Politics · Italy · 5 hrs ago
Schlein urges Italy’s left to unite despite political differences
PD leader Elly Schlein urged Italy’s left to stop letting divisions benefit the right while speaking at an event in Milan.
She said the political forces have differences, but more unites them than divides them.
Schlein said the Senate had unanimously approved a bill to support Italy’s cinema and audiovisual sector.
The proposal would create an agency independent of political influence.
She contrasted that with a consent law that passed unanimously in the lower house but was stopped four days later, with regional elections approaching.
Schlein called for progress on major issues affecting women, including gender-based violence and consent.
Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein urged Italy’s left-wing political forces not to let their differences divide them.
She said more unites the forces than separates them and described unity as a commitment made to voters.
Schlein said the left has lost ground when it failed to anticipate major social changes.
She pointed to a unanimous Senate vote supporting an independent agency for the cinema and audiovisual sector.
She also said a proposal on gender-based violence and consent passed unanimously in the lower house but was halted four days later.
- Who
- Elly Schlein, secretary of Italy’s Democratic Party, addressed the left-wing political forces.
- What
- She urged them not to let their political differences divide them.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- At an Elle Active! interview in Milan.
- Why
- She said more unites the political forces than separates them and that they had made a commitment to voters.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Senate unanimously approved a bill to support the cinema and audiovisual sector by creating an agency independent of politics.
A proposal on gender-based violence and consent passed unanimously in the lower house.
The consent provision was halted because regional elections were approaching.
- Speaker
- Elly Schlein, Democratic Party secretary
- Interview location
- Milan
- Cinema and audiovisual bill
- Approved unanimously by the Senate
- Consent proposal
- Approved unanimously in the lower house, then halted four days later
What people are saying
Today we will no longer do the right wing the favour of dividing us; this is a commitment we have all made to our voters.
There are differences between the various political forces, and fortunately so, otherwise we would be a single party that takes us back to the dark periods of our history, but much more unites us than divides us.
The left has lost ground every time it has failed to anticipate the major transformations that have frightened our societies and has instead let the usual people bear their effects.