to build a list/coalition/federation/political entity that represents Renew Europe in Italy. If we care about the ideal of an alternative European pole to sovereigns and populists we cannot miss this opportunity – adds the former prime minister – And we will do everything to work together with others with courage and humility. According to Renzi, Italia viva has a nice feature, every time the media portray us as finished, cornered, in crisis we are always able to amaze them by starting up again stronger than before. This has happened several times now. When we were born, with the Open inquiry. On the Conte / Draghi affair. To the latest policies. Now. I’m starting to think that whoever says we’re in a crisis is doing us a favor after all. In Naples, on June 10, we will decide how to regulate the congresses which will be free and democratic from below. And they will leave, as mentioned, in October 2023. La Leopolda, on the other hand, will be in March 2024.

Stadium

From Italia viva to Pnrr: I am a Fiorentina fan but I cannot accept that public money goes to pay for the football stadium of my favorite team. I told Dario Nardella a year ago what I thought, I told him personally in all the offices, I told him in the newspapers. Pnrr money shouldn’t have been put into the Stadium. And in fact in Europe they said no, says the Tuscan senator, writes the former prime minister. This is the situation – he continues – there are 55 million euros that Europe will not give for the stadium but could give for public housing or schools. We have launched an appeal with Lella Paita, Francesco Casini and Barbara Felleca to Meloni and Nardella: The State should remove the Superintendency’s constraint on the curves, so as to allow the stadium project to be carried out with private funds. The Municipality chooses different projects for the Pnrr both in the European funds part and in the funding part of the ministry of culture. On this issue I find it shocking that so many are silent. Are we the only ones who have the courage to say that Pnrr funds don’t have to go to the stadium? Sometimes they say we seem crazy to go against the tide. But do you realize that here going against the tide is the only way to save Italy’s credibility in Europe and the wallet of Florentine and Italian taxpayers?

The new role

Finally, a passage on his role as director: Il Riformista now on the launch pad. I hope you will like the graphics created by Giovanni Sasso and the friends of Proforma. And I hope you will find some of the news interesting, writes Renzi as director.