The knockout hit by the center-right in the administrative elections did a lot of damage to the PSD house. With a lot of bad feelings for the management of Elly Schlein. The first issue concerns the topics addressed after yesterday’s secretariat’s convening, which in fact stems from the flood in Emilia-Romagna and not from the electoral failure. “Surreal” the reaction of someone present at the face-to-face reported by Corriere della Sera. Another reason for the dispute is Schlein’s political style, which acts very alone, with very few faithful around her, for what has already been renamed “magic tortellini”. “We need greater collegiality, it’s also convenient for Elly, because otherwise in cases like this she runs the risk of defeating herself” the sting that comes from the reformist base, with many dem that in the days of emergency of the bad weather they wondered what happened with the secretary, it literally disappeared.
A public outburst is that of Paola De Micheli, who speaks to some members of the party: “The election result was predictable. Outside of palaces, newspaper offices and radically chic historic centers we don’t exist. But do you think someone as prudent as Possamai could have told Elly not to come to Vicenza to hold rallies with him if it wasn’t more than necessary? In essence, the only victory came where the new leader was not seen. And there was no lack of critical voices in the Democratic Party, such as that of Lorenza Bonaccorsi: “It was a collapse in the figurative sense. A defeat, a resounding defeat”. Even Andrea Orlando struggles to hold on: “We need to build a party in the area, we have problems selecting the ruling class.” “The reformists of the Democratic Party, on the other hand, identify the reason for the current difficulties of the dem in having moved too far to the left”, informs the newspaper, which recalls how the next important nomination is that of the European elections that will be held in 2024: should another Caporetto assemble, the secretary would lose his position as number one dem.
Source: IL Tempo
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