A new dough for Elly Schlein. “It seems to me that Ciani himself clarified his statements. Allegations he made not as the Democratic Party, but on behalf of his Demos party, which competed with the Democratic Party in politics. So it seems to me that Ciani already answered. The line of the Democratic Party is very clear and that’s it”, the words of the secretary of the Democratic Party in the presentation in the Senate of Gianluca Galletto’s book, ‘Viva New York’, with a preface by Bill De Blasio, in the words of the new deputy leader of the group in the House, Paolo Ciani, on Ukraine.
But what did Ciani say? The offensive words are those uttered on the Repubblica website about the war in Ukraine: “I am against sending weapons, even the Democratic Party can now change its line. Yes, I voted against. I have many fraternal friends in Ukraine, who have been under the bombs or have fled, to whom we have given help like Sant’Egidio and myself personally. But the question is how to help Kiev overcome this war. I don’t believe in military victory, i.e. arming Ukraine so that it can win. There is this discussion among our people, it is a much broader front than what is represented in Parliament, in the numbers of the group. The Democratic Party made a legitimate choice in the last legislature, after a shocking novelty and while supporting a government of national unity, but now, after a year and a half of war, the party can evolve into new positions. You might even change your mind.” And now Schlein has distanced himself.
Source: IL Tempo
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