Lower House Speaker Laura
Boldrini said Friday that she was joining the new Free and Equal
(LeU) leftwing party.
The LeU is led by Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso and features
many former members of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) who
quit primarily due to differences with PD leader and ex-premier
Matteo Renzi.
Boldrini is a former member of the Left, Ecology and Freedom
(SEL) party.
"I followed (former Milan Mayor Giuliano) Pisapia's attempt
to reconstruct a centre left that broke with the past," Boldrini
said.
"That attempt failed, we have acknowledged that and now we
have the duty to do everything to avoid an increase in
abstentionism in the progressive electorate.
"I'm convinced that LeU has the potential. That's why my
journey will continue with them.
"And there will be many of us".
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