Overview
- At the Giovani Democratici congress in Naples, Elly Schlein endorsed Roberto Fico for Campania, citing surveys that put the center-left roughly ten points ahead.
- She placed the redistribution of wealth, power and time at the core of the party’s message, warning about intergenerational poverty and low social mobility.
- She told supporters to vote “no” in the constitutional referendum on justice reform, framing the choice as a defense of legal limits and constitutional oversight.
- She called for common EU investments and a European industrial plan, urged moving beyond unanimity toward a more federal union, and invited Giorgia Meloni to join the effort.
- Applause for Schlein and Fico and a public handshake with outgoing governor Vincenzo De Luca signaled a unity push, as she also highlighted PD gains to 24% in the European vote and wins in 24 of 38 provincial capitals.