Elly Schlein: “At Berlusconi’s funeral out of respect, but the Democratic Party does not participate in his beatification”

She went to Silvio Berlusconi’s funeral “as a sign of respect. But the Democratic Party does not take part in his beatification. Let’s remember the ad personam laws, the conflict of interest. Let’s remember the commodification of everything. We found it inappropriate forcing to ask for the three days of national mourning. It is natural that it is reserved for people who have united the Republic, characteristics that do not correspond to the political Berlusconi”.

Leaving the Cathedral of Milan (and, in the morning, from the funeral home of Romano Prodi’s wife, in Bologna), the secretary of the Pd Elly Schlein clarifies the meaning of her participation in the ceremony for the knight, which, moreover, was attended by political exponents not only of the center-right, excluding the leaders of M5S, Verdi and the Italian Left: “I never met him in my life – he tells SkyTg24 – The political commitment of many was born in opposition to Berlusconi. Today I find myself at the Nazarene lead the democratic community”. And care must be taken that the emotion for this disappearance does not become emotional: “We need balance and there is no more wrong moment than riding the death of Berlusconi and carrying out unbalanced reforms”. For example, a reform of the crime of abuse of office is right, to clarify and outline it better, its cancellation is not.

But broad agreements are also not needed, to which the secretary is against: “Majorities always composite and large have not managed to attack the issues, we want to win and give Italy a progressive government”. Which also passes from an attempt to bring together the opposition: “We will talk to Giuseppe Conte to coordinate the initiatives we are carrying out. At the regional ones in Molise we have built an alliance. And the goal of the Democratic Party in the next European elections is” to be first party and therefore surpass the Brothers of Italy”.

Later Elly Schlein concluded the Milan trip with a visit to a historic section of the Democratic Party, the one in via Pergolesi 16, named after Fiorella Ghilardotti, the first woman to hold the office of president of the Lombardy Region.