Even the street protests against the electoral law are a problem for the opposition. Meanwhile, the leader of the M5S is stepping up the pace on the ‘Gazebo’ campaign, pressing his rival. “Let’s get a move on.” Next week, alongside Meloni, he will do battle in the Chamber over foreign policy. Meanwhile, the Democrats await the Party Assembly and Montepulciano. The programme may come later

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’.”

Opinion polls and the overtures between the Movement and the red-greens are fuelling the Democrats’ suspicions ahead of the party programme and the primaries. Meanwhile, the two rival leaders cross paths at the launch of the former Minister of Culture’s book (though they do not sit next to each other)

A one-sided look at the ‘Mamdani model’, at the activist and anti-capitalist left-wing movements that demonise Israel. The common-sense policies of the European left are ignored or rejected because they are ‘right-wing’. Is this to be the agenda of the broad coalition? 

The leader of the Five Star Movement, speaking on the ‘one is worth one’ principle, brings up rearmament: “‘One is worth one’ means that what counts are the citizens who say ‘enough’ to this military escalation”. The green wing of AVS is the most critical: an incorrect statement, “listen to the arguments”. Renzi, speaking at the Leopolda, defends Schlein: “I agree with her from A to Z”

The leader of the Five Star Movement takes his allies to task: “There was no willingness to consider a third candidate, so we are now facing a leadership contest. Will it be divisive? That depends on us.” Baldino proposes Bersani as a unifying figure. Meanwhile, the former prime minister also says “no” to Bettini’s proposal to send weapons to Kyiv solely for defensive purposes.