
Elly Schlein, national secretary of the Democratic Party, calls for immediate elections, criticizing the Meloni government for the school decree, the failure to reform school buildings and the proposal to expel foreign students, while soliciting funds for the territories affected by the earthquake of 31 July and inviting them to conquer the government with the support of the America's Cup in the Gulf of Naples.
AI-generated summary
The Democratic Party criticizes the Meloni government on school policies and immigration, calling for immediate elections and more funds for the territories affected by the earthquake of 31 July in the Phlegraean area.
The sooner you go to vote the better.
The national secretariat of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein has no doubts.
"Giorgia Meloni - she attacks before going on stage at the regional Unity Festival in Portici - continues to argue with her allies also on the vote", reiterating the need to give voters the floor again as soon as possible given "the disaster caused by the centre-right". He then announces "a great battle in Parliament against this terrible school decree" and attacks the government for "zero investment in school buildings and to pay teachers better" and then underlines: "Given this condition, with teachers' salaries among the lowest in Europe, that the priority is to expel foreign children from schools, only Giorgia Meloni intent on chasing Vannacci on remigration could have thought so".
The Dem leader, closing the party from the stage, claims the actions of the centre-left: "There is no better program than the progressive coalition than that of implementing the Constitution". And urged by journalists, she endorses the concern of the mayors of the Phlegraean area by asking the government for more funds in the announced decree which should implement the territory's amendments after the strong earthquake of July 31st. "But let it be in a very short time", urges the mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi from the stage, with the regional secretary of the Democratic Party Piero De Luca assuring: "With us in government, local administrators will no longer be alone".
Manfredi does not forget the America's Cup in the Gulf of Naples in exhorting militants and allies: "With the wind at our backs let's go and take the government".
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Democratic Party will continue to push for early elections in the coming months
Likely · Within months
The government could modify the school decree to include the amendments of the Phlegraean territory
Possible · Within weeks

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Elly Schlein, national secretary of the Democratic Party, participating in the regional party of the Democratic Party in Campania in Portici, stated that the earlier you go to vote the better, criticizing Giorgia Meloni for the arguments with allies over the vote and underlining the need to give the voters the say again due to the disaster of the centre-right, with zero growth despite the Pnrr, a decline in production for three years, the lowest salaries in Europe and the cost of energy among the highest.