In the days in which the Emilia-Romagna Democratic Party is seething as it hasn’t happened for some time, between the enthusiasm for the result of the polls and the match for the next Regionals, Michele De Pascale further strengthens his position on the sidelines for the succession to Stefano Bonaccini (where the regional councilor for Labor Vincenzo Colla also remains in place). «I made the choice not to comment on the rumors and this is the contribution I can make. I’m definitely never going to be a problem, but I can be a solution.” says the mayor of Ravenna, aware that he is playing the game of life for an administrator from Emilia-Romagna. Meanwhile, strong with 6.5% which made it the fourth political force in the region at the European elections, The Greens and Left Alliance is pressing the Democratic Party, which has set the choice of the gubernatorial candidate “by the summer”. AND he asks to «immediately start a discussion on program and applications”.
Attack on the center-right and on Bignami
The words pronounced by the mayor and president of the Province of Ravenna, in an interview with the Corriere di Romagna, I’m not yet on the field. But, after weeks at the top of the totonomi for the post Bonaccini, that of De Pascale however, it is a clear signal sent to the Democratic Party and its allies. Applause for the unity of the party (“it has proven to be a very powerful weapon”), necessary as never before for the administrator from Romagna to overcome the gauntlet of those who consider him too Bonaccinian to be everyone’s candidate for governor. But also a headlong attack on the center-right and on FdI deputy minister Galeazzo Bignamiwho despite multiple denials (“I won’t be a candidate for president”, he reiterated after the vote) is still considered among the Dems as possible opponent at the Regionals. «The management of the post-flood situation by the centre-right parliamentarians and the total uncritical position of the local representatives has made them lose credibility towards the citizens», claims De Pascale, who returns to lash out against the Bolognese deputy minister as he had done a few hours after vote. «The government didn’t listen to Bignami which threatened not to allocate reimbursements to flood victims. The decree provides for 6 thousand euros, but the rule – concludes the mayor of Ravenna – must be changed in Parliament. We were all good in the election campaign, but he gave us 4-5 points.”
The others in the race and the allies
That of De Pascale, although favored, However, he is not the only name in the Democratic Party’s deck. The regional councilor Vincenzo Collabusy these days managing an epidemic of corporate crises along the Via Emilia, it is the other most visible profile. There are others though, from the vice president Irene Priolo to the councillor Andrea Corsini, ready to play their cards. Especially if, for better or worse, we went to primaries. The allies of the left, however, do not seem willing to be passive spectators. We need an “immediate” comparison on the program and applications, he informs Adv, which addresses the Pd and M5S: «With whom we share at every level the objective of building an alternative to the right-wing government». Strengthened by the approximately 130 thousand votes that have transformed it into the fourth party in the region, the Green and Left Alliance does not name names but Draw an identikit: «Our ideal candidate is determined to start a real green turning point to respond to the climate emergency, to fight poor and precarious work in Emilia-Romagna, to support the decarbonisation path, to reduce rather than increase land consumption and defend biodiversity”.
