Rome, 26 April (LaPresse) – Regarding the centre-left’s candidate for prime minister in the upcoming elections, “we will reach an agreement. It will be whoever secures one more vote, or there will be coalition primaries. We are not starting from scratch because over the past three years we have already drawn up many legislative proposals.” So said the secretary of the PD, Elly Schlein, in an interview with El País. The unity of the coalition “is part of the mandate I received when I won the 2023 primaries,” explains Schlein, noting that “I’m wearing this bracelet inscribed with ‘Stubbornly united’, the strategy we chose from the very beginning. Not because the doctor told us to, but because our people told us to. We need unity and consistency in the project, and that is what we have sought to achieve over the last three years, and the results are already visible. We have worked to unite the opposition parties in a progressive alliance that ran as a coalition in seven regions last year. This hadn’t happened for twenty years. It is a new climate that seeks to overcome divisions and personal interests. The key is to unite our forces around clear priorities: decent work, wages, public healthcare, education, an industrial policy to tackle climate change, the green transition, and democratic rights. The experience of the Sánchez government in Spain is very valuable to us because it demonstrates that the progressive agenda works and delivers results. Inequalities can be reduced whilst at the same time implementing an industrial policy that generates strong growth and quality jobs. Spain is attractive to foreign investment.”
C.sinistra, Schlein: ‘The candidate for prime minister will be whoever wins the most votes or is chosen through primaries’
Rome, 26 April (LaPresse) – Regarding the centre-left’s candidate for prime minister in the upcoming elections, “we will reach an agreement. It will be whoever secures one more vote, or there will be coalition primaries. We are not starting from scratch because over the past three years we have already drawn up many legislative proposals.” So said the secretary of the PD, Elly Schlein, in an interview with El País. The unity of the coalition “is part of the mandate I received when I won the 2023 primaries,” explains Schlein, noting that “I’m wearing this bracelet inscribed with ‘Stubbornly united’, the strategy we chose from the very beginning. Not because the doctor told us to, but because our people told us to. We need unity and consistency in the project, and that is what we have sought to achieve over the last three years, and the results are already visible. We have worked to unite the opposition parties in a progressive alliance that ran as a coalition in seven regions last year. This hadn’t happened for twenty years. It is a new climate that seeks to overcome divisions and personal interests. The key is to unite our forces around clear priorities: decent work, wages, public healthcare, education, an industrial policy to tackle climate change, the green transition, and democratic rights. The experience of the Sánchez government in Spain is very valuable to us because it demonstrates that the progressive agenda works and delivers results. Inequalities can be reduced whilst at the same time implementing an industrial policy that generates strong growth and quality jobs. Spain is attractive to foreign investment.”
