Rags fly between Carlo Calenda and Matteo Renzi. And the single party melts like snow in the sun before even seeing the light .

Anonymous declarations, press releases, peremptory statements, attacks and replies that since this morning certify a break that appears difficult to heal, given the tones used by the protagonists. And among the reasons for the break there would also be the new adventure undertaken by Matteo Renzi, who has taken over the direction of the newspaper "Il Riformista" .

It all starts with the statements of a senior executive of Azione con l'Ansa, whose name is not mentioned by the agency: "The only problem today for building a single party of liberal democrats - he says - is that Renzi does not want make the commitment to dissolve Italia Viva and to finance the new subject and the electoral campaigns ».

The same manager defines "unacceptable the tactics of the former premier, which have lasted for months, and his absences from the activities of the Third Pole to deal with private affairs, to which Il Riformista has recently been added." The patience of the managing group of Action has run out, during the week it will be understood whether this knot can be resolved, if it doesn't, the single party cannot be born ».

«Renzi – continued the same source – surprisingly replaced Rosato at the helm of the party to directly control its money and structure. Thus he also delegitimized the political committee of the Third Pole federation, where today there is no representative of Italia Viva capable of making commitments. Calenda deems this attitude unacceptable as it is contrary to the commitments made with the voters ».

"No tactics, we have decided to hold a democratic congress in which we confront each other openly and not with anonymous showgirls", the prompt reply of the national spokesmen of IV Alessia Cappello and Ciro Buonajuto .

«The dates have already been set, there are the rules decided by Calenda including those on membership, there are the working groups with the names already decided, there is the political committee. We are ready for the congress that Calenda has asked to hold. And we put our name and surname on it. There is someone who changes his mind once a day, but that someone is not us . As for Renzi, he was asked to take a step back, he did. Now can we hold a democratic congress instead of sending anonymous tissue papers?».

Calenda had mentioned it in recent days, raising doubts about the conflict of interest , that the direction of the Reformist assumed by Renzi is a problem, and the number 2 of Azione Matteo Richetti confirmed it today: " One must decide whether in life he engages in politics or information, when Renzi calls does he talk to me about the party or does he interview me for Il Riformista? ».

There are hours of negotiations to save what can be saved, to avoid a break that at this point seems very difficult to avoid. Renzi convened a meeting of parliamentarians and regional councilors and asked his followers not to cause controversy: «We have accepted all the requests for action. Membership, times of the congress, my step back, Calenda's name on the symbol, money. Now let's go ahead and create a single party and the congress. If Calenda has changed her mind, please let her know . In my opinion it is a political error but whoever wants to blow up the single party will assume responsibility ».

“The prospect of an open and inclusive liberal-democratic party remains the only one useful to the country,” Calenda tweeted instead. But, he added, " it must be pursued seriously and quickly with the subjects who are really interested, we will not take part in backyard controversies ".

(Unioneonline/L)

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