Angelo Bonelli, Giuseppe Conte, Nicola Fratoianni and Elly Schlein reveal the next steps in building the centre-left alliance. “A mobilisation in December. The programme will be finalised from next week. Opposition parties represented in Parliament will be at the negotiating table.” The statement follows a three-hour video conference meeting

“If part of the electorate were to stay away from the polls because of Renzi’s presence, we would never oust Meloni. Schlein must provide assurances,” says the Movement’s leader. On the primaries: “I’m in. But it was only right to explore alternatives. We and the PD will tend to emphasise our differences rather than the factors that unite us.”

Since June, the Democratic Party secretary has been announcing the drafting of the programme, repeatedly postponing it to September, October or by the end of the year. Amidst repeated promises, disagreements with Conte and negotiations yet to begin, after four months the ‘final stretch’ still lies ahead.

Opinion polls are a warning to the centre-left: whoever loses between Schlein and Conte risks driving a section of their electorate to abstain. Meanwhile, the PD is stepping up the pace on its primaries, aiming to hold a vote before the summer and preparing increasingly broad alliances ahead of the 2027 local elections.

To increase the housing supply and bring down prices, the public sector alone is not enough; the private sector must also be enabled to invest. Figures on high rents and housing needs, with an eviction notice for the progressive internationalist

The former chief of police and the former director of the Revenue Agency have endorsed the launch of a new civic political project, which aims to position itself within the centre-left and broaden its scope to include the moderate and reformist wing, whilst remaining open to dialogue with Matteo Renzi. The launch will take place at the EUR on Saturday 10 October

The former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies speaks out: “There is no left in Italy. The left is this, the centre is that, and the right is the other. Do you know what we need instead of primaries? A proper central committee – otherwise, ‘hic Rhodus, hic salta’.”