Wide field, today's summit of center-left leaders on Maneuver, primaries and programme

First of all they will talk about a topic on which they all agree: maneuvering.

On how to fight it all together with work in Parliament. But that won't be the only one on the table. Because the goal is to establish a broad roadmap that will lead the progressive coalition to policies. In the late morning, the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein, the president of the M5s Giuseppe Conte and the leaders of Avs Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni will discuss each other in a call. An "informal" meeting according to the staff. So, aperitif with "this shocking maneuver - confirmed Schlein - A maneuver of tips and electoral adverts, which has no vision of how to restart a country that is suffering". And then the rest. Because if a roadmap has to be released between now and the 2027 meeting, it is unlikely that the most important topics will not be touched upon: program, primaries, coalition perimeter.

Of course, one should not expect the magic formula on Ukraine that would summarize the positions of the Democratic Party, in favor of sending weapons, and of the M5s and Avs, who are instead against it. Just as the issue of the patrimonial tax on great wealth will hardly be addressed, a measure on which Avs is focusing a lot, but which the M5s does not want. And even in the Democratic Party there is no enthusiasm. But the leaders will at least have to indicate a common path to try to find agreements on the issues. And therefore, they will have to decide who to appoint - among the various party leaders - to carry out a discussion which will then be sealed by a subsequent - and perhaps decisive - meeting between the leaders. Just as the issue of the primaries, of how to establish times and rules, cannot be avoided.

"To my community and to the opposition forces I say: now give everything, without wasting a second. Let's defend Italy", Conte repeated. In truth, there is a certain optimism about the times among the small groups at Transatlantic. A good portion of the program is already there. There are common legislative proposals, from the minimum wage to equal leave. And other projects not yet formalized in parliamentary documents have already been put together in a resolution presented to the chamber: 21 points ranging from the brake on defense spending to the increase in investments in healthcare, up to the right to housing. That document was also signed by Più Europa and Iv.

Here: the allies. That's a theme too. Schlein has repeated several times that centrist forces will also have to sit at the program table. But which ones? Conte, Bonelli and Fratoianni, for example, would gladly do without Italia Viva. While the Democratic Party is pushing to bring together all the opposition forces available to build the alternative. However, the possibility that this call between leaders could put a firm point on the demonstration against the high cost of living requested by Avs and in which the Pd and M5s have joined seems to be fading. In short, we start with the maneuver: "It focuses on military spending - said Conte - and for the rest it distributes some bonuses, trying to please some small social bloc". Ditto Fratoianni: "A small, small maneuver, marked by the increase in military spending and incapable of responding to the problems of the Italians". And Bonelli. "It's a war finance company." Meanwhile, there is a social unit, with ironic posts on the personalized license plates announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. For the Democratic Party, the one that will be the most popular will be: M3L0n1 D1mett1t1. And Conte: "After 4 years here is the government's plaque: high prices, I don't care."