Overview
- Schlein announced Libero's unitary candidacy from the Festa dell'Unità stage, thanking the youth wing for reaching a single name.
- The path to the deal was directed from the PD headquarters, with appointed envoys setting tight deadlines and insisting on a female unity bid.
- Some GD members describe the outcome as a masked commissariat, while others see a necessary compromise to end prolonged paralysis.
- More than 600 delegates are set to convene in November to formally elect the leadership, with longstanding issues like the lack of a centralized membership registry still unresolved.
- Libero, 27, from Padua, is a law student and longtime activist who led UDU Padova and the Auser Blow Up community hub in the Portello neighborhood.