Harmonious Opposition Choir | poster

The Democratic Party is really a democratic party. Does Secretary Schlein invite everyone to Naples despite Sharon’s advance to sing in a choir for the government that wants to divide Italy with the Calderoli Act? And whoever said that in order to avoid unrest, the Democratic Party should not first be divided. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni bumbling around not knowing how to deal with the ancient question of justice, while her coalition, her team of ministers and her party are like several pinball machines where mad balls often splash dangerously in the opposite direction of each other? And why, instead of taking seriously the role of opposing the most right-wing government in the history of the republic, do they not strike each other out with friends and comrades? It will be said: He is the usual Vincenzo De Luca, President of Campania with an ego greater than Campania itself and the whole Democratic Party. And if the vizier summons the party under her windows and has the intention of curtailing her ambitions, the only possible reply from the satrap is, “And here I am in charge, and this is my house.”

But since the Democratic Party is really a Democratic Party And in a democratic election, elections are held and votes are counted, so the anti-government chorus – even though the minister tries to keep the scene “with one voice” – fades into the background.

And they are all there, saboteurs and firefighters, deputy ministers and deputy secretaries, majority and minority, to meet and discuss and attack and then amend, and sign the armistice in due time, looking askance at each other and what you want, the Democratic Party is a truly pluralistic party, there is no ‘is the only thought’ “.

Not a single idea, but perhaps no single pattern. In fact, it wasn’t just De Luca’s usual acting, but a now petrified one that not even the Millennial Secretary from Occupy could subvert at the moment. So much so that, in confirmation of the adage according to which the Democratic Party does not have time to elect a secretary who is already plotting to overthrow him in the party, the name of a possible successor should Eli Schlein fail to overcome the Europeans’ test laxity is already being circulated.

Yes, the Europeans. Competition is competition Romano Prodi said. And, broadening our view, the competition is also at the head of the ideas of the future allies of the vast field not really plowed, those who declare themselves true reformers, others who cling to the prêt-à-Porter brand of true progressives and in the democratic party that withdraws on one side and someone on the other as a result of the coup on himself.

This is how the perpetual conflict between characters, current accountability, and tenancies of positions to be defended tooth and nail are organized. But also and above all, because in the end politics matter, between visions that are perhaps not all reconcilable. After all, the past has shown that the unity promoted by the common opponent (yesterday Silvio Berlusconi, today Giorgia Meloni) is not a political line and it would be good to keep that in mind for the future as well. Competition is competition, without naivety, and the testing ground for European elections, where voting depends on the proportional system, will also be essential to determine leadership and alliances. Now, however, the opposition must also be ruthless, cumbersome, and necessary: ​​even if the Meloni government falters and stumbles upon itself, it has only one direction and does not bode well.

“When I hear that there is no political line I smile, we are full of contents but good at covering it up with internal divisions. If someone doesn’t like that line, admit it and don’t find other excuses, Schlain said during last month’s Democratic Party leadership. Summer is in full swing, Sharon has also arrived, and neither Kasik, nor the firemen, nor the secretary have any more time to apologise.