The PD’s shortlived tie-up with Calenda reflects the crisis of Italy’s centre-left as it heads towards the September 25 elections.Ĭentre-left parties were caught off guard, and deeply riven, by last month’s sudden implosion of prime minister Mario Draghi’s government, of which the PD was among the most enthusiastic, committed supporters. Letta ditched on the altar thinks of his old love Conte.” “Twist in the soap-opera of the centre-left,” Meloni scoffed on Twitter. On TV, Calenda said he had changed his mind, blaming Letta and the PD for overtures to two small leftwing parties.
The pact was touted as giving the centre-left a fighting chance against a rightwing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy by winning support from voters wary of the far right.īut five days after it was unveiled this month, the alliance broke down. It lasted less than a week.Įnrico Letta, of Italy’s centre-left Democratic party (PD), and reformist Carlo Calenda of the pro-European Action party had publicly pledged to fight Italy’s upcoming snap election together. The political alliance between two of Italy’s most prominent politicians was sealed with smiles, handshakes and a kiss for the camera.
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