First the outburst, then the rectification, in the middle, probably, a scolding to get Provenzano back on the right path. But let’s start from the beginning. Yesterday, in La Repubblica, an interview appeared with Peppe Provenzano, head of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Party, in which it was predicted that «the Democratic Party is ready to register the request for the expulsion from the PSE of the Albanian Prime Minister and his PSSH, the socialist party of Albania”. «We are going to raise the issue at the PSE congress», declares Provenzano to those who interview him. The reason for this request? The protocol signed between Edi Rama and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. An agreement lasting five years, renewable for another five years, divided into 14 articles, for the opening of two migrant centers in Albania entirely at the expense of Italy. Obviously debate erupts between those, even within the Democratic Party, who are for it and those who are against it. Pierluigi Castagnetti writes on Twitter: “It seems wrong to me to ask for Edi Rama’s expulsion from the PSE.” Tweet to which Andrea Orlando responds, recalling how “the agreement (Italy – Albania, ed.) violates fundamental rights” and that “comrade Rama supported Erdogan in the last elections in Turkey in competition with the PSE parties”.
But then comes denial. Provenzano backtracks and explains that the Democratic Party “is not the PSE’s security guard. We have just raised a political issue.” But what happened in this short period of time? Probably at Nazareno they noticed that Chancellor Olaf Scholz had expressed so much appreciation for the agreement between Italy and Albania that he wanted to explore the possibility of defining agreements with third countries to transfer asylum seekers out of Germany or the European Union while they are examining applications for international protection. At that point, it would have been difficult to also call for the expulsion of the German Social Democratic Party from the European Socialist Party, as coherence would have desired. And then the reverse quickly. A note also arrived shortly from the Democratic delegation traveling to Malaga for the congress of the European Socialist Party: «The Democratic Party has not made any formal request for the expulsion of Edi Rama from the PSE». Among other things, there is a small and important detail: Albania is not a member country of the European Union and the Socialist Party of Albania is not a member of the PSE, but only an associate. Fortunately, Rama has an in-depth knowledge of Italy and its political dynamics, so he wasn’t too upset. «There was news in the newspapers that friends of the Italian Democratic Party wanted to expel me from the European Socialist Party and then with some delay they themselves denied it, but underlining that the agreement that Albania made with the Italian government is seriously wrong from all points of view. view, exactly the same as what the many PDs on the Albanian right say who are fighting for the right to the same name after subsequent splits. I will certainly miss the ability to see the many points of view of all these PDs.” Many PDs, many points of view and often even discordant with each other, too much even for Edi Rama.
Source: IL Tempo
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.
