Carlo Calenda changes course and clamorously tears up the alliance with the Democratic Party after the electoral agreement signed yesterday da Enrico Letta with Bonelli of the Verdi and above all with Fratoianni of the Italian Left who voted against 55 times Draghi and in recent days he also voted against the enlargement of NATO to include Sweden and Finland. “Mine is a painful decision – said Calenda in the television interview given to Lucia Annunciata – but I don't feel at ease with people who don't share our liberal-democratic line and our values. Compared to the agreement made with Letta, the subsequent alliances of the Pd they have completely distorted the coalition as if it had to respond to two different political visions, namely a pact to govern and an agreement only against the adversaries: it's not my way of conceiving politics”.
Bonino does not follow Calenda who will go to the vote alone
The leader of Action has communicated his decision to the leaders of the Democratic Party and for now he intends to proceed alone, given that +Europe of Emma Bonino instead he confirmed the alliance with the Pd. It will be necessary to see in the next few hours whether or not this sensational move by Calenda, which overturns the political and electoral scenarios, will cause other jolts and in particular a rapprochement with Italia Viva of Matthew Renzi, with whom there are many personal differences but many similarities on programs and political perspectives.
Calenda lays bare the contradictions of the Democratic Party
What is certain is that Calenda's split has the strong merit of having brought to light the great misunderstanding that supported the coalition of the Democratic Party which until now had the illusion - in the name of the fight on the right alone - of being able to keep both feet in two camps, i.e. to support a government reform pact with Calenda in the wake of theDragons agenda and, on the other hand, a purely defensive pact, even with those like Bonelli and Fratoianni who have often and willingly voted with Draghi and does not guarantee a pro-European and Atlanticist (and therefore pro-Nato) position for Italy. "But this - explained Calenda - is contrary to the spirit of the agreement between Action and the Democratic Party, which did not exclude any other alliances provided that they did not contradict the Draghi agenda and that they were based on clearly reformatory programs and candidacies".
Letta's first reaction was angry: "For Calenda, the only possible ally is Calenda".
