Rome: The leader of the largest opposition party, Elly Schlein, of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), called on Saturday for a new European integration, addressing a congress on “Building the alternative” organized by Energia Popolare in Rome. “We relaunch European integration: we will preside over the priorities of the European Socialist Party and the Democratic Party,” said Schlein, adding she would not back down during a “European legislature that appears to be very complicated”.
According to Ansa News Agency, addressing the same congress of the PD’s Energia Popolare, the party’s President and MEP Stefano Bonaccini, the former governor of Emilia Romagna, called for a new centre-left alliance that “gives credibility to our opposition battle and, in particular, to an alternative proposal”. He added that forming a ‘broad field,’ going from the Centre of the political spectrum to the Left “on a case-by-case approach is not sufficient anymore”, noting that the PD did not intend to “cultivate any self-suffi
ciency nor hegemonic will” but would not accept to be blackmailed by potential allies.
Bonaccini also called for “primaries to choose the PD’s future parliamentary candidates.” This approach signifies a shift toward greater inclusivity and democratic processes within the party, aiming to strengthen its position and effectiveness in advocating for its political agenda.
