Pd direction, Schlein on the attack: enough with the attrition of the leader, the people are tired of the dem divisions

The room on the third floor of the Nazareno is packed, as on special occasions. Many came to listen to her in presence (Lorenzo Guerini, Debora Serracchiani, Alessandro Alfieri), others connected via zoom, such as Dario Franceschini, Graziano Delrio, Nicola Zingaretti). The entire general staff is deployed to support her. And she hits hard, Elly Schlein, in her report to the Democratic Party Directorate. Without making concessions to anyone, anticipating the criticisms expected for her participation in the 5-star demonstration and for the still uncertain line defined by her minority, as well as for the habit of deciding alone without consulting each other.

Meanwhile, he posed a generational question, just to blow the dust off the dem shelves. “Our party has different generations, languages ​​and cultures within it. You have to have the curiosity to listen to someone who is twenty”. As if to say don’t believe you have the truth in your pocket from the top of your political seniority, if we don’t connect with young people the party will not grow.

Second, the secretary responds to the accusations of wanting to make the Democratic Party a movement, dismissing the idea of ​​”a gaseous, potential and fragile party: others have followed this path, I would like to go in the opposite direction”.

Third, the contortions and internal controversies, under the “divided Democratic Party” logo: “Look, the things we have in common are 4850, instead the literary trend of the Pd divisions is nourished. I say: feel the responsibility to bring out a common agenda. People are fed up with internal debates, they are an indistinct noise. Therefore, instead of making a noise of singing and countermelody, let’s go with them, with the people, to talk to them».

And again, the secretary warned those aiming to saw off the branches on which each leader is sitting: «For those who feed the secretaries’ little game of attrition, I say it won’t work, make yourself comfortable, I’m here to stay and do what the primary voters.

Finally, a general consideration on coexistence, which suggests a sort of warning, harbinger of fears for many: «Those who really want to change meet strong resistance. But there’s no need for loyalty to me, just respect for primary voters. When asked what the political line is, I answer that we are full of contents and proposals. The problem is that some may not like this line, admit it instead of finding other excuses. But whoever looks for an accident every day will find me elsewhere.’

Even the relationship with the 5stelle is an issue not evaded by the secretary, who wanted to clarify how going to a demonstration does not mean fully embracing all the theses of another party. «Next week we will vote in Molise, where we are allied with the 5stelle: we were before their demonstration. We know that enormous distances divide us on Ukraine, but we are making common efforts to support precariousness. After all, if Calenda invites me to demonstrate on this issue, I’ll go but I won’t change my mind about the mayor of Italy (the reform of the prime ministership advocated by Azione, ed.)».

Last blow reserved for Matteo Renzi: «I’m sorry that Renzi supports the right-wing candidate in Molise and I don’t think he is suitable to talk about subordination given that as soon as he was elected he invited Berlusconi to the Nazarene to make a pact». So, the ending: “The opponent is the right, people are fed up with internal quarrels or competitions with the other ally, while the Meloni government does what it does, increases social exclusion, excludes the opposition from information and wants to decide who should be the leader of the opposition. So no to the cynical logic that since there are European women we are not looking for convergences. Feel free to make any comments you need, but let’s look at each other from the outside». Two minutes of applause, as on the best occasions, and the discussion begins. Which is expected to be less harsh than expected.