Matteo Renzi laughs and “eats” the Democratic Party. Two more dems move to the third pole

Exodus to Italia Viva and Azione for months. The most recent are the former mayor of Novara Andrea Ballarè and MEP Giosi Ferrandino

There is a political story that runs the risk of going unnoticed and frames the difficult parliamentary journey of the Democratic Party. It is an evident transmigration of the local dominant class towards the Third Pole. Constant in the news. This finds a physiological link, and facilitator of political consonance, in the face of the fact that the backbone of the Italian-style macronists’ project is authentically from the dem. There are the two leaders, Matteo Renzi of Italia Viva and Carlo Calenda of Action, who have had experiences of varying intensity in the Democratic Party. Maximum, in relation to Renzi who was the leader capable of taking the party to 40% in 2014.

And Calenda, who under the secretariat of Zingaretti, in a pact with his initials “We are Europeans” and common symbol, was elected to the European Parliament in 2019 on the Nazarene lists. Matteo Richetti in the Chamber. Also politically significant is the component of Forza Italia, led by Enrico Costa, Maria Stella Gelmini and Mara Carfagna who brought with them their respective shares of the local ruling class and the arrival of Letizia Moratti (civic profile but wholly attributable to the Berlusconi area) even proved be disturbing in the Lombard context in view of the forthcoming regional elections. But the feeling, going through the chronicles of the passes, is that the Third Pole plays the field of attraction mainly in the left area. Yesterday, the latest news.
Former Pd Mayor of Novara Andrea Ballarè takes action. He wore the tricolor sash from 2011 to 2016, after which he was not re-elected First Citizen and served on the opposition City Council until 2021, the year in which, however, he was not lost in a party that, in crucial issues for the country, not only does not have a common vision, but also sends strongly contradictory messages».

At the level of municipalities, going back months, the list is very long. And he sees, among others, the councilor of Isola Capo Rizzuto Carlo Cassano, who also said goodbye to the Democratic Party for the creature Renziana. It took place last February and, in the local press, Cassano announced the decision taken “with immense regret and disappointment, after 16 interrupted years of militancy”. From South to North. And so here, in Milan, councilor Carmine Pacente, chairman of the commission dealing with European funds and the Pnrr. A political path that starts from Margherita, obviously evolves in the Democratic Party, before the departure, a few months ago, to reach Action, censoring “some basic ambiguities” of his former travel companions.

Moving further east, then, Federica Fogolin, municipal councilor of San Vito al Tagliamento, province of Pordenone, city of which she was deputy mayor and candidate for the tricolor band, takes the door of the dem, to cross the entrance of Italia Viva in the center-left. Same choice for Carlo Candido, his group colleague, also a former councilor. And now, the Piddino group in the Municipality remains with just one component.

In recent days, Italia Viva Barbara Felleca, councilor of Florence, has also arrived, the city where, from the presidency of the Chamber, the acceleration of Renzi’s political trajectory began. And he himself wanted to salute this new entry by calling her a “brave and free woman”. Once again, a few hours later, MEP Giosi Ferrandino joins the Renew Europe family. In an interview with “Il Giornale” he accused the Democratic Party of “mortifying local realities, disastrous choices about candidates and the prospect of an ever stronger connection with the 5 Star Movement”, predicting that “stomach pains are always more numerous and evident, therefore it is foreseeable that the anthology will add other pages in the coming days.