Rome, Oct. 1 (LaPresse) – “I said I was open to taking on the leadership of the centre-left if a third name could be found.” Giuseppe Conte said this during the presentation of David Tozzo’s book La Principessa. Potere della politica, possibilità dell’impossibile, at the Parliamentary Acts Hall. The former prime minister clarified that he was not referring to any specific person, but rather to the possibility of finding “a name capable of guaranteeing a change in politics, because otherwise the country will not change. A genuinely progressive figure, not a soft figure, not a compromise on the lowest common denominator. And a competitive figure.” “These are the minimum requirements to be able to change the country and win with a progressive project,” Conte explained, “but there has been no willingness or openness to pursue this path, and so we are now heading toward primaries. They are not part of our tradition, but there is no other way given an electoral law that binds us to put forward a candidacy.”
Centre-left, Conte: “I am open to a third name, but there is no openness to this option”
Rome, Oct. 1 (LaPresse) – “I said I was open to taking on the leadership of the centre-left if a third name could be found.” Giuseppe Conte said this during the presentation of David Tozzo’s book La Principessa. Potere della politica, possibilità dell’impossibile, at the Parliamentary Acts Hall. The former prime minister clarified that he was not referring to any specific person, but rather to the possibility of finding “a name capable of guaranteeing a change in politics, because otherwise the country will not change. A genuinely progressive figure, not a soft figure, not a compromise on the lowest common denominator. And a competitive figure.” “These are the minimum requirements to be able to change the country and win with a progressive project,” Conte explained, “but there has been no willingness or openness to pursue this path, and so we are now heading toward primaries. They are not part of our tradition, but there is no other way given an electoral law that binds us to put forward a candidacy.”