Picierno, the European pasionaria who surprised Elly Schlein by opening the eyes of half of the Democratic Party

Until last Wednesday, Pina Picierno, combative MEP of the Pd of reformist tendency and vice-president of the European Parliament, was known mainly to insiders. But on Wednesday his pro-Europe she made her appreciated by a much wider circle than the narrow one of her party. It was she who organized the revolt in the European Parliament against the lapse of the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein, who, in disagreement with the group of European Socialists of which she is an integral part, wanted the MEPs of her party to vote against or abstain, as partly happened, in the face of the plan Rearm Eu presented by the president Ursula Von der Leyen. The Five Star Movement's activist and subservient line of the fake pro-Putin pacifism Giuseppe Conte it is a wound to the sincerely pro-European traditions of the Democratic Party and to the alliance with all the main socialist parties of the Old Continent. Picierno did not lose heart, however, and clearly explained to her party comrades that, faced with major political choices, one cannot kick the ball into the stands but must carry out all the necessary actions with a sense of responsibility because Riarm Eu is not an end in itself but is the first step towards the construction of the desired common European defense in times when the war threats of the Russia they do not stop and the European commitment of the USA of Donald Trump are becoming weaker every day. "The vote in favor of Riarm Eu - Picierno argued - will allow the PD not to isolate itself from the rest of the group of European socialists and democrats". And, in support, the courageous Italian parliamentarian of the PD, Lia Quartapelle, added: "A party cannot abstain and must say where it stands. It is in the great changes that the depth of the political proposal that you have or do not have is measured". In the end, 10 MEPs of the PD, led by Picierno, voted in favor of Riarm Eu and 11, only one more, followed Schlein. On Picierno's line are the fathers of the PD such as Romano Prodi, Paolo Gentiloni, Stefano Bonacciniie sorry if it's not enough. But the battle will not end here. Good Picierno, don't give up.