Happy Birthday, BettiniBettini’s birthday in a former PCI section, featuring the ‘spezzatino’, Conte, Gualtieri and FranceschiniGoffredo’s trials as President of the Republic are marked by a hearty stew. A Trotskyist pastry chef gatecrashes an event for Il Foglio at a venue in Garbatella. “We must prepare to win, and we will win.” Onorato is there; Schlein is not. Best wishes on his 74th birthday.byCarmelo Caruso6 NOV 26
DebunkingBettini’s confused argument on NATO, Ukraine and RussiaPoland, the Baltic states, Kosovo: all the pro-Western ‘yes’ votes that the left is now renouncing to please Conte (and Putin) and join the governmentbyLuciano Capone2 OCT 26
Campo Largo, RomeUnder the banner of “Rinascita”, between Conte and Bettini (and Gualtieri), with an eye to 2027.At the Visionaria Urban Fest in Garbatella, during the roadshow for “L’impero del disordine” – the first issue (in its second incarnation) of the historic left-wing magazine – there was a meeting between the former prime minister and the driving force and pillar of the PDbyMarianna Rizzini10 SEP 26
the interviewBettini says: “Renzi? I’d be happy if he stood in the primaries and Silvia Salis ran with yet another party of her own. Calenda? Off you go!”According to the Democratic Party guru, the leader of IV “may be worth more than the polls suggest for his party”. Salis “is in the running, but not for the centre”. And Calenda? “It’s offensive to keep telling him to stay in the progressive camp”byCarmelo Caruso12 AUG 26