VIPs line up – Corriere.it

The counting went on until late in Lombardy and Lazio, where the vote was held a week later to avoid overlap with the regionals. And in both cases, among the members who went to the clubs for the primary of the Democratic Party
in order to choose the two finalists among the four candidates in the running, Elly Schlein And Stefano Bonaccini I’m on the wire. The deputy goes ahead in the city of Milan, the opposite in the metropolitan area, as in the province of Rome. In any case, the advantage that the governor had collected in the rest of Italy would be reduced: 54.35% to 33.7%. Those 21 points could drop to 17 or 18. From here we start for the vote open also to non-registered, on Sunday in the gazebos: just over 5,000 seats, two thousand less than in 2019.

Tonight the two candidates will compete on SkyTg24. The format has stringent rules: one minute per answer, 4 replies of 30 seconds, a question to the other candidate, a final appeal. Bonaccini expects an aggressive rival. Today in Milan, before the confrontation, he will try some Q&A with Marco Agnoletti, Giovanni Diamanti and Elisabetta Graziani. Without building too much, convinced that naturalness pays off. If anything, with the aim of keeping at bay what he himself considers a limitation: sometimes he gets too hot. The goal is quiet strength, as per Mitterand’s slogan many years ago. From Schlein’s staff they are more buttoned up. You will prepare with your spokesperson, Flavio Alivernini, who is following you in the many squares where you have been in these days. Convinced that these rallies are the best exercise.

Mission impossible for everyone, guess the personal question that could be done tonight. There is no preparation that holds. In the 2017 primaries, for instance, the three candidates were asked which posters they had in their room at the age of 15: Michele Emiliano said Gigi Riva; Andrea Orlando Berlinguer and Allende; Matteo Renzi (who later won) Baggio, Duran Duran and Bob Kennedy.

Meanwhile, even the exceptional supporters take sides. The last two artists to go down in the field are the singer Paola Turci and the writer Carlo Lucarelli. I support you because I know you, respect you and trust you. You are young but your shoulders are already strong to carry this (dead) burden. On February 26, Schlein is to become the new secretary, writes Turci on social media. I know Stefano Bonaccini well, I know him as a citizen of a functioning Emilia Romagna, as an intellectual to whom he kept his promise to triple the funds for culture, as president of a foundation that deals with crime victims and I also know him personally , Lucarelli almost seems to retort.

But the challenge between top supporters has been open for weeks. Someone brought it in home, like Francesco Guccini: the singer-songwriter sided with Bonaccini, his wife with Schlein. There are those who, like Claudio Amendola, argue that a Carletto Mazzone is needed for the dem, even if he assures that he will vote for Schlein because he is on the left. The primaries also touched another competition, the Sanremo Festival, where Levante expressed his support for the former MEP with a Bella ciao. Chef Massimo Bottura, on the other hand, sided with his governor in Emilia Romagna: A man of extraordinary depth; and the comedian Paolo Cevoli and the swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri did the same. But the TV faces are divided: Lino Guanciale, TV interpreter of Commissioner Ricciardi, spent himself on the front line for Schlein, as spokesperson for his committee in Abruzzo. Simona Ventura, however, with Bonaccini. Don’t sabotage it, finally tweeted Gabriele Muccino, supporter of the deputy.