Enrico Letta's plan on the Single Market illustrated to the European Council: "I am not proposing the Bible but a toolbox. They are realistic proposals, now it is up to you to decide". The recipe: pooled money on financial markets, energy and…
The EU's recognition of Draghi and Letta means only one thing: that Brussels appreciates their idea of Europe and not the sovereignist and populist one of Salvini and even a bit of Meloni
Antics of the Five Stars on public funding for parties: first they open to its reintroduction but then they immediately reverse. The virus of populism is hard to defeat
For the independent senator in Pd share, Carlo Cottarelli, supporting the construction sector is right but the Superbonus was "an exaggeration", which cost a lot to the State and the citizens and which resulted in endless scams: so it's good…
Letta strictly rules out an agreement with the Third Pole on Moratti's candidacy in the next regional elections in Lombardy but for now hasn't found a convincing alternative
Despite a historic defeat in the last political elections, no basic self-criticism emerges from the Democratic Party and no impetus towards a turning point that can restore a future to the party - Yet the congress is the last chance for a clear choice...
To the direction of Pd Letta makes mea culpa: "You arrived at the elections with an incomplete profile". The secretary asks to restart from the opposition, from a generational change and from a greater representation of women
Enrico Letta of the Pd and Matteo Salvini are the two great losers of the political elections of 25 September: the internal showdown and the very concrete risk of losing their seats are being prepared for them
The secretary of the Democratic Party would like to definitively liquidate the thought and action of Tony Blair - But, beyond the sensational blunder on the war in Iraq, the Labor leader has sought a happy synthesis between liberalism and socialism that has…
Letta reproaches Renzi for having wanted the Rosatellum but in reality the leader of IV wanted the Italicum which lapsed with the rejection of the 2016 constitutional referendum which gave rise to a parliamentary agreement on the Rosatellum that no one has anymore…
The secretary of the Democratic Party has reneged on the Jobs Act that the Democratic Party had voted for and invoked an "anti-liberal" turn on labor relations but Professor Ichino, one of the most authoritative Italian labor lawyers, demonstrates - data to…
Two novelties, a double overtaking and a head-to-head are the surprising results that emerge from the latest poll by Alessandra Ghisleri less than a month before the elections
Marco Bentivogli, spearhead of reformism and former leader of the metalworkers of the Cisl, is a candidate for the Senate with the Democratic Party which, however, also lines up Camusso and Furlan, madame of retro unionism
Work, rights and the environment are the three cornerstones of the new Democratic Party program in view of the September 25 elections. Particular attention is also paid to the school
Silvio Berlusconi hypothesizes the resignation of Mattarella in the case of approval of the presidentialism wanted by the center-right and unleashes a storm: "It is an obvious self-candidacy" thunders Enrico Letta and Calenda adds: "Berlusconi is not in himself"
The economist's name will be present both in the single-member and in the proportional lists - Cottarelli: "We need progressive taxation and not a flat tax that has nothing progressive"
Carlo Calenda, annoyed by Letta's agreements with Bonelli and Fratoianni, breaks the electoral alliance with the Democratic Party and shakes up the political scenarios of the centre-left - For now, Calenda, who will not be followed by +Europe, decides to go alone to vote...
