thus the roles are confused – Corriere.it

The news of the new commitment
Matthew Renzi he communicated it to him just a quarter of an hour before it became public knowledge. And already this at
Charles Calenda
ally and co-pilot of the project that will lead the Third pole to give life to a single party by October, it didn’t seem like a gesture of great sensitivity (“it was a bolt from the blue” he confided to his collaborators). But that is the form, albeit relevant. The Action leader is more than worried, not to say irritatedfor substance. Because from the ex premier’s adventure as director of the Reformist
he fears that only headaches may come (political ones, of course).

“There is a risk of conflicts of interest» explains Calenda to
Tagadà
on A7. With him he is even more direct: «When Renzi takes a position, will he do it as a political exponent or as director? He made the comparison with Veltroni a the Unit and Mattarella al People. But those were party papers, they moved along a well-defined political line.
The Reformist it is an independent newspaper, it is not and will not be the organ of the Third Pole”.

The president of Azione was not consulted before the ally decided to accept the publisher’s proposal Alfredo Romeo (co-defendant of the father of the senator of Rignano in the Consip investigation). But he repeats his old belief about the many roles that Renzi loves to play. «When the experience as minister ended – he underlines – for a year I did not accept consultancy or assignments from private individuals. If we want to remake Italy we must be able to guarantee absolute transparency. Clarity of roles is essential for me”. Calenda has repeatedly said in public that those who make politics must devote themselves exclusively to that, even if the law does not prevent them from accepting invitations to share the skills gained in public engagement with foreign companies or states.

But this time there is something more that annoys. «Information is a counter-power to politics» vents the leader of Azione. “How can one be a counterpower to oneself?” For this nagging he asks that Renzi draw a clear line of separation between politics and the newspaper. It is understood that for those who are trying to complete the constituent process of a single party that gives voice to moderate and liberal democratic values, Renzi director of an independent newspaper risks confusing votersto pass off personal opinions, not agreed upon but in themselves legitimate, as positions of the Third Pole.

And that this danger is real is confirmed by Renzi himself, writing in his weekly e-news the ambitious goal he set himself by agreeing to sign on as editorial director (not responsible) the Reformist from next May 3: «We will do our best. Continuing to do politics even when others don’t notice it. Here you are, that doing politics by other means is what worries Calenda more than by chancetrying to avoid an overexposure of the Tuscan senator, he remarks that he is not part of the governing bodies of the Third Pole nor participates in the drafting of the manifesto and the regulation of the congress that will lead to the single party. But Renzi doesn’t seem to care and relaunches: «We will try to build a newspaper that is a place of freedom and discussion, a house of values ​​and a training ground for ideas. Succeeding within Calenda’s stakes will be the real challenge.