Pier Luigi Bersani, a
senior member of the leftwing MDP party, said Tuesday that
ex-premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) must make
proposals if it wants to move ahead on talks for an alliance
ahead of a general election early next year.
The centre left is in disarray after its poor showing in this
month's regional elections in Sicily.
"If they won't to talk to us they must know that they should
come with proposals that someone like me and many others can
speak to people about," said Bersani, a former PD leader who was
part of a group that split earlier this year due to hostility to
Renzi's leadership.
"I cannot go out and tell young people that the (Renzi
government) Jobs Act (labour reform) worked.
"I cannot go and tell teachers that the Good School
(education reform) went well".
Renzi made overtures to leftwing parties at a crunch PD
meeting on Monday.
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