A 4 di Sera,” a current affairs and in-depth program on Rete 4 hosted by Mario Giordano (replacing Paolo Del Debbio), discusses the rise in Germany of the far-right party, AfD, and more generally the increase in support for right-wing parties across Europe.
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The host asks the guest, the director of l’Unità Piero Sansonetti, if the success of the right is also due to the left’s inability to speak to people about the real problems affecting daily life. In Germany, in fact, 50% of the working class voted for AfD. Sansonetti admits: “This problem exists, we are facing a historical crisis concerning the left and liberal parties. The far right, like Vannacci, AfD, Vox, etc., is gaining ground in public opinion over the moderate right and is destined to take leadership; this is the most dangerous issue. The left is disappearing: we are moving towards a bipolarism between moderate right and far right.”
A problem acknowledged by Pier Luigi Bersani himself, interviewed on the sidelines of the PD festival in Milan: “The entire democratic camp is struggling. It’s not that the left has workers in its pocket; workers are people who can have elements of rejection, often justified, and who can be caught up in cultural waves of mentality that must be countered. However,” Bersani explains, “the left must do its part and reconnect with the everyday life of citizens, whether they are workers or not. You can’t be liberal only in asking for tax breaks; Montesquieu is at stake here, you can’t give up Montesquieu for a tax break. There are also other defeated groups that must react, because we have a Constitution with fundamental liberal principles, within which there is an idea of social emancipation.”
“The left is disappearing: we are moving towards a bipolarism between moderate right and far right”
Piero Sansonetti replies on #4disera to the question about the growth of right-wing parties and the ability of politics to interpret the needs of the weaker classes. pic.twitter.com/O1zI9ETwYX
— 4 di sera (@4disera) September 9, 2026
