Puglia: Taranto to the M5S and Bari to the Pd. Emiliano keeps the Conte-Schlein axis alive

Puglia political laboratory of the attempted agreement between Conte and Schlein

Puglia is a political laboratory for a relaunch of the agreement between the Pd and M5S under the direction of Michele Emiliano, who without an approval for his third term will be unemployed in a year, and of the group leader in the Dem Senate Francesco Boccia. Rinaldo Melucci resigned as mayor of Taranto and despite trying to backtrack, the local Democratic Party dumped him. Out, out. It changes. All this is part of a broader agreement being worked on in Puglia between the Pd and M5S. Mario Turco, from Taranto and vice-president of the M5S (at Palazzo Chigi with Giuseppe Conte as prime minister) would be the candidate from the city of the former Ilva also supported by the Democratic Party. In Bari, where Antonio Decaro also arrived at the end of the race like Emiliano, the 5 Stars would be ready to support a Dem candidate.

The names are those of Piero Petruzzelli, who took to the field with the slogan “The Democratic Party needed a shake-up, so I'm running for mayor” and that of Vito Leccese, head of cabinet of the mayor of Bari Antonio Decaro, who however is not a member of the party and does not enjoy the approval of the Dems of the Apulian capital. The centre-left in Puglia already governs Foggia, with the victory in 2023 of Maria Aida Episcopo, the city's first female mayor. And now you are working on a broader agreement to keep the capital and Taranto, a fundamental city in the coming months and years considering the Ex Ilva affair. Whether the company is taken over by the state or there is a new buyer, govern Taranto becomes strategic. Puglia political laboratory of the attempted national agreement between Conte and Schlein.