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During the electoral campaign before the primaries, in fact, Glucksmann repeatedly excluded a possible alliance with La France insoumise, both for the presidential and legislative elections, arguing that there are “irreconcilable political differences” between the two formations. #ElezioniPresidenziali #Francia #RaphaëlGlucksmann (translated)

I am truly grateful for this trust, but on the eve of an electoral process that promises to be long and complicated, my thoughts are simple and clear: new times require personalities more in tune with the political formations that will present themselves to the voters. It is right that my path stops here. Casini thanks the center-left that has supported him for the last ten years as an independent senator and explains the reasons for his choice: "I am truly grateful for this trust, but on the eve of an electoral process that promises to be long and complicated, my thoughts are simple and clear: new times require personalities more in tune with the political formations that will present themselves to the voters. It is right that my path stops here." #Casini #Politica #DemocraziaLiberale (translated)

Maddalena Loy had recalled a phrase attributed to Goebbels about the repetition of lies and had defined the accusation from the opposition that the Meloni government had cut funding for public health as false. Loy had contested the data from the Gimbe Foundation, led by Nino Cartabellotta, on the 18.8 billion euros of “invisible cuts.” According to her reconstruction, the figure did not indicate resources taken away from hospitals but the difference compared to what would have been allocated had the ratio between the national health fund and GDP of 2022 remained unchanged. She argued that Gimbe’s headline had led publications like Repubblica to present the figure as an actual loss and called that interpretation a political attack on the government. In comparing allocations, Loy pointed out an increase of 8.2 billion euros between 2011 and 2019, under the Monti, Letta, Renzi, Gentiloni, and Conte governments; of 11.6 billion euros between 2019 and 2022, during the Conte government; and of 17.5 billion euros between 2022 and 2026, with the Meloni government, which would raise the fund from 125.4 to 142.9 billion euros. She described the latter as the largest accounting increase in peacetime. Loy also mentioned monthly increases of around 400 euros for doctors, peaking at 600 euros, a plan to hire 1,000 doctors and 6,300 nurses, coverage of over 2,000 new services, and a flat tax of 15% on overtime for doctors and nurses. She finally contested the statements of Senator Castellone on L’Aria che tira regarding cuts to healthcare. #SanitàPubblica #GovernoMeloni #FakeNews (translated)

I suggest they elect a new leader capable of making a deal, because he could have made many deals but, for some reason, he never does. Before leaving for a campaign event in Tennessee, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that, in his opinion, it's time for Ukraine to elect a new president, arguing that Volodymyr Zelensky has not done enough to end the war with Russia. #Trump #Ucraina #Zelensky (translated)

"We have reached barbarism, animality: we shoot a human being as if it were a public spectacle. We have gone back ninety years, to the last time a man was hanged in public in the United States. It is truly shameful." With these words, Vincenzo De Luca, in his usual weekly Facebook live address, comments on the decision announced by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom he referred to as "the slicked-back one." What is happening in the United States with the current ruling group at the helm of the country is pushing the world towards levels of barbarism and loss of fundamental human values that leave us truly shocked." The mayor of Salerno describes the announcement as a return to practices that the United States had abandoned for almost a century, and harshly criticizes the Trump administration: "What is happening in the United States with the current ruling group at the helm of the country is pushing the world towards levels of barbarism and loss of fundamental human values that leave us truly shocked." We will have a political season that will record the further fragmentation of the political landscape of our country. Every election campaign eve sees the birth of new lists, new groupings, all that series of nonsense and hypocrisies that serve simply one purpose: to guarantee a candidacy to as many people as possible – he continues – I happened to particularly observe "Civic Project." I called it "Civic Opportunism": it is a way to try to create spaces for candidacy. That’s all." De Luca then comments on the eve of the Italian electoral season, targeting the political formation promoted by Alessandro Onorato, which continues to gather support even in Campania, including from regional councilors so far close to the former president of the Campania Region: "We will have a political season that will record the further fragmentation of the political landscape of our country. I have been repeating for decades that there is a condition of total anomaly in Italy. When you need to make political choices on major issues (healthcare, transportation, taxation, justice, foreign policy), you can have two different positions, three, four, five hypotheses for solving problems or lines on which to position yourself to tackle the issues. But you can’t have twenty lines of economic policy, twenty healthcare policies, twenty transportation policies." They pretend to contribute to the governance of the country, but in reality, they are great charades and initiatives of opportunism that simply serve to open spaces for the candidacies of a few characters in search of an author." #VincenzoDeLuca #Elezioni #PoliticaUSA (translated)

Vincenzo De Luca harshly criticizes the decision of the United States to stream the public execution of Nidal Hasan, calling it a return to barbarism and attacking the political formation Progetto Civico for its electoral opportunism. #VincenzoDeLuca #Elezioni #PoliticaUSA (translated)

The leader of the 'Cockroach Party,' Abhijeet Dipke, was arrested in New Delhi before an unauthorized demonstration demanding the resignation of the chairman of the Electoral Commission, in the context of protests against alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls. #India #Proteste #Elezioni (translated)

Sirio Merenda shared a video of Crozza as Giorgia Meloni, who in the parody celebrated the Melonellum with the use of confidence votes. According to Merenda, in the video Meloni responded to criticisms for having opposed the confidence on the electoral law in 2017 by saying that she was younger back then, with an allusion to hyaluronic acid. The author commented that the scene was funny to avoid crying. #Crozza #Melonellum #FratellidiCrozza #Meloni #10ottobre https://t.co/E1NMfoYCue #Meloni #Crozza #FratellidiCrozza (translated)

In India, the police have arrested three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party during a large demonstration in New Delhi against the controversies of the Electoral Commission, marking an escalation of the government's repression of protests involving the opposition. #CockroachJantaParty #ProtesteIndia #NuovaDelhi (translated)

Giorgio Arfaras from the Einaudi Center in Turin warns that the oil agreement between Trump and Putin is risky and represents an electoral move to appease the American middle class, while Wall Street remains skeptical about its actual effectiveness. #Trump #Energia #Petrolio (translated)

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has promulgated the new electoral law, nicknamed Melonellum, provoking strong criticism from the opposition, which is preparing a challenge to the Constitutional Court to contest its legitimacy. #LeggeElettorale #Mattarella #PoliticaItaliano (translated)

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has enacted the new electoral law, while the opposition is preparing to contest it in the Constitutional Court, citing issues of gender equality and the legitimacy of the signatures required for candidacies. #LeggeElettorale #Consulta #Centrosinistra (translated)

The author wrote that Schlein had announced appeals against the new electoral law and emphasized that, on the same day of its approval, an interview with the president of the Constitutional Court had been released. According to the post, the interview addressed previous rulings, the possible orientation of the Court, and the time it might take. #LeggeElettorale #CorteCostituzionale #Politica #IT (translated)

Virna wrote that Alice Campagna and Marco Merolla were two prepared and educated young people, capable, in her opinion, of explaining the electoral law in a simple way to figures she described as not very inclined to understand it. She also argued that young people were not only represented by those who frequented social centers or participated in occupations and spoke of a "healthy" youth from which, according to her, many adults should learn. #Giovani #LeggeElettorale #Educazione (translated)