Pd, extension of Schlein's mandate as leader approved. «I am ready to be a candidate for prime minister»

The PD assembly unanimously approved the extension of the secretary's mandate in the event that the deadline falls in a year of political elections. The decision effectively extends Elly Schlein's mandate at the helm of the party beyond the natural deadline of 12 March 2027. In the remote vote there was one abstention and one against.

"We have presented a bill to bring healthcare spending to the European average of 7 percent." If the center-right forces win "they will bring military spending to 5% of GDP" but "if we win we must commit" to bringing health spending to 7% of GDP "together with the entire progressive alliance". Elly Schlein outlines the outlines of what appears to all intents and purposes to be a counter-maneuver to the one the Government is preparing. He does so while speaking at the national assembly of the Democratic Party in Rome. With a message aimed at all the forces in the broad field: «I am ready to lead this community and lead it as a candidate for the Presidency of the Council, with or without the primaries».

“I read that Nicola Fratoianni and Angelo Bonelli turned to all of us allies to say that yesterday's beautiful, peaceful demonstration by the CGIL, in which many of us participated, also gives us the responsibility to build an alternative that responds to those expectations, those dreams, those needs”. The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein said this on the sidelines of the party assembly underway in Rome. "And they ask us to consider doing it together, organizing a demonstration together on the cost of living, on wages, on social justice. We are there, we are absolutely available. The common program that we now have to refine and close, which lives on the many unitary proposals, lives even more if we make it live by intertwining it with the strong demand that there is in a part of the country to improve people's living conditions".

The candidacy is "together with this extraordinary leadership group - added Schlein - in a widespread way, in a plural way, to also change the idea of ​​leadership in this country to which another woman has not decided to contribute for the better". «We have the responsibility to be able to win the next elections. I want to do it with you, with courage, with determination, with the pride of those who know that when we are united we can change the destiny of our country - the secretary pointed out - And I want to tell you I am ready, determined, honored and proud to be able to lead this extraordinary community which has no equal in Italy".

«The squares ask politicians to take responsibility for concrete choices for those who study, work and produce. The government is ignoring these voices. It was the longest-running and inconclusive government, Meloni wasted a historic opportunity" said Schlein, attacking the government. According to the PD secretary, the prime minister "has not managed to make a" reform "that would concretely change the lives of Italians for the better, who today are poorer and more angry in the streets than yesterday".