The Catholic Democrats of the centre
left, the former Italian People's Party (PPI), said Monday they
are back in the field with an initiative organized by Democratic
Party (PD) Senator Graziano Delrio on January 18 in Milan, in
which some "noble fathers" will speak, such as ex leaders Romano
Prodi and Pierluigi Castagnetti, as well as intellectuals of the
same area such as Ernesto Maria Ruffini, before a wide audience
of local administrators, professors and associations.
The name of the revived group is ready: Comunità Democratica or
Democratic Community.
The goal, Delrio explained to ANSA, is "to make people
understand that the political culture of the Catholic Democrats
can give a lot to the country, as in other historical turning
points. We ask for greater acceptance and space, in the PD or
even outside the PD".
Prodi, 85, led the PPI in its brief existence after the
Bribesville-sparked fall of the Italian political establishment
toppled the long-dominant Christian Democrats.
He went on to lead two previous iterations of the PD, twice
defeating Silvio Berlusconi.
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