first the programme, then the alliances – Corriere.it

«Before there was no alliance, so there is the problem of a tactical study. Yesterday was an interesting first meeting, I am convinced that Schlein must first define the Pd program. Only in this way can there be an alliance otherwise we start off weakly. It was beautiful but it was only a first exploration ». So Romano Prodi, guest at Half an hour more on Rai3, regarding yesterday’s meeting between Schlein and Conte and the possibility of an alliance between Pd and M5S to broaden the center-left front. «In any case, the Democratic Party has changed with these primaries, the same would have changed with Bonaccini too, but perhaps more so now. There were primaries that revived the party. The unexpected victory gives a further push forward for change. I believe that Schlein must reflect and confront the country’s civil strength and then think about the alliances that are made on the programmes, otherwise they will not resist », he added.

On the fact that many non-members also went to vote in the primaries, Prodi he observes: «They are inventions, I went to vote and I felt like I was at home. I don’t know what analyzes were done, but there were no organizations that changed the vote”. As for the Pd’s programme, the former prime minister observes that the founding points should be «minimum wages, job protection, fiscal problems, therefore the party must be clear, even radical, on these issues. On the rest Schlein must aggregate if he wants one day the center-left to take over the leadership of the country. Covenants must be made so that they last over time”. For Prodi, opening up and regrouping society means «doing what I said before, facing the problems of collective justice because the periphery is not a physical problem but means social justice». On the possibility of a collaboration between Schlein and Bonaccini, «it is not necessary for them to work together, if they do so it is better, but the proposals need to be compatible. In a party there are always various currents, but in the dialectic there must be a spirit of collaboration