Once upon a time there was the Democratic Party. In name and in fact. A movement with positions that are sometimes questionable, often obsolete, but with an iron and rigid structure. Who had his heart beating in the primaries. A left-wing, reformist political formation, interested in opening up to the centrist world and strongly alternative to the radical universe. That Democratic Party, in fact, died tonight in Florence. When the assembly decided, by force, to designate Sara Funaro, niece of the mayor of the 1966 flood, Piero Bargellini, as the Democrat’s candidate for mayor. And this, despite Cecilia Del Re’s overwhelming, loud and continuous request. The former urban planning councilor, dismissed by Dario Nardella due to different and divergent views on city management, appealed (unsuccessfully) directly to secretary Elly Schlein to call for the primaries.
“The Florentine Democratic Party renounced one of its founding principles, after having halved the number of members of the assembly two years ago and having reached yesterday’s vote after all kinds of forces. write a democratic participation page, and also a feminist page, which is weakened by this story.” Funaro, current councilor for welfare, will lead a coalition made up of the Italian Left, the Greens, Action, +Europe, socialists, Movement of Labor Action and Volt. The verdict came overnight, at the end of the meeting of the Florentine Democratic Party which approved a document that excludes the use of primaries with 137 votes in favor out of 177. Fierce criticism also came from Matteo Renzi.
“In Florence the Democratic Party renounces the primaries. And he chooses his candidacy by allying himself with the radical left: it will be interesting to read the program at the airport, at the stadium, in public services. On Saturday we will talk to Stefania Saccardi about why we think differently. Start a fantastic challenge.” In the Tuscan capital, while the Firenze Fiera is one meter away from the abyss (and from possible bankruptcy or sale to third parties), the security advisor, Benedetta Albanese, has it removed, for unknown reasons ( or considered acceptable only in regimes similar to Stalin’s Soviet Union) some Pro Vita posters. “Stop confusing children’s sexual identities in schools. Stop gendered careers and pseudonyms.” An absolutely non-offensive message, vigorously defended by Jacopo Cellai (Fdi) and Susanna Ceccardi (Lega).The great nervousness of the Democratic Party in recent weeks, which is leading the Democrats to make one bad impression after another, implies its obvious Terror.
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.
