Enrico Letta was one of Bianca Berlinguer’s guests in Cartabianca and, at the end of the speech, a passage was made on the possibility that Silvio Berlusconi you become president of the Republic. “Does the Democratic Party not take Silvio Berlusconi into consideration at the Quirinale? There does not seem to be much doubt about this. I do not believe that Berlusconi’s candidacy is capable not only of being voted on by us, but of obtaining that large majority in Parliament.“said the secretary of the Democratic Party.
Then, Letta’s lunge, which sounds like a warning: “I make a prediction. I do not think there will be a need to measure the compactness of individuals on this election of the President of the Republic. And this is because I am sure it will be a large majority election. It can only be a large majority, because if this were not the case, the government immediately“. The secretary of the Democratic Party continues:”It would be a total contradiction, which would undermine the very strength of the government, if the election of the President of the Republic took place on a flag candidate of one or two sides. And with Berlusconi it would be exactly like this: flag candidate of the center-right, the next morning the government falls“.
Enrico Letta in Cartabianca made a “call” to arms to the left, winking at the M5s, to build a coalition to counter what are defined as “right” by the secretary: “Every time I have to talk about Renzi it ends up in ‘schifinio’ … I say that we will talk to the voters. I am happy with the relationship with M5s and with Conte and I believe it is decisive for the future“. The first challenge of the coalition will be precisely that of the election of the President of the Republic, on which, however, the center-left does not yet have a candidate and hopes for the confirmation of Sergio Mattarella.
On the polls, which see the cohesive center-right clearly ahead of that of the center left, Enrico Letta wants to appear cautious: “Has the Democratic Party become the first party? I look at the polls with great detachment, there is a 42% undecided. There is a very strong gap between a sovereign and anti-European right flirting with Orban and us. We need to build a strong and cohesive alternative. This is why I have decided to launch the democratic agora that will build the center-left project: citizens will be protagonists“.
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