Centre-left opposition Democratic
Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein on Tuesday posted a photo of an
Italian factory worker holding her up in his arms in a pose
similar to the iconic photo of comic Roberto Benigni holding
late Italian Communist Party (PCI) leader Enrico Berlinguer in
1983.
"I'll be your Benigni" said the Fincantieri shipbuilding-giant
worker to Schlein at its Castellamare di Stabia plant near
Naples Monday afternoon, referring to the June 1983 stunt in
which the anarchic PCI-mad comedian and filmmaker grabbed
Berlinguer, who had an undeserved reputation for austerity, and
made him grin as he held him up at a PCI rally in Rome, one year
before his death at the age of 62.
The worker also gave Schlein a worker's blue overalls saying
"I'll be your colour coordinator too," referring to the recent
revelation that the PD's first woman leader, elected in an upset
at the end of February, pays a colour coordinator 300 euros an
hour to advise her on what clothes to wear and how to avoid
colour clashes.
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