Overview
- Giuseppe Conte spoke at the Festa del Fatto and publicly listed conditions the Movimento 5 Stelle wants before signing a shared programme with the centre‑left.
- The clearest red line is foreign policy: Conte refuses to back any joint programme that continues large‑scale weapons shipments to Ukraine and warns such aid risks wider escalation.
- Conte said he supports holding prompt primaries to pick a joint candidate but insisted the M5S must first receive binding written guarantees on policy points and institutional safeguards.
- He demanded a strong conflicts‑of‑interest law, rejected militaristic immigration measures like a naval blockade, backed integration steps such as ius scholae, and proposed targeting financial speculation and tighter AI rules.
- Conte’s stance sharpens divisions with the PD over who controls candidate selection, increases friction with figures like Matteo Renzi, and recalls M5S’s past ruptures and complaints about recent electoral‑law changes that raise barriers for smaller lists.