If you’re interested in the Partito Democratico, you might want to read this preliminary version of my article on the PD with Alex Wilson. It’s not just on Bersani’s election as party leader, but that’s there too.
By convincing all these people.
Second in a series explaining why Pierluigi Bersani won the leadership of the Partito Democratico. This post focuses on the reasons why Bersani should have been considered the favourite right from the off.
Yesterday Pier-Luigi Bersani was elected leader of the Partito Democratico. This post is one in a series of posts analyzing the leadership contest, and looks at the programmatic statements of each of the three candidates (Bersani, Franceschini, and Marino).
The primaries for the Partito Democratico are today. Voting continues until 20:00 and the first data are expected at midnight.
Franceschini has closed strongly: there was an appeal signed by 75 parliamentarians, and (somewhat inexplicably, at least to me), left-wing film-maker Nanni Moretti came out in favour of Franceschini.
The nightmare scenario for the PD is that [...]
Legislative proposal suggests that a crime motivated on the basis of the afflicted party’s sexual orientation be added to the list of aggravating factors contained in the penal code.
The UDC raises a point of order, arguing that the proposal is inconstitutional insofar as it violates articles 3 and 25 of the Constitution (equality before the [...]