Pd, slaps from the left for Schlein. The Pse cheats her and leaves her without seats –

A real European blow for Elly Schlein. “I will directly manage the negotiations for the European positions”, the secretary of the Democratic Party had said following the European elections, but the game certainly did not go as hoped, with several slaps in the face in Brussels. A completely different story compared to the Nazarene. Il Giornale outlines the situation: “She had explained that she had given up the position that was rightfully hers to the party, that of group leader of S&D (Socialists and Democrats), giving it to the Spanish, as well as the presidency of the Economic Commission, which was chaired by the dem Irene Tinagli, in exchange for a substantial package of positions to be distributed. A vice-presidency of the Parliament, two presidencies of commissions, the position of vice-president of the group (with a possible takeover halfway through the legislature, in place of the Spanish Perez) for the Schleinian Laureti, and that of head of the Italian delegation”. But things then took a different turn.

“The PSE comrades, who celebrated her following the vote, then competed to steal the seats up for grabs. Only last Thursday Elly discovered that the presidency of the Regional Development Commission, which she had promised to the former mayor of Bari Antonio Decaro, had disappeared under her nose, captured by the Romanian socialist delegation”, the background story told by the newspaper directed by Alessandro Sallusti. In which we also read regarding the internal discontent within the PD: “The secretary has claimed to centralize the whole game on herself, to use the positions for internal balances. But then she is in Rome, she doesn’t know the EU mechanisms, she has no one to advise her and she gets one pothole following another”.

The Democratic Party will only be in charge of the Environment Commission, which will go to Decaro, who was previously left holding the baby. “But everyone knows that in six months Decaro will leave to run in Puglia to replace Emiliano, what kind of figure will we make?”, says another Democratic representative. A series of mockeries for Decaro, who Schlein wanted to place as vice-president of the European Parliament. The position will then go to Pina Picierno. The name of the Democratic Party delegation leader in Europe is still to be decided, with Nicola Zingaretti, Schlein’s favorite, who has not yet taken “power”. And so here is Brando Benifei, the outgoing delegation leader, doing everything he can to get a repeat.