Milan, 23 August (LaPresse) – “We’ll be going to the polls in six months’ time: defeating the right in Italy is possible, indeed likely, if we remain united. We have a historic responsibility: to prevent Giorgia Meloni from returning to power and to ensure the election of a non-sovereignist President of the Republic in 2029. To abandon this battle because of personal animosities would be sheer madness.” This is what the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, writes in a letter to ‘la Repubblica’. “We win by putting social issues, economic well-being and everyday life at the centre, not ‘woke’ culture: on this I agree with Giuseppe Conte. After four years of Meloni’s government, the number of families living below the poverty line has risen and the purchasing power of workers and pensioners has fallen. Are they asking us for our programme? Here it is: to give some breathing space to the middle class, which is being crushed by the cost of living. Everything else comes afterwards. However, the measures must be carefully calibrated,” he adds. Renzi then emphasises: “Poverty cannot be abolished by decree, whatever those who shouted it from the terrace of Palazzo Chigi may say. We need measures to tackle educational poverty, waiting lists, the gender gap and regional disparities. We need to invest in energy based on technology, not ideology. We need a more effective welfare system in light of demographic changes. We need to regain the support of the business community following Adolfo Urso’s delusional policies. We need to lower taxes in a country where Meloni has pushed the tax burden beyond the 43 per cent mark. We need to stem the brain drain of those who train in Italy but then work abroad.”
Centre-left, Renzi: “We must move beyond ‘woke’ excesses; victory lies in putting social issues at the heart of the debate”
Milan, 23 August (LaPresse) – “We’ll be going to the polls in six months’ time: defeating the right in Italy is possible, indeed likely, if we remain united. We have a historic responsibility: to prevent Giorgia Meloni from returning to power and to ensure the election of a non-sovereignist President of the Republic in 2029. To abandon this battle because of personal animosities would be sheer madness.” This is what the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, writes in a letter to ‘la Repubblica’. “We win by putting social issues, economic well-being and everyday life at the centre, not ‘woke’ culture: on this I agree with Giuseppe Conte. After four years of Meloni’s government, the number of families living below the poverty line has risen and the purchasing power of workers and pensioners has fallen. Are they asking us for our programme? Here it is: to give some breathing space to the middle class, which is being crushed by the cost of living. Everything else comes afterwards. However, the measures must be carefully calibrated,” he adds. Renzi then emphasises: “Poverty cannot be abolished by decree, whatever those who shouted it from the terrace of Palazzo Chigi may say. We need measures to tackle educational poverty, waiting lists, the gender gap and regional disparities. We need to invest in energy based on technology, not ideology. We need a more effective welfare system in light of demographic changes. We need to regain the support of the business community following Adolfo Urso’s delusional policies. We need to lower taxes in a country where Meloni has pushed the tax burden beyond the 43 per cent mark. We need to stem the brain drain of those who train in Italy but then work abroad.”