"The centre-left gets out of the premiership swamp". Bettini’s recipe

“How to get out of the swamp of premiership? Very simple: don’t talk about it anymore.” Like that Goffredo Bettininational director of Pd and director of the magazine Rinascita, expresses himself on the prospects of centre-left in an interview with La Stampa.

“The right suffered a defeat. He’s just waiting to profit from ours divisions and on the confusion of many political commentators – observed Bettini -. After the extraordinary no vote, Conte he wanted to solemnly confirm his definitive alliance with the whole of progressive camp. He said he was available for the great rite of primaries; which belongs to our history and which the Pd had indicated, first, as a possible way to choose the leader. These words were responded to with suspicion and malevolence: as if we were faced with a challenge. That’s why I say, let’s go further. To the urgencies of the moment: continue the fight from the opposition and get to one unitary agreement on the fundamental issues of ours plan. In campo i Democrats they have leaders of notable stature, endowed with great authority. There is no need for foreign federations or popes. Let’s start with what is there, which is a lot. There are too many imaginative maneuvers going around, which can only bring harm. I repeat, however: the priority Now it’s a different kind.”

“We don’t respond to any kind of provocation. I’m impressed, as far as I’m concerned, as some of my pure reasoning common sensehave been interpreted in a false and sectarian way. I used a word that I really like, ‘generosity‘- continued Bettini -. Certainly not intending to encourage the replacement of Elly Schlein con Conte. A nice little game: you get up and I take over. The appeal, rather, was addressed to everyone. There generosity it’s one political choicean inspiration, a state of mind, a mutual trustthe renunciation of unshakable convictions and authentic respect for the forces and energies that decide to walk together. There generosity it is demanding and it is miserable to reduce it to a background of gossip or a matchmaker’s practice. Ultimately, it means putting the common objective first at all times win the Italian rightbeyond the legitimate ones personal ambitions“.

The wide field and the youth vote

“If I believe in wide field victory see you next time electionsstarting from No voters al referendum? Yes and no – is the response of the national leader of the Democratic Party -. Yes because in referendum a occurred democratic movement very broad and spontaneous. But also not, if you think you can mechanically transfer the electoral breadth of the no vote to the next elections political elections. Many young they wanted to strike a blow. For many different things: the desire to pacethe fear of a reduction in their spaces freedom and creativityagainst starvation wages and the precariousnessto remember the massacres in Palestine o i individual rights which must be defended everywhere.”

“If we really intend to maintain this new thread of dialoguewe need to get any out of our heads instrumentalism, pedagogism e paternalism. It will not be an appeal to the parties as they are today to convince them new democratic generations. Nor is listening understood as: I listen and then decide. Rather it would be useful to ask the youth to self organize. It would be nice if they organized themselves in free spaces, in ‘committees for the Constitution‘ capable of influencing, counting on choices, influencing the outcomes of Italian centre-left“, underlined Bettini.

Schlein’s role and the alliance

“Elly Schlein– Bettino highlighted – she has demonstrated with facts that she is one strong leadertenacious, intelligent. He raised the Pd from the abyss. He helped build thealliance. has given a clearer profile to my party and also won by a large measure elections. So we are here. With the awareness, this is decisive, that others are also there. With their value and their experiences. The comparison it must be equalbecause in abroad alliance everyone counts, everyone is fundamental.”