«Patriarchal society. Melons? Do you really help women, not affecting pensions»- Corriere.it

“I’m with all women, we struggle more” because “society is patriarchal” and “there is a lot of discrimination to fight”. A clear message the one launched by Elly Schlein at «Start», on SkyTg24on the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Day. «If Giorgia Meloni wants to help women, don’t hit them on pensions, reducing women’s options, but do a simple thing and you would have my collaboration from tomorrow in Parliament, make a equal leave of at least three months», added the new secretary of the Democratic Party. «I appreciated – continues the Pd leader – the call that came to me from the Prime Minister after the primaries. Of course, we have different ways of understanding politics and leadership. That’s not to say there can’t be common ground, like the commitment to combat gender-based violence». If Giorgia Meloni wants to help women “don’t hit them on pensions, reducing women’s options, but do a simple thing and you would have my collaboration from tomorrow in Parliament, take an equal leave of at least three months”.

Schlein’s thought today “goes to all the women who struggle to assert their positions every day”. Just to give an example, today in Italy «the number of rectors in our universities is incredibly low and if we think that women graduate on average with better results,” she observed. To “fight sexist stereotypes” we need to start “with a great cultural battle on differences starting from schools”, added the secretary.

Then, when asked about the issue of migrants, Schlein pointed out: «If the CDM in Cutro wants to make sense, it must abolish the Legislative Decree which makes rescue at sea more difficult, the Legislative Decree on NGOs. Meloni decides to collaborate and ask Rutte today a European ‘Mare nostrum’. It is a battle that the government should fight, a European search and rescue mission at sea”. The premier, the dem secretary continues, “she will have to come to the courtroom early for Question time, there will be no lack of opportunities to go back to it until they have given answers”.