«The problem here is one: it is that in this chase to the right between Meloni, Salvini and Vannacci, those who pay the bill are the Italians. Because it’s not as if Vannacci says different things from what Meloni and Salvini said before going to government and the Italians have an excellent demonstration of where those ideas lead.” The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein said this when she arrived at the Altra Cernobbio, promoted by the left-wing association Sbilanciamoci as a counterpoint to the Teha Forum held in Villa d’Este.
«Four years later we are worse»
«Four years later we are worse off, because we have an economy that is at a standstill, we have zero growth despite the investments of the Pnrr – he added – we have three years in a row of decline in industrial production. Yesterday 2,500 letters of dismissal arrived to workers from the former Ilva related industries, at the same time yesterday Electrolux confirmed 1,450 redundancies and the closure of the plant in Cerreto d’Esi.”
The attack on the government
«In the face of all this, what has the government done other than propaganda in recent years? He hasn’t done a shred of industrial policy, he hasn’t done anything to increase the wages of Italians which are among the lowest in Europe and he hasn’t done anything to lower bills which are indeed the highest in Europe – he concluded -. So this is the result of where this unbridled chase to the right leads.”
«We are concerned with building an alternative together with other progressive forces that puts the concrete needs of Italians back at the center of public health, which must be defended from the cuts they are carrying out, to school, education, research, innovation, industrial policies worthy of the name. While Meloni is intent on self-celebration, who is taking care of the problems of Italians?”.
«The problem here is one: it is that in this chase to the right between Meloni, Salvini and Vannacci, those who pay the bill are the Italians. Because it’s not as if Vannacci says different things from what Meloni and Salvini said before going to government and the Italians have an excellent demonstration of where those ideas lead.” The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein said this when she arrived at the Altra Cernobbio, the counter-forum promoted by Sbilanciamoci at the same time as the Teha Forum held at Villa d’Este.
«Four years later we are worse»
«Four years later we are worse off, because we have an economy that is at a standstill, we have zero growth despite the investments of the Pnrr – he added – we have three years in a row of decline in industrial production. Yesterday 2,500 letters of dismissal arrived to workers from the former Ilva related industries, at the same time yesterday Electrolux confirmed 1,450 redundancies and the closure of the plant in Cerreto d’Esi.”
The attack on the government
«In the face of all this, what has the government done other than propaganda in recent years? He hasn’t done a shred of industrial policy, he hasn’t done anything to increase the wages of Italians which are among the lowest in Europe and he hasn’t done anything to lower bills which are indeed the highest in Europe – he concluded -. So this is the result of where this unbridled chase to the right leads.”
«We are concerned with building an alternative together with other progressive forces that puts the concrete needs of Italians back at the center of public health, which must be defended from the cuts they are carrying out, to school, education, research, innovation, industrial policies worthy of the name. While Meloni is intent on self-celebration, who is taking care of the problems of Italians?”.
The call for peace
«It’s a pleasure for me to return to the other Cernobbio again this year. I thank “Sbilanciamoci”, the ‘Peace Disarmament Network’ for this invitation – the secretary of the Democratic Party continued -. It is an opportunity to put the need to build back at the center in a world where dangerous winds of war and logics of power have once again blown, to go back to building paths of peace.”
«We need it not only because the wars that surround us are unfortunately devastating many people – he added – but also because of the devastating economic consequences that also affect our country».
What is the Other Cernobbio
Sbilanciamoci is a company that creates an alternative financial company every year. «At the same time as the workshop of the Ambrosetti studio, our other Cernobbio, we formulate our proposals which are obviously radically different – explains Giulio Marcon, co-spokesperson for Sbilanciamoci -. Less military spending, less money for major works and more public spending on schools, education and health.”
«The presence of Elly Schlein today is very important because it is a sign of attention – adds Marcon -. She already came last year and the fact that she is coming again this year and not just going to the Ambrosetti studio workshop is good news, because there is a desire for discussion, and we have the same ideas on many proposals.”