After your criticism of “center-left groups that have left Italy”, was there a telephone clarification call with the secretary of the Democratic Party? “Yes, Schlein called me. We spoke frequently in the last few weeks. I repeated what I said in public. My concern is that part of the electorate is moving away from the center-left because they believe that the opposition has too narrow an interpretation of society, not enough to form a concrete alternative government.” Here are some parts of Corriere della Sera’s interview with founder Ulivo Romano. The former prime minister and former president of the EU Commission then reflected on the stability on the ground. He did so by noting that «in Conte’s mind what he thinks about his role has not yet been determined». Then the encouragement: «If the center-left wins the election, let’s hope they don’t get tinnititis. In the end one of the two leaders, Schlein and Conte, had to admit that the other had won.
“Pertinoctitis? That’s an obsession…” answered Fausto Bertinotti, former leader of the PRC, who spoke to L’Aria che Tira in response to Prodi’s interview questioning him. Has Prodi tied it to his finger? “No, he did it,” he answered. «Are we talking? Sometimes, very rarely. The weather is not so hot…”. “But since I know that Prodi has secret ties with the United States – he suggested, which ironically also refers to another part of the interview relating to the new mayor of New York – I would tell him that instead of having Bertinotti’s nightmare, have Mamdani’s dream and see which program he wins”.
In 1998 the Rifondazione Comunista, led by Bertinotti, voted against the financial maneuvers of 1999, considering the social system unacceptable and calling for corrections in favor of the poor and against inequality. On 9 October 1998, the Prodi I government fell after losing confidence in the People’s Representative Council (312 votes in favor, 313 against), precisely because the PRC had withdrawn its external support.
