The opposition Left Democrats (PD) surprisingly chose radical Elly Schlein as their leader. She now wants to change Italy’s policy.
For the first time in history, two women control Italian politics. Why the “red” Elly Schlein will face the country’s first female prime minister, right-wing nationalist Giorgia Meloni (46): The 37-year-old woman was elected head of the Social Democratic PD, the country’s biggest opposition force, on Sunday . No woman has ever led the party before her.
The former EU MP surprisingly won the PD’s “Primaries”. The victory of the politically much more moderate Stefano Bonaccini was indeed expected. After all, in the first round of the elections, the majority of the militants manifested themselves in favor of the experienced regional president of Emilia Romagna, who knew how to defend the stronghold of the left against the right for almost ten years. Schlein is its regional vice president