"We have not lost but swept away in the referendum, above all because I did not notice its politicization in time and we have not been convincing among young people, in the South, in the suburbs and on the web": opening the proceedings of the Assembly of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi , greeted by a standing ovation, did not deny himself a profound self-criticism on the shipwreck of December 4th but urged the party "to restart without rancor and without a spirit of revenge".
After defending the reforms carried out by his government, Renzi said that the time has come to listen and to open up more to Italian society but that he will not ask for the party's Congress to be brought forward.
The central proposal that Renzi made to all political forces, in view of a new electoral law that paves the way for the vote, was that of "starting over from the Mattarellum", the same electoral system that in the past allowed both Silvio Berlusconi that Romano Prodi to win the elections with adequate political alliances and that it can be reintroduced with a law of a single article of rapid approval.
After harshly attacking the 5 Star Movement because "it is in the hands of a private company that claims to bind its representatives elected by the people in popular assemblies to the payment of penalties" and having challenged Berlusconi to measure himself on the future of Italy, Renzi seized the opportunity of the Pd Assembly to urge Beppe Sala to retrace his steps and immediately redo the mayor of Milan.
Appreciation of Renzi's speech was expressed by the new Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni.
