Neither to the right nor to the left, but above all, never with the 5 Star Movement. This may be the final summary of the first national Action Meeting after the split between Carlo Calenda and Matteo Renzi, which took place today at the Eliseo theater and included representatives of the majority and the opposition. The meeting was attended by undersecretary of the council presidency Alfredo Mantovano, Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, Minister of Institutional Reforms Elisabetta Casellati, Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein and +Europe secretary Riccardo Magi.
Giorgia Meloni is absent
Giorgia Meloni was also invited to the event, but according to rumors, he would prefer to cancel so as not to complicate the work of Senate President Ignazio La Russa, who is currently working to prevent the split of Action. The Italia Viva parliamentary group Palazzo Madama turned into a dispute over stamped papers.
Carlo Calenda insists on the idea of building a “republican, liberal-democratic and radical reformist” pole that would position itself at the center of the Italian political scene; This is a choice that is completely incompatible with the idea of ”wide space” advocated by Elly Schlein. “We have our differences – said the demo secretary in his speech – but beyond the differences there are many issues on which we can work together, with a pragmatic approach, we can build it on the foundations, showing that there is an alternative to this right. Perhaps we can put ourselves together by trying to be nice to each other, even if we never succeed.” Foggia shows this: When we manage to create an environment with a consistent program and put forward a credible candidacy, we can win together again”.
No to “wide space”
However, the words that do not seem to warm the heart of the Eylem leader, which dampens the excitement on the stage: “We will go to the open sea to get votes, he repeats, until we become strong. Let them tell others who they want to ally with. I want bipolarism to end and I want to change politics in Italy. We We want to build a great republican front, we are open and ready for change if necessary. Do this and we will do this from the day after the European elections to build a great reformist party, democratic and popular. Today the work of Terzo Polo officially starts again, Elena Bonetti, Ettore Rosato And it begins again with many others we know. We will meet here”.
For the action leader, “wide space” cannot exist; He really doesn’t want to know about an alliance involving Giuseppe Conte’s 5 Star Movement. “In response to Schlein, he said that the opposition cannot be an alternative because if we found ourselves governing with the so-called ‘large area’ today, we would not be able to reach an agreement on arms for Ukraine, we would not be able to do that.” We can’t agree on anything. They say you can’t build a waste-to-energy plant in garbage-filled Rome: I say this with love to Schlein, Conte has won ten to zero in the race to be a populist. If you want ‘wide space’, as the Americans say, ‘over my corpse’, you will have to pass over my body.”
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Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
