M5s call to Schlein: “Say no to guns in Ukraine, let’s grow together”

Looking closely at the two proposals submitted by Elly Schlein and Stefano Bonaccini before the results of the primary elections, it was difficult to find significant differences. Again, the existing similarities were glorified in the narrative of the election rather than in the essence of the programs. But there is one point where Elly Schlein could be her real breaking point: the approach to the war in Ukraine and the stance on sending Italian weapons to Kiev.

It’s a problem for Democrats who risk splitting if the new secretary goes all the way and embodies their pacifist instinct. It’s a problem, at least in theory, for the 5 Star Movement, which has now become the reference of choice for those who want to “silence the guns”. Indeed, according to analysts, the parliamentary election will shift the party’s center of gravity to the left and erode the consensus of the 5 Star Movement, which has taken its place to the left of the Democratic Party within months. However, these problems do not seem to be absent in the pentastellata house.

“Is the Democratic Party voting against guns in Ukraine inefficient? No – M5 deputy Enrico Cappelletti responds to Today – I remember the League voting with us for basic income and not weakening us, but strengthening both (we and both of us) and the Democratic Party) we have taken the positions that the voters want, we will all be stronger. We are not afraid, on the contrary, we believe that there can be a new force for both “. It’s certainly not clear whether Schlein will move along Enrico Letta’s line, but the M5s not only fear change, but hope so: “We hope to see if the Democratic Party will maintain the same position in the war in Ukraine. We hope he gets closer to our position,” Cappelletti reiterated.

Towards a new dialogue between Pd and M5s

For Gianmauro dell’Olio, M5’s sidekick, we are moving towards a new phase of rapprochement between the two sides. “Is he an interlocutor today? I think he would have done it anyway. Letta had an incomprehensible closing and would have thought to talk to us, no matter who came in.”

Therefore, we do not fear a dissolution in the 5 Star house, on the contrary, Schlein’s election as the leader of the Democratic Party is the maturation of a period in which the 5 Star Movement and democrats can return to their old days. dream big. Perhaps a renewed dialogue that will not erode anyone’s votes, but will lead to a phase of growth for both”.

“If the Democratic Party starts to embrace common struggles, opposition in Parliament becomes common, and if people believe what we did, it will strengthen both. We all forget that there is a piece of country in the country that has not yet been lived. It went to the vote. By working on arguments and facts, you save that part of the country that people believe in. Re-establishing consensus is easy for all of us if you put measures in place. M5 MP Gaetano Amato, who describes himself as an “absolute pacifist,” believes this and also estimates how much consensus a possible Pd-M5s axis could gain: “We had 32%, in Pd There were 20, so we were almost 50% together. Now, according to the polls, we’re roughly at 36:16,” Amato concludes.

This is why the 5 Star Movement believes that 16% can be recovered by working as a team. Let’s go back to the yellow-red axis, which, perhaps, with the election of Elly Schlein, could give Ukraine a great start, united in arms. It’s an openness that the new democratic secretary will have to think carefully about how to act in front of him. For Pentastellati, this would be the rebirth of a new left in Italy. But there is a section in the Democratic Party that doesn’t think so, and as one democratic lawmaker put it, “Schlein will eventually have to adapt to maintaining Enrico Letta’s pro-Ukrainian position”. The life of the Democratic Party is in danger.