Overview

• Sources report a pact between Elly Schlein and Vincenzo De Luca that closes the centre-left arrangement, with Roberto Fico poised to run for the Campania presidency.
• As part of the deal, Piero De Luca is being put forward as the unitary PD regional secretary and has sought one or two electoral lists to secure seats for his allies.
• Schlein overcame resistance from Sandro Ruotolo and Marco Sarracino by brokering a territorial balance that would give their area control of the Naples and Caserta federations.
• The PD is expected to approve rules for an internal consultation by late September, with candidacies due by 3 September and a likely single bid from Piero De Luca.
• Internal dissent persists, with MEP Pina Picierno denouncing a top-down process, even as meetings by PD commissioner Antonio Misiani with Fico and Naples mayor Gaetano Manfredi helped pave the agreement.