While the PD and the trade unions continue to pursue Urso’s vision of Europe’s largest green steelworks, the mayor of Genoa has adopted a more pragmatic approach, proposing to source coils from abroad for processing in the city’s rolling mills.

The Mayor of Genoa, a guest on Lilli Gruber’s programme on La7: “I have another four years left in my term of office. Schlein? We’re in regular contact.” And on nuclear power: “The left should also make an apolitical assessment.”

Published today by Feltrinelli, the book in which the mayor of Genoa sets out the rules for making the centre-left work and addresses the temptation of authoritarian leadership. The coalition is “like a marriage” and a space – yet to be built – in which society can express the best of itself. Preview

The PD secretary would like the mayor of Genoa to lead the coalition’s fourth pillar, but she denies this. Magi speaks out, Ruffini remains silent, Renzi stays in the background and the Socialists are calling for a plan before names are mentioned. Torn between the fear of being absorbed into Italia Viva and the need to counterbalance Conte, the centre is still searching for a way forward

The carefully measured announcements, the ‘no’ to the primaries, the victory over the shipowners at the port, the moment that stole the limelight from the Prime Minister at the Boat Show. But there is no sign of him entering the fray (though relations with Schlein are excellent)

“In the face of the political exploitation that has arisen around the affair, the Prime Minister has personally intervened by telephoning the chief executive, Andrea Missori,” sources at Palazzo Chigi say

A row has broken out between the mayor of Genoa and the president of the Boat Show. Sources at Palazzo Chigi have stated that the Prime Minister, who was “surprised and disappointed” by Salis’s absence, has asked for the reason behind his exclusion.

Today’s meeting of the secretariat is to discuss the extension of the mandate and to put a stop to any other Democratic Party candidacies in the coalition primaries, starting with that of the former mayor of Bergamo. However, if Schlein stood as a candidate—in breach of the party constitution—while not a registered member, how can another candidacy now be banned when the party constitution actually permits it? For the secretary, the PD’s constitution is not like the Constitution: it can be changed as and when necessary.