The Democratic Party goes blank. Orlando evokes the breakup, Bonaccini ready to run. Letta hesitates

The choice will also have a tactical reason. “Because whatever name we would propose we would end up with Conte on this side and Calenda on there who reject it, rather than united opposition”. This is how he explained his resolution to his collaborators, Enrico Letta, before communicating it to the parliamentarians of the Democratic Party gathered in Montecitorio for the first day of school. And yet in that decision to opt for the white boardOn Thursday and Friday, in the vote for the Presidents of the Chambers, a perverse temptation flickers: resigning oneself to finding one’s own identity only by fading. Be transparent in order to avoid the risk of mistaking shades. Until March, at least. And perhaps it is precisely by fearing this ambition to become colorless, Stefano Bonaccini has convinced himself that it is time to break the delay.