The Democratic Party leader acts as a bridge between the two leaders of the broad coalition, sidelining coalition builders and guarantors. Di Battista’s petition to halt public funding for newspapers fails to gather enough signatures, but the former Five Star Movement member collects over 300,000 signatures, which raise questions for the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party

“The leader of the M5S is stirring things up; he’s eating away at the PD. But the PD secretary remains silent. Conte holds Putin-like views, but it’s now too late for clarification on foreign policy. The leadership? A battle that’s killing the left. We need proper primaries now, ones that can’t be influenced from outside,” says the former PD treasurer

Committees, public squares and a democratic crisis. The opposition is finding new vigour in the battle over the electoral law, which is making people forget the issues surrounding policy and leadership. 100 initiatives are already planned to explain the "risks of the Melonellum. More dangerous than the separation of careers".