Democratic Party (PD) leader
Nicola Zingaretti said Tuesday that ex-premier and former PD
leader Matteo Renzi had made a mistake by splitting from the
centre-left group.
"We are saddened," Zingaretti said via Twitter.
"A mistake.
"But now let's focus on the future of the Italian people,
jobs, environment, business, school, investments.
"A new agenda and the need to rebuild hope with a good
government and a new PD".
Another PD bigwig, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini,
reportedly went further in his criticism in group chat with
other PD lawmakers.
"Fascism rose up more and more in 1921-22 using anger and
fear," Franceschini reportedly said on Monday.
"Arguments and divisions within the (other) parties made them
weak up to the point of allowing Mussolini to win in October
1922.
"History should teach us not to repeat our mistakes".
Speaking on Tuesday on the sidelines of a meeting in Milan
with his German counterpart Michelle Müntefering, Franceschini
said that Renzi's split was "a big problem".
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