“I am not giving up. The alliance between the opposition forces is a process that has begun. I am sure we will get there.” The day after the defeat in Abruzzo, Democratic Party Secretary Elly Schlein says Campo Largissimo remains the right choice. “If we stay united, we can win,” he said in an interview with The Republic. In which he adds that “there is good news today. In Europe, an agreement has been reached on the rights of platform workers. This is a battle of our socialist family and of Nicholas Schmidt, the Labor Commissioner who is also our candidate to head the European Commission.”
Victory in Brussels
Schlein states that “thanks to this directive, rights will finally be granted to 30 million people who did not have them in our countries. With the introduction of the presumption of subordination, “false self-employed” are avoided and protections are guaranteed – in matters of illness, leave, maternity, compulsory insurance – to the many and many who have so far paid for this intolerable form of exploitation. A giant step forward. Which goes hand in hand with the equally consequential one on transparency and human control of algorithms. It will no longer be possible to draw via WhatsApp. Really two great victories.” But he does not escape the question of Abruzzo: and he speaks of “a coalition which compares and brings together around a common project and credible candidates, becoming competitive everywhere. Together, we led several battles and others are in preparation: on the minimum wage, we will relaunch with a popular initiative law the same text that the majority rejected in Parliament; on equal leave to increase the employment of women; on the elimination free internships. We are fighting to restore rights and for younger generations, Meloni and associates, to encourage lobbies and clients.”
Nomination
But the answer on the candidacy for the European elections escapes him: “We have no news yet”. He addresses the usual compliments to Marco Marsilio but also emphasizes that “until a few months ago, no one could have imagined that this region, where Meloni also presented himself as a candidate, was contestable: the outgoing governor had 20 points ahead and we, putting together our forces on a project for the territory and an authoritarian profile like Luciano D'Amico, we have reduced the gap by more than half. Of course, this is not enough, but the way is clear. This shows that we played the game, divided, this would not have happened. The debate, for once, is that the center-left lost because it got fewer votes, not because it was divided. It shows us direction and encourages us to persevere. »
Conte, Calenda and Renzi
The democratic leader says she has heard Giuseppe Conte and is not worried about the vagaries of the 5 Star Movement's preferences: “I believe that forming an alliance is a necessity because none of us is self-sufficient. We will continue to sow knowing that it is patient construction work.” And to Calenda, who says that Campo Largo does not exist, she replies that she has never liked labels: “We won in Sardinia , unfortunately lost in Abruzzo, but we are not giving up. The path is the right one.” And regarding Renzi and Bonino, he said that the Democratic Party is addressing “all the forces that oppose the Meloni government. It's a mathematical fact even before a political fact.” While he considers the risk of winning but then not being able to govern to be minimal: “The important thing is the coherence of the message. The seed on which will germinate the center-left coalition.”
Basilicata and Piedmont
Finally, the next steps. That is to say the elections in Basilicata and Piedmont. Where the center-right governs and you have to choose a common candidate: “I think that each session has its specificity, which also varies depending on the scale. Prodi is right: we need many farmers to plow the field, we must aim for a broad and above all coherent coalition, capable of setting common priorities on issues. This can be done in other territories and on other scales. I repeat: united we can compete, divided we cannot. »
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