A joint list “of very high quality people under the flag of the United States of Europe.” This is Carlo Calenda’s goal for the European elections next June. “Giuseppe Zollino, a great energy expert, and Mario Raffaelli, the man who made peace in Mozambique. These are the people we will nominate, people who are experts,” he explained during the Coffee Break program at La7.
The action leader sees Carlo Cottarelli, economist and former senator of the Democratic Party, at the top of the list. “He added that it would be positive if he were available to become a federator as he said.”
“Renzi backs down, +Europa won’t fall into his trap”
There was no shortage of coups against Italia Viva’s former ally and leader Matteo Renzi. Responding to the question about a possible agreement that would facilitate the achievement of a sufficient majority between the two centrist parties, the former minister left no hope: “Azione will not create lists and electoral alliances with IV, we have already given it. I think he never wanted to go to Europe – he explained – and my prediction is that within a few days he will say that he will step back because EU ethics rules do not allow him to play any role outside the European Parliament, “given that conflicts of interest there are taken seriously”.
The old brawler’s strategy? According to Carlo Calenda, his goal is to add his votes to those of +Europa: “The prediction of Action’s leader is that he will say that he will no longer be a candidate and will allow the creation of a general list consisting of Action, +Europa and Italia Viva. I hope +Europa is where I live will not fall into this trap. I have already seen what it means to work with Renzi. He has a style of doing politics that does not match ours. It is a personal question, but it is a political question. We are not voting for Ignazio La Russian to have Boschi on the Rai Supervisory Commission. This is “Doing politics in this way is unacceptable for me.”
Boschi (Italia Viva): “Calenda is lying or does not know how Parliament works”
A response comes from Italia Viva shortly after. The speaker is Maria Elena Boschi herself, who was included by the former minister in the alleged “exchange” between the Senate presidency and the supervisory authority: “For the tenth time – explains the MP – Carlo Calenda is attacking Italia Viva. Without the signatures he will never be a candidate and his obsession Renzi, whom he had only temporarily put aside, Calenda is now republishing the fake news. Some of his friends must finally explain to him that the surveillance was obtained by Five Star. He and my colleague Barbara Floridia agree that I was appointed to the commission by Matteo Richetti, not by La Russa, and milk it, starting from Fratelli d’Italia “I state that I am not president because he supported the candidate Grillina.” And the move that followed: “I don’t know whether Calenda lied knowing that he lied, continues Boschi, or he still doesn’t understand how Parliament works. I hope it’s the first, but I’m afraid it’s the second. When in doubt, I remind him. The only chairmanship the Commission has received from Terzo Polo is It was given to my friend Enrico Costa, a colleague from Action.”
Source: Today IT
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