Tension is growing between Bari and Rome. Michele Emiliano did not listen to the party's invitations and continued on.
The Puglia case has widened the gap between the Pd and the M5s. In the Dem house there are those who read Conte's moves as an attempt to take over the leadership of the opposition. But the 5 stars reject: "The battle of Conte and the 5s is not against the Democratic Party, it is against the corruption, wherever it is - said the leader in the Chamber, Francesco Silco Silvestri. The Democratic Party doesn't want to take lessons from anyone," said the president of the dem Stefano Bonaccini. "We are facing a serious problem, everything can be done except pretend it doesn't exist", said Nicola Fratoianni, of Si (majority party in Puglia) The Pd's criticism of the Apulian governor mounts hour after hour. A realistic picture, according to the senator Simona Malpezzi, is that the opponent is somewhere else: "I say to the Italian 5s: Unless Conte is the center-left, the opposition is the opposition"