The Third pole. Has been defined the agreement election between the leader of Italia viva, Matteo Renzi, and that of Action, Carlo Calenda, for the constitution of the centrist list. But the agreement has truly reached its final stage, also because the bell will ring over the weekend and the deadline for presenting the lists will expire. There would still be a few pieces missing on the candidacies and the programme, the basic team is there. The division of colleges 50-50, the name of Calenda as leader in the symbol with the logo of the two parties and the predominance in the TV participation shares to the leader of Azione. "I gladly let Carlo Calenda lead the electoral campaign", says Renzi, adding that "you need assists to score goals". As for the unique list, one party will have a group leader in the Chamber and the other in the Senate where the former premier should run. The goal is therefore to move within the Draghi perimeter, trying to bring the most authoritative Italian back to Palazzo Chigi.
After the tear with the Pd, the contacts between Action and Italia viva have become intense enough to reach an agreement but "at a distance" to avoid any exploitation after the kiss between Calenda and the leader of the Democratic Party that ended badly. “We decided to give it a try,” writes Matteo Renzi on Facebook and Instagram, after signing the pact.
Closely Calenda also intervened on social networks, this time away Twitter: " Today for the first time a serious and pragmatic alternative to the bipopulism of the right and left that has devastated this country and disheartened #Dragons is born. Thanks to @matteorenzi for the generosity. Now together @ItaliaViva and @Azione_it for #ItaliaSulSerio".
Renzi on the agreement with Calenda: "Don't settle for the lesser worst"
“Everyone has been talking about the “Third Pole” for days. But what is really hiding behind this bureaucratic acronym? A concrete, competent, serious proposal on work, on the environment, on taxes, on culture, on social issues. And on Italy's international position, a fundamental issue in this time of crisis”, writes the leader of IV on the social network.
“Building such a house is not easy, but it is possible. And maybe it's even a duty at a time when sovereigns e populists they play who shoots the biggest. And at a time when all the other political forces – all of them, of the right and of the left – embark on contradictory coalitions who brought down Draghi. Hurting Italy. We decided to give it a try,” Renzi continued.
“On September 25 you will find on voting paper also this possibility: don't settle for the least bad, send quality people to Parliament. This is why I gladly let Carlo Calenda lead the electoral campaign. We have sometimes argued, you know, but the points that unite us are many more than those that divide us. There are times when personal ambitions give way to collective dreams. You need assists to score goals", added Renzi, concluding that "Italy needs us to avoid the populist nightmare and go back to dreaming good policy".
