Orlando puts the brakes on Renzi, Bettini returns to the field. Schlein is not very left-wing –

Look Brunello

July 30, 2024

First the compliments, many, for respecting a practice that comes from afar. From the central committees of the PCI, when journalists knew that it was necessary to wait until the last five minutes to grasp the meaning of the interventions. And so for goodness sake «Elly was good», and off with the usual applause. Of course, «we must support her in every way», and here the faces in the audience became serious. Waiting for the attack that promptly arrived: «Today – however – I feel the need for an area of ​​thought of a left within the PD. Broad. Popular. Innovative and with solid roots. Intertwined with the questions that come from the Catholic and Christian world. The construction of the alternative is possible». The verb is that of Goffredo Bettini, noble father of the PD, who yesterday called a meeting in Fiano Romano that already from the title promised shocks for the Nazarene of the “boys”: «The left and the government. Reflections for the alternative». As well as the group of friends that the red “cardinal” wanted with him: Claudio Mancini, Matteo Ricci, Roberto Morassut and Andrea Orlando. In practice the new Democratic current that competed in the European elections, with the primary objective of reducing the influence in Lazio of the former governor Nicola Zingaretti.

A successful goal because the current head of the Democratic delegation in Brussels did not particularly stand out in the collection of preferences. Above all thanks to Claudio Mancini (longa manus of the mayor of the Capital Roberto Gualtieri) and the race of the former mayor of Pesaro who benefited from the support in the entire central constituency. But if the first message was addressed to the former friend Zingaretti, the second is all for Elly. You will not be able to do without us, Goffredo Bettini from Fiano Romano tells her, we are the left, we take back the right to speak on everything, from the party machine to alliances. And speaking of the latter, the noble father dotted the i’s: «For years I have supported the need for a strong and varied liberal entity. With new protagonists. Renzi was available. Sala said very important words. I have spoken several times about Rutelli’s capabilities. Let this project be ambitious! Otherwise the risk is to put single people at the center again and only the tactical maneuver». A way to relaunch doubts about Italia Viva’s offers, which evidently, for Bettini, are tainted by “individuals”. An obvious reference to Matteo Renzi’s activism in recent days. And a dig at the former Prime Minister also came from the candidate in pectore of the wide field in Liguria, Andrea Orlando. In the meantime, he returns to the joke that the former mayor of Florence dedicated to him before the match of his heart: “Orlando candidate in Liguria? This is the time that Toti wins from house arrest”.

“In the Liguria case, Renzi expressed a less than flattering opinion on the possibility of my candidacy. Therefore, it is necessary to do a more in-depth analysis on this, if there is one in the field”, the former minister now points out. He then continues: “You cannot make or break a coalition based on an interview. I think we need to line up two things: a clear will to break with a system that was created in Liguria and that called into question the democratic dynamic and that in some way saw Toti and Bucci as the protagonists”. And this is precisely the point for the Democratic left to blow up Italia Viva’s desire for an alliance, which in Genoa is in the majority with the mayor. Doubts that become certainties for Giuseppe Conte, Nicola Fratoianni and Angelo Bonelli who do not want to make room for the cumbersome ally. It would be another thing for sure if Francesco Rutelli decided to return to the field, to reform a sort of Margherita, whispers Goffredo Bettini from Fiano Romano. Applause but no caresses for Elly.