the big names rejoice, but you will try to line up the new faces – Corriere.it

The man alone in command did not work, the woman alone in command would not work. So Elly Schlein has always said, from the stages of this long congressional race, that she wanted to team up.

And beyond the good intentions with which every electoral campaign is paved – and the arrows at the competitor repeatedly accused of Renzism, synonymous with centralization – Schlein nevertheless has one more reason to insist on the team concept. She had it in the challenge days and she has it even more today. And this is because the team should be the best shield against the pressure from the many big names in the party who have gradually supported his candidacy. And of those who will try to get on the wagon at the last minute.

Let me be clear: a Dario Franceschini, Nicola Zingaretti, Francesco Boccia, Andrea Orlando I never promised anything in case of victory, Schlein swore several times. They didn’t ask her anything. Even if she, with a certain malice, has repeatedly stressed that she is not a scrapper, she is always words to be pigeonholed under accusations of Renzism against the opponent. Now those who were current strongmen are celebrating the victory of those who promised to change the names, rather than the name of the Democratic Party. What role they will play in the future of the Democratic Party remains to be seen.

for all this for which Elly Schlein, in fact, points in the meantime to butkeep going his team, which is expected at a high rate of women and forty-year-olds. What are the names? In the front row there Michelle DiBiase, now a deputy of the Democratic Party, group leader in the city council in Rome in the (difficult) times of Raggi. She is also the wife of Franceschini, considered by many to be one of the fathers of Schlein’s candidacy.

then there Stefano Vaccari, national party organization manager, who is also linked to Bonaccini by a long relationship. Also on the list are the Sardines, the activist movement born in Bologna in 2019, a well-known face Matthias Santori. Perhaps a surprise, certainly a nemesis given that that grassroots association had been created precisely to support Bonaccini in the elections for the second term as president of Emilia-Romagna.

Three names that come from the left of the left should also have a role, a path repeatedly claimed by Schlein. The first Nico Stumpo, today among the few elected of Article One, and that in the secretariat of Pier Luigi Bersani was responsible for the organization of the Democratic Party. Then Arthur Scott, also in Parliament with Article one, after a past with Sel and Nichi Vendola. The match should also be part of it Joseph Provenzano, minister for the South in the Conte two government but, unlike Franceschini and Orlando, not in the Draghi one. And also from another generation, having just passed the age of 40.

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he said several times about wanting an ecological and feminist left, it is reasonable to expect other women in his team. A role should also have Stefania Bonaldi, former mayor of Crema, who coordinated the network of local administrators in this campaign. There should be too Clare Gribaudo And Clare Braga. Among other names the spokesman for Schlein Flavio Alivernini and that of the motion that supported it Marco Furfaro. Not to mention that there is often a queue on the winner’s chariot and there is not always a place to be found.