In politics, as in football, there is a kind of “compensation market”: on the ashes of the so-called Third Pole are two former Renz players, Ettore Rosato and Elena Bonetti (former Minister of Opportunities and Equality). Aile, who resigned together with his colleague Teresa Bellanova and undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto, causing the fall of the Conte government, settled on the field by choosing to change jerseys and play for the excellent rival team of the same city. Carlo Calenda’s.
Two former MPs of Italia Viva, which continues to make football comparisons and has already broken away from Matteo Renzi, had started an intense conversation with the leader of Action in recent months. already future roles: “Rosato – announced that Calenda will be the deputy secretary for the organization and I will propose Bonetti as vice president in the next parliament. After the dissolution of the Third Pole we built together with the Popular European reformers (Thu) today one step further “a path of convergence that leads to Two important names who will support the leader in the elections in the next few months will make it clear whether the centrist project will be successful or not. The main goal is to reach a quorum in the next European elections, which is no easy challenge after the split with the Renzians.
Calenda: “We will not accept Italia Viva in our lists”
Speaking of Matteo Renzi: This time the page seems to be completely closed with him and Italia Viva, and given the June elections there should be no room for second thoughts: “We will not make a vague list welcoming Italia Viva – the leader reiterated Action – because we have already given the electorate “We will create a very clear profile: We will send experts to Europe on the issues discussed in Europe, we will not perform cosmetic operations.”
Bonetti: “We want to reunite what politics has divided”
At the press conference, Elena Bonetti said: “Thank you for believing in us and not succumbing to difficult and exhausting moments such as the rupture of the Third Pole. We are entering to expand the action and start a new process of building. How do popular traditions combine with popular, republican and socialist traditions?” “It is a unitary party that really knows how to bring together. We want to bring together what our country’s politics divides,” he concluded.
Rosato: “We need a party that will break bipolarism”
“My colleague Ettore Rosato explained that in politics you have to have ambitions. I have a great ambition to want to contribute to the creation of a party capable of breaking the bipolarity. I want to dedicate myself to this project. The bipolarity of opposites, this bipolarity has kept half of Italians away from voting.”
Recommendations on conflicts of interest and (difficult) dialogue with Rai and the Democratic Party
During the press conference, Calenda also described Action’s next initiatives. “Tomorrow, we will present a bill that I applied to the Ministry, inspired by the bill regulating conflicts of interest of the European Commission and the European Parliament, and a law regulating lobbies. Conflicts of interest kill democracy, because they kill democracy.” distrust among citizens and distorts the democratic process. Tomorrow, we will evaluate the justice reforms together with Enrico Costa. Guarantee and public ethics are elements that must go together to have fair justice and credible politics.” The former prime minister’s “extra Parliamentary” services, as a board member of the Future Investment Initiative run by Mohammed bin Salman’s main Saudi Arabian sovereign fund, also contributed to relations with Matteo Renzi. It’s no secret that it causes harm.
Then there is the Rai episode. Calenda aims to present a proposal to reform public television together with the Democratic Party, but there is no shortage of digs at the Democrats: “I spoke with the secretary Elly Schlein – she explained – and we plan to present, hopefully jointly, a proposal to reform the governance of Rai ; the first leg of this proposal is the establishment of an independent foundation whose management is appointed by the Presidency and the abolition of the Supervisory Commission. We must give Rai the dignity of a great public service. It is not possible to see the change of state television constantly with the change of governments. I suggested Schlein to focus on this because to make a proposal “I used to do sit-in protests when I was 14-15. If the former is an initiative that serves to offer suggestions instead, we are here,” he concluded.
Source: Today IT
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.
