the phone call between Elly Schlein and Giorgia Meloni “indicates that even the harshest opposition must have a respectful profile”. Stefano Bonaccini endorses the gesture of mutual recognition between the two leaders and does the same by calling Alan Fabbri and Gian Luca Zattini, confirmed yesterday as first citizens respectively in Ferrara and Forlì, beating the centre-left. On Tuesday morning, he told Restart on Raitre – I called the mayor of Ferrara to congratulate him, as well as that of Forlì. I’ve always done it this way. Until I resign I have the duty to treat everyone in the same way”. For Bonaccini “sometimes words, which can become stones, also lead to elements of violence and we have seen proof of this in recent weeks. Woe, let’s be careful, in politics there are no enemies but adversaries.”
Bonaccini also confirmed that to elect his successor in the Region he will go to the polls by the end of the year. “It can be done and I think it is very right,” he said on the sidelines of the Legislative Assembly. “I believe we can go to the vote as soon as possible – states Bonaccini – institutionally, beyond the political parties, I believe it is very fair and it can be done in an orderly manner, to do the best for Emilia-Romagna, which comes first of the individual political forces. I have no doubt that it will be an orderly transition, I believe that we can go to the vote before the end of the year”. In the meantime, adds the outgoing president, “we still have a few things to do and complete. We need to bring the agri-food excellence of this area to New York and we have the three stages of the Tour de France. Then there will be the whole formal transition from the point of view of the resignation and the consequent establishment of the EU Parliament, we are at the end.” (source Dire)
