The "red lines" not to be crossed are not only in the center-right debate - Roberto Vannacci is the one waving them every day to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni - but also in the confrontation that animates the Democratic Party in the first instance and the broad field in the second. And to remind secretary Elly Schlein and the majority of the party of them are the Dem reformists, gathered today at the people's house in Coiano, on the outskirts of Prato, to launch "ideas and proposals", but also to set some limits.
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First of all the fact that "the Democratic Party must be the Democratic Party", "it must not lose its identity", "it must not water down its values", it must not give in "to extremes". In short, he must not move to the left to chase Giuseppe Conte who, observes Lia Quartapelle, "cannot inflict on us all the policies of the M5s, he also knows that they are slogans".
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Messages to the broad field, but above all messages to those in the majority among the Dems and also to other areas which, observes Senator Simona Malpezzi, must not ask for "places" but bring proposals to the party, to "widen" it, to win over as many voters as possible, starting with the "moderate" ones. From Prato, in short, we look to Montepulciano where, from 23 to 25 October, the "current" Dem will meet. And we look to Rome to claim that the reformist area does not seek either positions or "recognition" and certainly, Lorenzo Guerini stings, closing the meeting, "we do not accept lessons of unity from those who have left" because "we have remained, this is our home" and "we want to help the Pd to win against the black wave of the right". It's all too obvious who Guerini is angry with.
Ukraine and anti-Semitism
The first "red line" issue is Ukraine, obviously, but it is not the only one. Adjectives are wasted on the fact that the "unwavering" support for Ukraine must continue, including military aid: for everyone, from Giorgio Gori to Lia Quartapelle, from Lorenzo Guerini to Graziano Delrio, it is an "indispensable", "non-negotiable" and "non-negotiable at the program table" principle, "fundamental" to arrive at "peace and not surrender to Putin's demands". On this, they say, the only possible point of failure, at a table together with the other coalition forces, is to convince them that abandoning Ukraine now would not bring peace closer but would distance it. Then there is, very imminently - it will be in the Chamber next week - the question of the anti-Semitism bill which, beyond the specific law, tells of the different souls of the Democratic Party and the concern of the "reformists" not to endorse another 'slide' towards the positions of the most left wing of the broad camp. It is no coincidence that Lele Fiano takes to the stage in Prato for whom the confirmation of the PD's "no" to the bill would represent an "insurmountable" boundary, perhaps making his own permanence in the party incompatible. Giorgio Gori invites the Democratic Party not to cross that line.
In a sort of counterpoint to the "stubbornly unitary" attitude of secretary Schlein, Gori insists that "unity is good but not as long as you give up the values of the Democratic Party", "unity is good" but "a competition for those who are most left-wing would leave room for a right that deserves nothing", unity is good but it is necessary that the Democratic Party "does not water down its specificity".
