VIDEO | Bettini: “Landini leader? Trade unionists never were”
"I have never met a union leader who then managed to become a political leader", says Goffredo Bettini, who also talks about the Democratic Party and the premiership
ROME – “Landini leader of the left? I don’t think there is this ambition. He is an intelligent man and knows well what his job is, and the job of a trade unionist is a very different thing. I have never known a union leader who then managed to become a political leader, perhaps Marini in his political tradition. And I’m talking about great personalities. He loved Di Vittorio very much, there was a relationship of great consideration and respect. But then Togliatti had major political clashes with him which reduced Di Vittorio’s role as a political leader.” Thus the national leader and co-founder of the Democratic Party, Goffredo Bettini, during an interview with the director of the Dire agency, Nico Perrone.
“RUTELLI? YOU NEED RELIABLE PERSON FOR MODERATE AREA”
“There is an interesting political space, which is also a tradition in the country: I’m talking about the secular, liberal and guaranteeist area, which has always had, even in the first Republic, a weight of around 10%. Renzi and Calenda really don’t have a unitary nature and, on the contrary, they turned against each other even when they were together. We have the danger that that electorate will waste itself or make an ambiguous balance, with winks at each other. right. Instead we need a force of that type that is reliable and against the right.” Thus the national leader and co-founder of the Democratic Party, Goffredo Bettini, during an interview with the director of the Dire agency, Nico Perrone, speaking about the possible and future political role of the former mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli.
“PREMIERATO? IT’S NOT LIKE THE MAYOR, YOU NEED CAUTION”
“I am absolutely not prejudiced against direct elections, those which call citizens to express themselves in order to choose who should govern them. In 1981 I was responsible for the propaganda of the PCI of Rome during the campaign for the election of Petroselli. I already proposed a poster with his photo and the words ‘Vote for your mayor’. In 1993, we proposed this logic again with the Rutelli campaign a State requires a very careful balance of power, because a country has a complexity that must be filtered by an institutional structure that allows not to concentrate all the power on one person”. Thus the national leader and co-founder of the Democratic Party, Goffredo Bettini, during an interview with the director of the Dire agency, Nico Perrone.
“This is a very delicate topic – added Bettini – which between the another is part of a climate characterized by a strongly illiberal wave that is experiencing Italian politics, but also its culture and its society. We must be prudent and build a structure that provides greater governability but without plebiscite and populist choices”.
“I DON’T SEE RISKS OF SPLIT IN THE PD, PLURALISM VOICES IT IS WEALTH”
“A split? I don’t see this risk. Indeed, I believe that the plurality of voices favors voting for the Democratic Party. I am seeing in the polls that we are improving, despite the debate and the alleged divisions. This must show us the way to the future. In the Democratic Party we have different cultures and reducing them to just one diminishes the space of voices that can reach the various parts of Italian society and convince them. This pluralism must be given the possibility of relating permanently to society”. Thus the national director and co-founder of the Democratic Party, Goffredo Bettini, during an interview with the director of the Dire agency, Nico Perrone, speaking about the internal divisions of the Democratic Party.