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’.”

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

The leader of Italia Viva, speaking at the Ambrosetti Forum, discusses the broad coalition: “We are not part of it; we are part of the centre-left.” On next year’s elections: “It makes sense to hold the election next May. Could Giorgia Meloni stand alongside Vannacci? In my view, no – she’d lose face.”