Letta is officially the new secretary of PD.
Today he made a good speech, widely praised, mostly about PD having a strong identity and not being subalternate to M5S.
Essentially, after thanking Zingaretti in the very beginning, he went the opposite direction...
Letta's speech was pretty good, yes.
I wouldn't characterize this as going the opposite direction of Zingaretti, since there is much more to PD's placement than its relationship with M5S. I think it had quite a bit of shades of Prodi.
Anyway, for now I am feeling like PD managed to prove my assumptions wrong and make a good move. It should be noted that the latest polls have been quite rough for the party, seeing how this will evolve now that Letta has been elected is going to be of much interest.
Well, all of the talk in the latest months was purely about how close PD should be to M5S and how good Conte was and should be regarded as leader of the progressives, brought about by Zingaretti and his close advisors (such as Bettini).
Putting back PD under the spotlights, while obvious and necessary, is in quite sharp contrast to this.
