Pd, “who is with whom” in the race for the secretariat: the movements of the currents between Bonaccini and Schlein

The candidacies are not yet defined, the aspirations are many, the negotiations as well, the uncertainties even more. There are few fixed points, within a Pd that is once again trying to re-found itself. Let’s start with those: the congressional path that will lead to the primaries scheduled for February 19th. And the candidates announced so far: Stefano Bonaccini And Paula DeMicheli. However, here’s what’s going on inside the big body of the main opposition party.

Bonaccini should receive the support of Base Riformista, the current that goes from Alexander Alfieri to Lorenzo Guerini passing through Simon Malpezzi. But his experience as president of the Emilia-Romagna Region makes him appreciated across the board in the world of local administrators. Then mayors and other fellow governors: : yesterday, the president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani, was listening to your speech to launch the candidacy.

Elly Schelin, on the other hand, independent deputy elected with the Democratic Party and former deputy of Bonaccini in Emilia-Romagna, can count on the support of Area Dem, that is Dario Franceschini, a longtime dem party “alchemist”. It could converge on her Nicola Zingaretti. If the internal left led by Andrew Orlando And Pepe Provenzano it won’t be running under its own name (Orlando himself?), it would naturally converge on her. Other names that weigh on this side are Gianni Cuperlo And Goffredo Bettini. Personalities who see in the M5S not an adversary but a desired travel companion. The social democratic current boasts excellent relations in the trade union world.

Appreciated among the Latvians, there is the former minister Paula DeMicheli, the first to announce its run. But other names could be added to this internal challenge. The mayor of Pesaro Matthew Ricci (who in the end could support Bonaccini); that of Florence Dario Nardella (who organized a meeting in Rome on 27 November); the president of Puglia Michele Emiliano; or the one from Campania, Vincent DeLuca. In addition to some possible outsiders, as there have always been in the history of the Democratic Party. As for the outgoing secretary Enrico Letta, remains equidistant for now. Nor is it said that his endorsement in the end is convenient for someone.