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No to "fireplaces" or "secret rooms" to choose the center-left leader. This is the message Giuseppe Conte sends from the National Unity Festival in Reggio Emilia. "The primaries? I would like to point out," the M5S leader explains, "that the Five Star Movement doesn't have a tradition of primaries. We honored a Democratic Party tradition because there was no other solution; a solution can be found.
"What do we do now?" Conte asks. "Shall we gather in some secret room? Shall we have a few firesides after telling all progressives that they will decide who is the best interpreter of the program's implementation?"
“When you ask me about the primaries, I always reply, 'Programs come first.' Look, we're focused on the program, okay? No one ever said we'd hold the primaries first and then the program.
We must first converge on the project of changing this society. Then we will address the issue of who is there. We are also interested in reliability. But certainly not for personal reasons. We want guarantees of reliability,” he adds.
"Will I be loyal if I lose the primaries? You know I find this question offensive. I represent a community throughout Italy that works in administrations, not always in top positions, with extreme loyalty.
I believe there has never been a crisis in a local government because someone in the M5S wanted an extra seat. If anyone thinks this is a matter of personal ambition, they're on the wrong track, they're very wrong. I'm serving a progressive project. If we ever find ourselves in a government that doesn't do progressive things, that would be a problem, but I don't think so," he continues.
Matteo Renzi is ready for coffee with Conte. And the M5S leader? "Coffee with Renzi? I can't sleep at this hour... Shall we talk politics?" "Yes," replies the debate moderator. "So, come on, let's not talk about people and let's talk about politics..." "You're always asking me about Renzi, we can't stand it anymore. This will make him unpopular. But do we need to broaden this political space or do we want to narrow it? Onorato has united hundreds of civic administrators, he has created a grassroots movement. Renzi, with all due respect, has been there since 2019, he has a certain power over the electorate that seems very limited to me. Do we want to go further or do we want to stop with Renzi? If we want to win, we have to go further, and we want to win," he continues.
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