Lower House Speaker Laura
Boldrini said Wednesday that she was sorry former European
Commission president and twice centre-left Italian premier
Romano Prodi has said he will vote for Matteo Renzi's Democratic
Party (PD) in the March 4 general election rather than her
leftwing Free and Equal (LeU) group.
"I'm sorry that Prodi made these observations,
underestimating Renzi's unwillingness to make coalitions,"
Boldrini told Radio Anch'Io.
"He didn't want to find common ground, effectively ending any
possibility of an alliance.
"I think Prodi underestimated Renzi's feeling of
self-sufficiency and his unwillingness to build a coalition by
coming towards the demands of the ally".
The LeU is led by Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso and features
many former PD members who left the party due to hostility
towards its leader, such as ex-premier Massimo D'Alema.
The two parties are running separately in the general
election after failing to reach an alliance pact.
"Free and Equal is not for the unity of the centre left, full
stop," Prodi told Affaritaliani.it.
"Renzi, the group around him, the PD and those who did deals
with the PD are for the unity of the centre left."
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