Ruggiero Montenegro

The former prime minister is fine-tuning his next moves and preparing for the Leopolda conference. Meanwhile, he is returning to the national Democratic Party gathering, which he has not attended since 2018. “To reach 42 per cent for the centre-left, we need Italia Viva.” The role of the mayor of Genoa, whilst the other reformist and liberal faction attempts to organise itself

At the red-green rally, opposition leaders demonstrated unity and issued a challenge to Meloni: “There is an alternative.” Policy was discussed, but the leadership issue remains. The Schlein–Conte rivalry has shifted to the centre, while Renzi divided the coalition.

The election in Saxony, the ‘black threat’, is uniting the left, which is gathering today on the stage at Avs in Rome. But within the opposition, analysis of the election results is dividing opinion, whilst the Movement’s close ties to Sahra Wagenknecht come to mind – ties that could now lend a hand to the AfD.

The Roman councillor takes the field (in a big way): “We’ll be there for the primaries. We’ll set out our programme and manifesto straight away. We want to reclaim the issues that the centre-left has culpably ceded to the right. Starting with security: we need more prisons.” The proposal on nurseries

Following the disagreements over the party’s overly conservative programme, and the (veiled) accusations levelled at the ideologue Gasperini, here is the row between the “liberals” and Lavarini’s far-right faction: “The day will come when serious scholars will be able to speak freely about the Second World War and the great European national-popular revolution...”