“You only win by playing as a team and never before has the Democratic Party been united, cohesive, compact, present in the squares, in the markets, in places of sociality, where we discuss and exchange ideas. looking people in the eyes.” The president of the Democratic Party and governor of Emilia Romagna Stefano Bonaccini explains this in an interview with QN. Leading candidate in the European elections in the North-East constituency, he received 400 thousand preferences, making him among the most voted ever in this electoral round.
The day after the consultations, Bonaccini reiterates his belief: “the Democratic Party can also represent all positions within the progressive and reformist area: I hope that the period of arguments and controversies between us is definitively behind us”. “Secretary Elly Schlein,” continues the president of the Democratic Party, “did very well denounce the dismantling of public health, just as the battle for the minimum wage is sacrosanct. Likewise, environment and work cannot be put in opposition. The Democratic Party is the most solid and credible alternative to the right.”
On the strengthening of right-wing parties in much of Europe, and of Meloni here in Italy, Bonaccini observes: “There is a dangerous extremist wind: this calls all forces to greater awareness to repel what is an attack on the very existence of Europe. Including Giorgia Meloni”.
On the broad side, which in Emilia Romagna would have an absolute majority, Bonaccini recalls that since 2020 he has led “a coalition that goes from the left to Action and Italia Viva”, and “for years we have been voting and sharing important measures together with the Five Star Movement, which now they govern together with the center-left in city councils such as Ravenna or Bologna”. Therefore, for the governor of Emilia-Romagna it is clear: “United we win, for the good of the citizensthe”.
Finally, regarding the resignation from the presidency of the Region: “I will respect the legal deadlines and I will leave before the inauguration of the European Parliament in mid-July. I will continue to follow Emilia-Romagna until the last day – he concludes – it is dutiful and respectful towards the people of Emilia-Romagna. I am thinking of the scandal of the failure to reimburse the floods.”
