The Five Star Movement leader’s ‘willingness’ to accept a third candidate does not sit well with many in the Democratic Party. And a chorus of voices is rising: it’s too late now. Sceptics include Gribaudo, Casu, Sensi, Orfini, Zampa and Zanda.

Poland, the Baltic states, Kosovo: all the pro-Western ‘yes’ votes that the left is now renouncing to please Conte (and Putin) and join the government

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.

“If you agree to hold the primaries, whoever wins them, you support them. Then I’ll do everything I can to ensure that the person I consider the furthest from my views doesn’t win. But if he does win, he’ll govern. Full stop,” says the leader of Italia Viva. The meeting with Beppe Sala in Milan for the launch of his book

It is not so much the reformists as the members of the Montepulciano faction who are causing the secretary concern. The reformists continue to grumble about the delay with which Bonaccini has convened the assembly to extend Schlein’s term of office. But the real worry remains Conte: with the new electoral law, going it alone and, with Vannacci’s help, aiming for a draw is not impossible

The PD, M5S and AVS reject the definition set out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, yet in the past they have actively participated in promoting it in various forums. From the European Parliament resolution to the Carfagna motion, right through to the document adopted by the yellow-and-red coalition government

After three months of silence, the leader of the M5S is due to meet, on 7 October, the professors and researchers who wrote to centre-left leaders in May to denounce the delay in the installation of renewable energy plants in centre-left-governed regions, particularly Sardinia, which is governed by the Five Star Movement’s Alessandra Todde.

The projections paint a rather worrying picture for the Democratic Party: the secretary’s resignation, a further drop in support and a possible U-turn by the reformist wing on the issue of Ukraine

The comedian will not be founding a new party: he is merely competing with the former prime minister over those core values that Schlein wants to align with the PD.

He provokes, snorts and gains a clear advantage over his rival in the race for the premiership. She, elected by the Five Star Movement to keep the old party apparatus – the largest in the coalition – at bay, now finds that this sort of mandate has been withdrawn