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October 15, 2019 "We need a totally new party. I say it after 12 years, just talk about reform, just wait, enough fears, enough conservatism. We need a political and national force different from what we are. An open phase for a different party" . The secretary Nicola Zingaretti said in the opening report of the Direction of the PD. "Too many times we have delegated the destiny of our community to a leader," he added.

In the reform of the statute of the Democratic Party, designed to change "our way of being in society", we will have to foresee "a congress that can take place in 100 days" - continued the secretary Dem - in which there is not at stake "only the choice of the leader ", while leaving the forecast of" open primaries ". Hence the proposal to "vote for the reforms of the rules in November, during a dedicated national assembly".

"Pd and M5s together represent 40% of the Italian electorate"
On the alliances he explains: "There has been some confusion on the subject of alliances. Please: no one comes to explain to me the differences that exist between Pd and M5s", he says, addressing the issue of relations with the government allies. "But we cannot govern together having the sole motive of resisting, being against Salvini and his ideas. We cannot remain still in the contemplation of what divides us or, worse, exalt these differences in continuous quarrels that Italians would pay. note that these two forces together represent 40 percent of the Italian electorate, a possible alternative to the center. "

Electoral law: "No to pure proportional"
With regard to the electoral law, he reiterated: "We must avoid a pure proportional system without a threshold or a low threshold because it would increase fragmentation. We need to verify which hypothesis of a majority system is credible in this Parliament by starting a formal debate. "A confrontation involving parliamentary groups, allies and other political forces".