Pd who wins and who loses in Piedmont with the victory of Elly Schlein

In the end, only Monica Canalis, regional councilor and former deputy secretary of the Piedmontese Democratic Party, expressed her concerns about Elly Schlein’s victory. He does so as an exponent of a part of the cattodem area whose referent is the former parliamentarian Stefano Lepri: «I am worried about the future of the Democratic Party because it is indisputable that unpublished facts, such as an outcome of the primaries that overturns that of the members and a victory of radical libertarian political culture, which is not among the founding cultures of the Democratic Party, open a delicate phase ». Canalis expects signs of “pluralism” by the new secretary of the party and, at least for now, she is not attracted by the calls of the former popular who have long since left the party, such as Giorgio Merlo, or by those who did so yesterday, such as Beppe Fioroni.

But Canalis’s externalization also photographs an all-female challenge in the subalpine dem that he also brings to a reversal in the roles of power. The victory in the gazebo, in fact, consolidates the national role of the Cuneo parliamentarian Clare Gribaudo. Enrico Letta took her to his secretariat and now that he has coordinated the national electoral campaign of his Roman roommate, he could take on a more incisive political role. In recent months there has been talk of her as a possible challenger to the president of Piedmont, Alberto Cirio. Now that hypothesis is being revived. He also rises in the hierarchies of the party Gianna Pentenero. The commissioner for labor of the junta Lo Russo who in the past had not ruled out standing as a candidate in the party primaries to challenge Daniel Valle, now that she has been elected to the party’s national assembly she could find sides at the Nazarene to challenge Alberto Cirio.

The position of the vice president of the regional council, who in fact had long since begun his race for the leadership of Piedmont, comes out weakened by the votes of the gazebos because he coordinated Bonaccini’s electoral campaign in Piedmont even if he enters the assembly for the first time national team as well as the mayor of Settimo, Elena Piastre, even if the defeat of Bonaccini who had indicated her among the 12 of his team seems to preclude her the path to the Nazarene.

To tell the truth, the whole regional group shared Valle’s choice. Starting with the regional secretary Dominic Rossi, which, however, was voted on by all congressional motions. From the group leader Raffaele Gallo – re-elected in the national assembly, to the Turinese Avetta and Sarno (he too will be part of the dem assemblies), up to the Alessandria area Ravetti they sided with the governor. The Cuneo area Marello, however, chose the parliamentarian. Surely they will be re-nominated, also because you vote with proportional representation and votes must be won with preferences but they could face very fierce competition.

The role of the municipal councilor Chiara Foglietta and of the group leader in the municipality grows in the purse of power of the Pd branded Schlein, Nadia Conticelli. While Anna Rossomando, vice president of the Senate, could aspire to be reconfirmed in the national secretariat where she was called by Letta. The former regional secretary Paolo Furia has his revenge and enters the dem parliamentarian, as well as the former parliamentarians Davide Mattiello and Umberto D’Ottavio. But the rest of the Piedmontese patrol is made up of many who did not have leadership roles in the party. Among the supporters of Bonaccini he enters the small parliament Enzo La Volta while former MPs are excluded Davide Gariglio, Francesca Bonomo and Stefano Lepri.

Marcello Mazzu, the metropolitan secretary, and Rossi himself underline the large participation in the vote of the centre-left people. In the end, almost 55,500 people voted throughout Piedmont. “I would like – explains Rossi – for these people to help us in the next electoral campaign and in recovering consensus in the internal areas of Piedmont where we continue to have problems”. Compared to 2019, more or less thirty thousand voters have disappeared and the photograph of these primaries still highlights the weight of the province of Turin – where in any case at least 18 thousand fewer people voted than in 2019 and a high mobilization capacity in the Alessandria and Verbano areas where the ratio between population and voters is higher than 1.40. The “grand” struggles with the index at 0.99% and is overtaken by Novara. Asti and Vercelli are bringing up the rear for the Democratic Party. And in any case, alliances are needed to beat the centre-right and Schlein’s victory could have closed the door to the Third Pole.