Schlein reaches an agreement with Conte on the 5S Tridico. But the designated anti-Occhiuto in Calabria is stalling.

The Calabrian elections are approaching , with the regional elections due to take place over the weekend of October 5-6. While the right-wing candidate is certain—resigning governor Occhiuto—the left hasn't yet named a candidate. However, there is a clear preference. Elly Schein 's candidate for Calabria is Pasquale Tridico . The Democratic Party secretary, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports, told Giuseppe Conte yesterday morning. The Five Star Movement leader acknowledged this, saying neither yes nor no. He simply clarified that the Five Star Movement has two other possible candidates for the region: MP Vittoria Baldino and the Five Star Movement regional secretary, Anna Laura Orrico . Tridico himself, however, while tempted, doesn't seem available at the moment.

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He holds a key role in the European Parliament : in addition to leading the Five Star Movement group, he is also the chair of the Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs. And he refuses to let the message get across that Europe is a taxi to other destinations. Fratoianni, secretary of the Italian Left, continues to push forward his own name: Flavio Stasi, mayor of Corigliano Rossano. The risk is that one candidate after another will be defeated. A spectacle that has already occurred in Basilicata and would not be a great start for the regional elections.

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