The leader of the Green Left Alliance sends a message to the wider coalition: “On 18 October, we will present our proposals. No to primaries. The manifesto? We’re ready; we need to speed things up. The leaders of the PD and M5S should tell us when they want to sit down at the table. Schlein? Her letter to Meloni was misguided.”

At the Green Alliance and Left party rally, ‘the alternative’ gathers, though it remains without a programme or a leader. From the crowd, people shout: ‘Get a move on!’, in thick Roman dialect. Surprise: the Greens like Silvia Salis

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.

Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the PDS-Ulivo parliamentary group, Mussi had also been editor-in-chief of L’Unità. Following the formation of the PD, he was involved first with SEL and then with Sinistra Italiana

Fratoianni and Bonelli are backing the leader of the British radical left. He will be the international guest at the event scheduled to take place in Rome in September. Francesca Albanese is also among the guests