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

The former Iena presenter and candidate for the presidency of the Sicily region in 2027 has 1 per cent support nationally; his appointment as president of Progetto Civico is intended to revitalise the movement that dreams of becoming the centre of the broad political spectrum. But Renzi remains a stumbling block

Onorato and Alfonsi are in Rome, but Pacini is the most popular figure with his "Milanese revolution". Young Mamdanis are growing up amidst potholes, flowerbeds and bocce courts 

Thus, an amendment allows Renzi to be the sole unifying figure for all the centrist factions within the broad coalition