PD turmoil continues, website scrubs pro and anti-M5S deal names

(ANSA) - Rome, May 2 - A website listing the names of centre-left Democratic Party (PD) members for and against a government-formation deal with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) on Wednesday scrubbed the names amid a row. The senzadime.it site had divided the PD members into pro, anti and undecided factions. The PD is set to decide Thursday whether to start talks with the M5S. "Senza di me" was the hashtag launched by members loyal to ex-leader Matteo Renzi against any deal with the M5S.
PD bigwig and Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said Wednesday that "something deep is wrong" in the party amid a clash between MPs loyal to Renzi and others over possible government talks with the M5S, to be decided at a meeting on Thursday. "When a political community on the eve of a serious discussion that regards the party and the country arrives at this point, there's something deep that isn't right", he said on Twitter.