The leader of Progetto Civico Italia is focusing on “ten concrete proposals” and says: “We must start with the added value that each of us can bring to the centre-left. Only then can we assess whether there is political scope to stand as a united front.” And Matteo Renzi? “We are different; we come from the grassroots; we are civic-minded. Renzi is a different story.”

From tomorrow, the Progetto Civico Italia general assembly will take place at the EUR. The Democratic Party secretariat will not be attending due to scheduling conflicts; +Europa has not been invited. In attendance will be AVS, the chairmen De Pascale, Proietti and Giani, Minister Schillaci and Giovanni Malagò

Luigi Nave is moving to the Mixed Group in the Senate and, in the coming days, will form a faction under the name ‘Avanti Psi e Progetto civico Italia’. In this way, the broad coalition is helping civic candidates and socialists to reduce the number of signatures required to stand for election: this brings the figure down to 1,500 instead of 6,000 per constituency.

Progetto Civico Italia will meet in Rome on 24, 25 and 26 October to present its electoral platform. “We are ready to collect signatures; we are not concerned with parliamentary representation. Stop linking us to Conte – we are different. Renzi? He’s part of the broad coalition, but we are something new.”

To get round the ‘anti-faction’ rule, Rome’s Councillor for Sport is seeking representation in Parliament. He has asked the broad coalition for three MPs, but that is not enough: a party symbol must be submitted by 2022. And the leader of Centro Democratico, who previously supported Bonino and Di Maio, is backing out this time

The General Assembly of Controcorrente and Progetto Civico Italia is becoming the testing ground for a new political alliance. The PD, M5S and AVS are no longer enough, say the civic groups: an independent civic force is needed to broaden the base and try to defeat Meloni

The Roman councillor takes the field (in a big way): “We’ll be there for the primaries. We’ll set out our programme and manifesto straight away. We want to reclaim the issues that the centre-left has culpably ceded to the right. Starting with security: we need more prisons.” The proposal on nurseries