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Anti-fascism, healthcare and, in part, the minimum wage are the issues that took center stage this afternoon in Piazza Martiri in Carpi, at the electoral initiative in the presence of the national secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein, the president of the party , of the Region and leading candidate in the European elections Stefano Bonaccini. For their support in the European race and in support of the mayoral candidates of the Democratic Party and the centre-left of the area including the candidate from Carpi Riccardo Righi. On the stage, set up under the town hall, where even the thousand people present disappeared into the immensity of the square, also the candidate for the presidency of the European Commission of the PSE, Nicolas Schmit. Second stop of the day in Carpi for candidates and party leaders. It began with a visit to the Fossoli camp and, indeed, landed in Piazza Martiri, for the meeting with the citizens.
‘In a land like this where there are places like the Fossoli camp and where the wound of the Shoah is still open, we must avoid the right’ – states the candidate for the presidency of the European Commission for the European Socialist Party Nicolas Schmit succinctly.
Elly Schlein echoes this. ‘Here where thousands of people passed through and were deported, we must remember the truth and responsibility that belonged not only to the Nazis but also to the fascists’ – he states, drawing applause. Which continues even when Stefano Bonaccini raises his tone and voice when talking about Vannacci. The theme is always anti-fascism. ‘He mentioned Mussolini, who allied himself with Hitler, a statesman, and is also the leader of the League. Shame, shame, shame’ – thunders the President of the Region. Anti-fascism holds sway and always draws applause. Almost more than when both Schlein and Bonaccini talk about healthcare.
Bonaccini once again recognizes that in absolute terms Premier Meloni is right when she says that public health financing has reached levels never seen before with this government but then underlines: ‘She must say it all, that is, that the value must always be compared to the cost of living and the higher costs and which for this reason must be related to the GDP, and therefore it is reduced like never before. The Prime Minister must not make fun of Italians’
In the video a summary of the statements of Schlein, Bonaccini, Schmit and Riccardo Righi, candidate for mayor of Carpi
Schlein lists the critical issues of public health, ‘which are affecting Emilia Romagna as never before, attributing responsibility to the government. Waiting lists of up to a year push those who can afford it towards private care and stop treating those who can’t.’
In this regard, Elly Schlein recalls the start of the discussion and the first hearings on the bill that has its first signature, brought as the Democratic Party, ‘to say that we need to put many more resources on public health, to be able to make the hiring and be able to break down the waiting lists which worry Italians a lot, because it is not possible and it is not fair or acceptable to have to wait a year, a year and a half to have a banal test such as a gastroscopy or a mammogram,’ explained Elly Schlein. ‘This means denying the right to health. The right and Giorgia Meloni carry forward a plan according to which only those who are rich can be treated. We, however, think that the right to health should be guaranteed first and foremost to those who do not have the means to seek treatment on their own”, he adds. And he then reiterated that ‘the other battle to be fought is for the minimum wage in Italy too’, recalling the start of the collection of signatures to support a law initiative on the dignity of work.
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