Nothing significant seems to have come out of the PD seminar organized in Gubbio to take stock of the various dossiers to be addressed. One wonders if they were very good at maintaining confidentiality or if they ultimately didn’t achieve much. However, there were many issues on the table, from Ukraine to abuse of power, autonomy and European elections. And the panels had bombastic titles such as “Where is the world going between war and peace” or even “A pact between genders and generations, another idea of the future”. What came out of all this? Little or nothing. Someone sheepishly confessed that the seminar, in the 17th century Umbrian monastery, was useful for “team building”.
Even if the “dissidents” remained that way and did not appear, such as Lorenzo Guerini, who returned to Lodi for the patronal party, Enrico Letta, busy on a trip to Europe, and Paola De Micheli. Meanwhile, 26 democrats sent a letter to Schlein advising her, one more to do so, not to run in all constituencies in the European elections. The secretary arrived yesterday morning because the night before she had gone to see “Kripton”, a documentary by director Francesco Munzi about mental health. I miss the almost three-hour trip that took the rest of the team to Gubbio on Thursday between music, an all-Italian playlist curated by deputy Toni Ricciardi and dances, the story of Cecilia Guerra is told, who dances sitting down «W la mamma » by Eduardo Bennato.
The only one who didn’t like the atmosphere of the school trip was Federico Fornaro who, as soon as he got off the bus, confided to journalists that he “slept the whole time”. Ricciardi, the improvised DJ MP, explained: «We all made a playlist of reflective Italian songs. Losing love was the highlight. Then Guccini, political songs, Bella Ciao, the popular song. How does Guccini fit into a four-star hotel? The cream was whipped, a crazy mayonnaise. It’s a very normal structure where there was discussion. If we had done this at the community center or a restaurant there would still have been controversy. We need to understand the reflections and the content of the reflections.” Schlein immediately sets the record straight from the stage: «The Spa is closed and the right-wing newspapers will have to talk about content. I don’t think any of us brought a costume or a weapon and I recommend that no one steal paintings or stop trains.” Given the closure of Spa, they turned to chess and billiards, as Nico Stumpo said.
Schlein is also angry with Meloni who, according to the Democrat, “surpassed Berlusconi” in attacks on the Report that recall “the Bulgarian decree”. But let’s get to the content. On the war in Ukraine, the Democratic Party will continue “to insist on unambiguously supporting Kiev, but a stronger political and diplomatic role than Europe is needed.” Regarding the Middle East: «We must ask ourselves the question of avoiding fueling these conflicts, of avoiding sending weapons and exporting weapons to conflicts, to the conflict in the Middle East, in particular in this case to Israel. Because we cannot risk weapons being used to commit what could be considered war crimes.” In labor policies, the Democratic leader proposes an old war horse shared with Giuseppe Conte: the reduction of working hours. According to Schlein, “some companies are experimenting because they are discovering that it is convenient.” War also against differentiated autonomy. “We are not talking about autonomy, but rather an attempt at secession, we must campaign from north to south to counter this reform that divides a country already too divided. The autonomy written by Calderoli is without resources, it creates citizens of series A and series B. It is linked to the Prime Minister who overturns the form of the parliamentary Republic, weakens Parliament and the powers of the President of the Republic. There was an exchange indecent between Lega and FdI.” Last chapter: the secretary’s candidacy for the European elections. “There is nothing new. The last thing remains. First the project, then the team and finally (the decision on my candidacy, ed.)”. In true PD style, there was also time for self-criticism, confident, however , to two external interventions: that of the journalist Francesca Mannocchi and that of the political scientist Nadia Urbinati. The first reminded the democratic public of the agreements with Libya signed during the Gentiloni government. The second illustrated how “the labor deregulation policies” desired by the Democratic Party are one of the underlying causes of the party’s loss of votes.
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.
