Schlein to the oppositions: 'No more time for divisions and vetoes'

A few hours after the election verdict, which sees the PD with the wind in its sails in the South where it is the first party dragged by Puglia, the secretary of the PD Elly Schlein, speaking at the assembly of the groups at the Chamber, sent a clear message to the political forces that oppose Giorgia Meloni's government. 'The PD,' she recalled, 'is the undisputed pivot of the construction of the alternative, we feel an even stronger responsibility, I ask you to continue to be stubbornly united. The doctor did not order us, the differences are there but they can be put to good use with a shared programme on the things we can do together. We hope that the result of these days has convinced everyone that it is no longer time for divisions and vetoes, we have not made any and we do not want to suffer any, without the democratic community there is no possible alternative'.

In the regional capitals, he stressed, 'we won 10 municipalities in the first round, the centre-right 6, 12 will go to the runoff. We thank Pentenero (the Dem candidate who lost in the challenge for the leadership of the Piedmont region, won by the outgoing governor Alberto Cirio, ed), we knew it was a complex challenge in Piedmont'.

Giorgia Meloni, he continued, 'constantly tried to move us away from our issues, but we did not fall into her trap. Onwards, then. We must not stop being on the ground and among the people. We need a great reflection on the fact that more than half of the eligible voters did not go to vote, an alarming fact'.

Schlein recalled that 'we are the first delegation of the parliamentary group of Socialists and Democrats. This gives us a great responsibility. Our goal was to avoid a right-wing majority and we have achieved that, there is no majority without socialist strength'.