Conte: "Primaries, I asked Schlein to take a step back from all the leaders"

"We have also met with Schlein on other occasions. In a very recent meeting I invited Schlein to consider, given the concern among some of the electorate about the primaries, a step back by all the party leaders to propose a third figure. Gualtieri? I haven't mentioned any names because there isn't this availability for her." The leader of the M5s Giuseppe Conte said this on Coffee Break on La7. "I think it's quite probable that in the spring" there will be the politics, "which is why we have to hurry up with the primaries", "we are ready to talk about the program".

But might the M5s militants not support Schlein if he wins the primaries? "A serious community" like that of the M5s does not "make a fuss" to support the "winning leader. It won't happen", replies Conte to Coffeee Break on La7. "We certainly can't get close to the electoral campaign and still talk about primaries", he adds.