«The attacks on the look are absurd, the problem is the ideas»- Corriere.it

Mateo Renzi defends Elly Schlein. The criticisms that are raining down on the secretary of the Democratic Party regarding her interview with Vogue do not like the leader of Italia Viva. «Elly Schlein is attacked for the Vogue interview. Too pop, critics say. About ten years ago I was attacked for the same reason. Obviously those within the Democratic Party who then accused me of personalism today applaud the youthful turn of the secretary. But that’s another story. The point for me is another. I find it absurd to attack Schlein for her personal shopper or her color match. I’ll be old-fashioned but I don’t care to know how much she gets her image consultant or who pays her. I’m interested in politics.” The former premier writes it on Twitter.

«The differences with Schlein – he adds – are not on the trench coat but on the uterus rent, the incinerator and nuclear power, the concept of work and taxes, subsidies, merit in school, Ukraine and the European army, justice and guaranteeism. On these issues there is no image consultant who can help you: ideas count. I think reformists can accept all color choices, outfits, hairstyles. But there is no escaping ideas. The escape from the Democratic Party does not arise from the interviews with Vogue but from the lack of clarity on the contents. Maybe we don’t always get the colors right and sometimes we get messed up in photos. But we have clear ideas about politics. And we are ready to confront everyone face to face », he concludes.