The alliance between Pd, Action and +Europe makes the dream of a great reformist Center fade away but, beyond the always possible twists and turns on electoral alliances, if Calenda and Renzi get a good result in the vote, the speech…
Even the Red-Greens in the center-left team: the agreement provides for an 80-20 ratio in single-member constituencies between Pd and Si-Ev. How will Calenda react? Is Renzi allied with Pizzarotti? The fury of Di Maio who, however, then reaches a new understanding with…
The Democratic Party is contemplating nominating Susanna Camusso for Milan, a controversial former general secretary of the CGIL, but in addition to being a provocation to Calenda, the move would be a sensational boomerang for Letta's party: for these reasons
Renzi: "We cannot ally with those who voted against Draghi" - Conte: "Good luck to the new crowd" - Tajani: "Action throws off the mask: it is the fifth column of the Democratic Party"
After weeks of back and forth, the white smoke arrives: 70% of the candidates for the dem, 30% for Action-More Europe, no to divisive candidates in single-member constituencies
The Democratic Party effectively rejects Calenda's requests on the stop to divisive candidates and on the clarity of the programs and the electoral marriage, barring twists, moves away
Decisive meeting today between Letta and Calenda on the perimeter of the center-left breakfast: the leader of Action must decide whether to join or go alone to the vote, as Renzi has already announced, who dreams of the third pole precisely with Calenda
The embrace until the end with the grillini and the renunciation of fighting for a proportional electoral law were two unforgivable mistakes of the Democratic Party - Now, to avoid giving Italy to the right, an electoral agreement with the Center is essential…
At the Young Industrialists conference, the secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, proposed a pact between the social partners to arrive at a cut in the cost of labor that leads to an extra month's salary in the paychecks of…
Salvini and Conte are the losers of the municipal elections. Meloni wins in the center right. The Democratic Party is confirmed as the first party, but the 5 Star flop brings it closer to the reformist area
Draghi, Letta and Renzi rejoice in Macron's electoral success in France because they appreciate his Europeanism and reforming drive. Instead, Conte's embarrassment and Salvini's frustration are evident
The mayor of Rome Gualtieri wants to attack the waste emergency and proposes a waste-to-energy plant which is not only a crucial environmental choice but a challenge to the populist taboos of the Five Stars and part of the Democratic Party
Mattarella's reappointment to the Presidency of the Republic is not enough to erase the poor performance of the political class but the merits and demerits are not the same for everyone - Here are the votes for the six main leaders: the rejected outnumber…
According to an electoral poll conducted for Il Sole 24 Ore by Professor D'Alimonte, without the electoral contest of IV and Action, the centre-left would be 6 points behind the centre-right which, barring unforeseen events or a new proportional electoral law,…
The shipwreck on the Zan bill and the anathemas launched against Renzi and Forza Italia are gathering menacing clouds over the Democratic Party in view of the election of the President of the Republic and the political elections: this is why
The success of the Pd secretary in the supplementary elections removes an obstacle on the way to the merger: now the negotiations can enter the final stage
The call to "extreme bipolarity" launched by the secretary of the Democratic Party undermines the Draghi government and seems to prepare the ground for early political elections, by nominating the current prime minister for the Quirinale - This is why the test of the local elections in Rome becomes even more…
INTERVIEW WITH FRANCO GALLO, President emeritus of the Constitutional Court and former Minister of Finance - "In times like these, it would be risky to increase the overall tax burden with instruments other than the fight against tax evasion and avoidance" and yet "an increase in the inheritance tax …
The Italian State invests a lot of money to train girls and boys but then loses it, not knowing how to create the conditions to employ them in our country - The emblematic case of a girl who in our country had…
In the end, the secretary of the Democratic Party and the leader of Italia Viva met in a meeting that was neither sweet nor bitter: personal resentments were set aside but political divisions remain - Agree in supporting the…
At the National Assembly of Italia Viva Matteo Renzi claims the birth of the Draghi government and appreciates Letta's turn but awaits him to the test of facts.
The new secretary of the Democratic Party has made interesting openings on the participation of workers in the life of the companies which, however, are waiting for the verification of the facts: he will be able to archive his party's tendency to join the CGIL in a sort of belt...
The proposal to involve workers in the company's results is one of the novelties of the Letta report at the time of assuming the secretariat of the Democratic Party but, if it is really taken to the end, it will only collide with the conservatism of…
INTERVIEW WITH GENNARO BEST, deputy of Italia Viva and former Undersecretary of Justice - "The political changes in the Five Stars and in the Democratic Party are the result of the failure of their previous political line that our initiative has put into…