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Bonaccini: The sooner Italy votes, the better, as recession looms

From Corriere della Sera · () Italian

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

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Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Democratic Party president Stefano Bonaccini said Italy should hold parliamentary elections as soon as possible, arguing that the government is failing to act and the country risks recession.
  • He criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government over weak growth, high utility and fuel prices, pressure on public healthcare and stalled infrastructure projects.
  • Bonaccini defended Democratic Party unity and said coalition leadership should belong to the most-voted party, while criticizing the center-right’s proposed electoral reform.

Stefano Bonaccini says Italy should go to the polls sooner rather than later. The president of the Democratic Party argues that Giorgia Meloni’s government is no longer governing, while the country risks slipping into recession.

Stability is positive if it allows choices, reforms and investment.

· Stefano BonacciniHis assessment of the government’s claim to have achieved exceptional political stability.

“Stability is positive if it allows choices, reforms and investment,” Bonaccini said. But he accused the right of merely staying afloat. Italy, he argued, has not grown for four years, utility bills and fuel prices are soaring, public healthcare is collapsing, and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan has been exhausted while infrastructure projects have been sacrificed to a bridge that has not begun.

Asked whether he preferred spring or autumn elections, Bonaccini said: “The sooner we vote, the better, because the government is doing nothing and Parliament is focused on the electoral law, not on measures for families or businesses. We risk recession, but the right is obsessed only with the fear of losing.”

The sooner we vote, the better, because the government is doing nothing and Parliament is focused on the electoral law, not on measures for families or businesses. We risk recession, but the right is obsessed only with the fear of losing.

· Stefano BonacciniHis argument for holding parliamentary elections as soon as possible.

He also attacked the center-right’s electoral reform, which is due to pass through the Senate before returning to the Chamber of Deputies. Bonaccini said the government was changing it every week to chase falling poll numbers. “Giorgia Meloni should remember that when rules are changed out of fear of losing, people generally really do lose,” he said.

Giorgia Meloni should remember that when rules are changed out of fear of losing, people generally really do lose.

· Stefano BonacciniHis criticism of the center-right’s proposed electoral reform.

On the opposition’s internal debate, Bonaccini rejected claims that parts of the Democratic Party are trying to block secretary Elly Schlein from becoming prime minister by resisting primary elections. “Nonsense,” he said, insisting that the party is more united than ever. He credited Schlein with helping unite opposition forces and warned that the right could otherwise change the rules for electing Parliament and choosing the next president of the Republic without resistance.

Nonsense.

· Stefano BonacciniHis response to claims that parts of the Democratic Party oppose primaries to block Elly Schlein.
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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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