Schlein: redistribution of wealth to be at the centre of the debate

"We will be those who want to bring a fundamental word for the left to the centre of the debate: the redistribution of wealth, of power, but also of time, which has become a fundamental resource. We cannot accept a world in which poverty is passed on from generation to generation, we cannot accept that this is also the fate in Italy. Your generation has had fewer opportunities than those before it. We live in a country that has very low social mobility and politics does not talk enough about this now'. So said the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, speaking at the National Congress of Young Democrats in Naples.

"The only two regions that have moved in recent years are called Umbria and Sardinia and we won them, not the right. So, balances are made at the end but I am sure we will win with Roberto Fico also in Campania, and also in the other regions. It will be the appetiser of when in 2027 we will beat these right-wingers and give hope back to the country,' said PD secretary Elly Schlein at the national congress of the Young Democrats. Schlein to the Young Democrats' audience confirmed the 'stubbornly united vocation both inside and outside the PD. When we lost the 2022 elections, they gave us up for dead, but we got up again,' she continued. 'I haven't seen so many parties grow by 10 points after a defeat and reach 24% at the European elections. We still have to grow, but we must also be proud of the path we have taken: we won in 24 out of 38 regional capitals, making seven to zero in the regional capitals

Roberto Fico e Elly Schlein in un momento del congresso nazionale dei giovani democratici. Napoli 9 Novembre 2025. ANSA/CESARE ABBATE

"We will make a commitment and I will ask you for a commitment on the constitutional referendum: if one thinks, as Mantovano says, that judges must interpret the law according to the law of the will of the majority of the day, then one will agree with this government, but if one thinks that even those and especially those who govern must agree to respect the law, the Constitution, to be subject to scrutiny, then one must go and vote no in this referendum, it will be challenging times," said from the secretary of the PD, Elly Schlein, about the referendum on Justice reform.

Piero De Luca e Elly Schlein in un momento del congresso nazionale dei giovani democratici. Napoli 9 Novembre 2025. ANSA/CESARE ABBATE

"During the pandemic, vetoes were put aside to put in place the Next Generation Eu that did not fall from the sky but mainly from the commitment of the socialist and democratic family and a great president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli. This right wing is not doing this battle and I ask Giorgia Meloni to do it with us, a battle for common European investments because they are also needed to relaunch Italian manufacturing. Far be it from going after Orban,' said Pd secretary Elly Schlein: 'We need to move forward on the road to Next Generation Eu, we need a great European industrial plan'

"We need a leap forward in European integration, as the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has said. We are so convinced of this that we are insisting on overcoming unanimity and really arriving at a federal Europe, which continues to be our dream and design,' said PD secretary, Elly Schlein.