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”

The leader of Italia Viva has weighed in on the debate sparked by the president of the Five Star Movement following his comments on the primaries and Ukraine: “The primaries serve to decide on the candidate and the political direction. But afterwards, we must all stand together”

The former Minister for Economic Development told Il Foglio: “Elly Schlein and Ukraine? We have a very clear view: Einstein said that stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again whilst hoping for a different result. Renzi doesn’t win votes, and if you call him ‘unreliable’, you’re giving him power. Delmastro? Either they have something to hide, or they want to attack the judiciary.”

Thus, an amendment allows Renzi to be the sole unifying figure for all the centrist factions within the broad coalition