The escape had been in the air for months, but now it has become official. Pina Picierno slammed the door of the Democratic Party and chose another political home in Brussels. The Vice-President of the European Parliament is indeed joining the orbit of Renew Europe and the European Democratic Party led by Sandro Gozi, certifying a break that says a lot about the internal tensions within Elly Schlein‘s party. A decision that Picierno herself claims unequivocally. “The home of the reformists is no longer there. One cannot be ambiguous with Putin’s fascism and extremism. It’s time to work on something new, to win the elections,” she explained in an interview.
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And again: “Elly Schlein’s Democratic Party has become a different place from the one we founded. I have always asked politics for the strength and courage to make the right choices in good conscience: out of respect for my political and personal dignity, the time has come to leave.” Words that sound like an indictment of the line imposed by the Democratic secretary and that certify yet another crack in the reformist area of the Nazareno. But not everyone reads the farewell as an ideal choice. Journalist Luca Telese stung, commenting on the matter with sarcasm on social media: “Il Foglio dedicates only three pages of an interview to Pina Picierno’s farewell to the Pd. Evidently a drama for Italian democracy.”
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Then the jab: “In Maria Teresa Meli’s more agile piece, in Il Corriere, we learn (instead) that her position as Vice-President of the European Parliament was at risk. The country awakens astonished, and dressed in mourning.” Between political motivations and suspicions of personal convenience, the divorce is consummated. And for Elly Schlein’s Pd, this is another excellent departure that fuels the discontent of the moderate wing, increasingly distant from the party’s new course.
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