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At Turin Unity Festival, security takes center stage: “Enough with talking only about woke left”

From Corriere della Sera · () Italian

Translated from Italian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Turin's Democratic Party is placing public safety at the center of its political agenda ahead of the city's 2027 municipal elections and national elections.
  • Young Democrats leader Federico Raia said the party must acknowledge security problems and seek more police personnel and visible prevention.
  • Party officials also called for social measures, including community policing, neighborhood services and the recovery of neglected public spaces.

“Enough with hiding behind the woke left.” Federico Raia, head of Turin's Young Democrats, used blunt language at the city's Unity Festival to argue that the center-left must confront public safety directly.

Enough with hiding behind the woke left. We no longer need that, we are no longer that.

· Federico RaiaThe Turin Young Democrats leader called for a clearer center-left position on security.

“We on the left must not pretend that problems do not exist,” Raia said. “The Democratic Party has a duty to take back the issue of security.” Turin's Democrats want the subject to shape the coming months as the city approaches municipal elections in 2027, alongside national elections.

The debate, titled “Feeling safe, living better. The security challenges in our cities,” brought together party figures and Turin's security councillor, Marco Porcedda. Isabella Martelli, who heads the Turin Democrats' Security and Legality Forum, said security is not exclusively a right-wing concern. Porcedda said the city needs more police personnel, arguing that greater street presence and prevention can also improve residents' perception of safety.

We on the left must not pretend that problems do not exist.

· Federico RaiaHe argued that the Democratic Party should address public safety directly.

Turin City Hall has reorganized its local police force to put more officers outside buildings and closer to neighborhoods. Porcedda described the planned neighborhood officer as a connector who will collect residents' reports and direct them to the relevant municipal offices. Raia pointed to Mirafiori, where a community police post that had disappeared after the Covid pandemic has reopened.

The Democratic Party has a duty to take back the issue of security.

· Federico RaiaHe described security as a central issue for the party.

The party's approach also includes social intervention. In Corso Siracusa, residents and associations used a collaboration agreement to recover a green area that had become a neglected space marked by discarded syringes and rubbish. The site now hosts free classes, events and music. Martelli cited Piazza Foroni, where additional police presence reduced the problem reported by market operators, although she said it later shifted to the Tre Lanterne area.

Security is a left-wing issue. It is not true that it is a right-wing issue.

· Isabella MartelliShe rejected the idea that public safety belongs exclusively to the right.
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Originally published by Corriere della Sera in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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