Pd, approved the Manifesto of values. Letta: We need a new party, not a new secretary

The National Assembly of the Democratic Party approves the congressional Regulations, with 11 against and 24 abstentions, and the new Manifesto of values, with 18 against and 22 abstentions.

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And for a new party we need a political basis, and the manifesto provides it, a basis that puts us in a position to be very ambitious for the future". The secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, said this at the current party assembly at the Antonianum Auditorium in Rome. The "Manifesto of values ​​and principles" of the new Democratic Party was voted and approved. The National Assembly accepted the document with the changes made in the last few hours by Enrico Letta and Roberto Speranza. Compared to the circulated draft after the last meeting of the Committee of 85 essays, there is some news. The reference to the controversial "paradigm shift" has been expanded, which now involves the whole economic and social field and no longer just that of ecological transition. In foreign policy, next to the Atlantic location,

the goal of common defense in the EU appears.

As regards rights, the changes are more in-depth: defending the law on voluntary abortion and "filling the regulatory gap in the field of end of life, to guarantee certainty and dignity to all people who find themselves in conditions of intolerable suffering".

Then, the paragraph on gender equality which opens with a sentence that was missing in the draft: "We are and will be a feminist party".

In the economic chapter, an emphasis is added on businesses, the "essential heritage of the country", and on agriculture.

In the final chapter, on the Constitution and democracy, the resounding no to presidentialism is explicit: "

Pd, Letta: 'We need a new party, not a new secretary'

"This manifesto does not pose the problem of repealing the work that was done at the birth of the Democratic Party, in 2007, by giants, with whom I do not feel like comparing myself, which remains part of the birth certificate of the new Democratic Party. It would have been It's wrong to give up on that manifesto resulting from the contribution, among others, of giants of democratic thought such as Scoppola or Reichlin", added Letta, reiterating that "we must experience a sense of unity that comes first. The strength of our party is indispensable".

"We put the alternative to the right in Lombardy and Lazio on the field. This role of ours is irreplaceable", she reiterated.

"I go out more determined than I started, I go out more in love with the Democratic Party than when I started,

I assure you that I will not build an alternative party to the Democratic Party.

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I regretted returning from Paris", concluded the outgoing secretary, assuring that "I keep my bitterness and generosity to myself: we are a living community".

"A congress path that is too long, months and months of congresses make us look like Martians".

"Let us no longer find ourselves trapped in incomprehensible discussions, such as those on the name and symbol of the Democratic Party. Only journalists ask me, no voter raises the issue of changing our name, they ask us to change policies and go back to talking to the base. I have no taboos on the name and the symbol but I find it surreal to discuss the name and not the contents".

This was stated by the president of Emilia Romagna and candidate to lead the Democratic Party, Stefano Bonaccini, at the assembly of the Democratic Party in Rome.

"I like the name and the symbol, like the 2007 manifesto".

"I took a step forward, but to get things going again we need everyone's contribution. Around Italy we are finding an answer that I didn't expect. It depends on us".

This was stated by the president of Emilia Romagna and candidate to lead the Democratic Party,

Stefano Bonaccini, at the assembly of the Pd, in Rome. "If I win, I will ask Elly, Gianni and Paola to give me a hand, if I lose, I will place myself at the disposal of those who have won, without asking anything for me".

This was stated by the president of Emilia Romagna and candidate to lead the Democratic Party, Stefano Bonaccini, at the assembly of the Democratic Party in Rome.

"Not only we have lost, but this is the only party that has decided to question itself,

also opening up to the outside world, to those who have stopped believing in us, in the Democratic Party, in the centre-left, in politics. I believe that this process was necessary".

This was stated by the deputy and candidate for leadership of the Democratic Party,

"From the great removals of this government, the most right-wing in republican history, we must start again".

This was stated by the candidate for the leadership of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein.

"We have the task of giving hope for a better future for people and for the planet. From here we can start again. The government has shown the vulgar face of a nationalist right".

She (ANSA).

The deputy and candidate for the secretariat,

warned: "I think the manifesto is a good point of arrival, in this phase. I am thinking of a more serious study on the rules of internal democracy and on the tools against poverty, but the the candidates' role is also to complete this process, even after the new secretariat has been installed".

"Let's say things to each other, let's try not to be falsely unanimous, with the aim of a common synthesis, but with behaviors that are loyal", she added, asking "that the new management group must conduct more coherently and loyally" .

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, "whoever proposes to change the name, proposes calling it 'Labor Party' or recalling the dimension of work, it is not a matter of form, it is a matter of substance. It means that you define a field of very clear reference. It is a discussion to be had together, but anything but trivial". 

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highlighted that "for me constituent, which is the right word, means building a large popular national party, capable of defending the interests of the country, building a more just Italy. It means laying the foundations for building a "alternative to the right, which today governs Italy. In the face of this right, unity is not an option but a politically and morally obligatory choice. We have made a first important piece of road, but it is not finished, I am of the agreement that the constituent assembly must continue. We need to continue, the challenge is not complete, the siege on this field has not waned as an ambition".