The leader of the Italian Democratic Party has announced that he will not re-present himself as general secretary of the PD at the next congress scheduled for March and that he will leave the leadership after the poor election results.
Euskaraz irakurri: Enrico Letta alboratu egingo da, Italiako hauteskundeetako emaitzak ezagutu ondoren
The leader of the Democratic Party (PD) of Italy, Enrico Letta, has promised this Monday that they will be a “hard and uncompromising” opposition and that they will not allow “Italy to leave the heart of Europe and European values”, after the victory of the far right De Giorgia Meloni and his right-wing allies in this Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Letta further announced that will not be presented again as general secretary of the PD in the next congress scheduled for March and that will leave leadership after the poor election results, with the party dropping below 20%.
“The Italians have clearly chosen, they have chosen the right and there is going to be a right-wing government. It is a sad day for Italy, for Europe and difficult days await us. We have fought in every way to prevent this, because our values and for an idea of Italy and of our future,” he said.
The Social Democratic leader, who took over the reins of the PD just over a year ago, has said: the party is “capable of opposition, we’ve done it before” and that this will be “hard and uncompromising”.
In his opinion, the PD has been penalized in this election campaign by the fact that we have “one way or another always been in government”.
Letta believes her party has done everything it can to build a “credible alternative” to the right, which has held a significant lead in the polls, and while she finds the results “unsatisfactory”, has emphasized that the PD is the second force in the country and will be the first of the opposition.
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Source: EITB

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