Stefano Bonaccini with Pina Picerno, number 2 of his motion
Bonaccini consolidates his advantage among the components of the Democratic Party, but the collapse among the voters continues
Wednesday 11 January: a last attempt at conciliation before the management, without getting too many illusions, then the decision on the online vote requested by Elly Schlein will be entrusted to the “count”. Enrico Letta he tried until the end to find a shared solution on the point, aware of the fact that this regulatory discussion entirely within the candidates does not excite the voters at all.
The outgoing secretary chose the path of impartiality in choosing his successor (apart from his personal preferences), but according to those close to him there is also something more: tiredness, disappointment, perhaps repentance for some wrong choices , certainly the desire to turn the page as soon as possible, leaving the difficult task of others to revive a party plunged to an all-time low in the polls.
In this framework, the pawns in support of the various candidates continue to position themselves. Stefano Bonaccini it is strengthened in the south, thanks to the support of the mayor Antonio Decaro (which follows the President of Puglia Michele Emiliano) and the family DeLuca in Campania: just today, January 10, Peter DeLuca (MP and son of the Governor Vincent) took over the coordination of the motion in the South.
Not only that, they side with Bonaccini 100 members of the Young Democrats, who have signed a document focused on combating climate change. A move that, according to insiders, has a double meaning: to erode part of the consensus of Elly Schleinmuch appreciated by the youngest, and solicit the final decision of Brando Benifei. In fact, the Dem group leader in the European Parliament has his work cut out for him with the thorny affair of the Qatar-gate and has not yet endorsed any of the candidates, despite being able to count on the following of numerous Gds who have gathered in his initiative in recent months “Courage Pd”. It was thought that it could become a congressional motion, but things have gone differently and so the boys of the “cantera” are positioning themselves independently. Be careful not to miss the train.
Like Benifei, the gray eminence is also silent Goffredo Bettiniwhich after initially betting on Matthew Riccimayor of Pesaro, found himself sincerely equidistant between Elly Schlein And Gianni Cuperlo. In the end he will probably stay with the latter and then converge with him in the second phase on Bonaccini, a huge favorite in all predictions. In any case, “the Thai” seems intent on not officially christening any of the motions.
tactics? Normal administration of each congressional session, but the problem is not so much what happens inside the Democratic Party (a little, indeed), but what happens outside. THE SWG surveys they certify with cruel clarity the situation of a party 14% precipitate, or at -3.7 points from the M5S and with less than half of the consents of FdI, which on the contrary is at its all-time high. If someone needs a “litmus test”, it is easily found on Political Scoreboard who, by monitoring searches through Google Trends, discovered that the “primary Pd” theme interests mere mortals twenty times less than other topical topics, from “Melons” to “Ukraine”. A truly worrying scenario for anyone who will have to lead the Democratic Party in the near future, yet the dispute for the conquest of the helm is getting hotter and hotter.
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