Elly Schlein under attack in the Pd
“Now what happens?” they wonder in Largo del Nazareno after the catastrophic result of the local elections. Vicenza snatched by a handful of votes from the right, for the rest it’s a coat, a 6-1 tennis player that can’t fail to have consequences. The Democratic Party is in turmoil and the fronds, the thousand souls that populate this party since its foundation, are ready to strike against Elly Schlein. Who, as secretary, hasn’t had much luck for the moment. Since 12 March 2023, the date on which the Dem deputy defeated Stefano Bonaccini in the party primaries, there have been only positives for Swiss politics the polls that showed his party slowly but progressively approaching Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy.
If some discontent was already brewing in Largo del Nazareno, with the departure of some exponents (last in chronological order Enrico Borghi) towards the Third Pole, now the situation is heating up. Lorenzo Guerini, Dario Nardella, Michele Emiliano: there are many of the party’s big names who have not digested the secretary’s choices. Starting from the change of group leaders in the House and Senate, passing through a communication very focused on issues such as LGBT and migrant rights and less on the economy and finance, to conclude with interviews with Vogue and controversies on various color schemes.
In short, there is a crisis again: Schlein has ended up under friendly fire. The “pizzini” follow one another in which she is defined now as resentful, now naughty, now vindictive. Clearly messages sent by the various fronds to make it clear to the secretary that the honeymoon – if it ever took place – is already over. Be careful, Honorable Member: you have recently celebrated your 38th birthday, but you do not allow your party colleagues… to have a party.
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