“Where does the left stand while the radical right advances?” This is the question with which RETE opens a reflection on the political situation in Europe and San Marino, reaffirming its own position on the left and criticizing forces that, while claiming to belong to that political area, continue to back the current Government.
The movement starts from the international picture, citing “the whitewashing of honours paid to Ratko Mladić, convicted for the Srebrenica genocide,” the rise of ultranationalist forces in Germany, and “the return of identity-based and authoritarian rhetoric.”
“What is happening around us,” RETE argues, “calls for reflection on the resilience of our democracies and makes even more evident an equally deep political crisis: that of a left which has stopped acting as one.”
The movement extends this criticism directly to San Marino’s political landscape as well. “San Marino is no exception,” the statement reads. “There are those here who celebrate 28 July and invoke the ‘moral question,’ only to then settle comfortably into the very power dynamics they claim to be fighting. There are those who still call themselves ‘left-wing’ while supporting a Government that eyes the European path with suspicion, leaves extremely serious questions about the banking system unanswered, and searches for economic shortcuts reminiscent of dark chapters in our country’s history.”
According to RETE, however, the political space of the left has not disappeared, but continues to exist among those who consider rights, public healthcare, labour and transparency to be central issues.
“It still exists among those who believe rights must be defended and expanded. Among those who want a strong public healthcare system, decent jobs and a fairer society. Among those who demand transparency from those in government and who believe the future must be built through genuine development, without subterfuge. It exists among those who do not recognize themselves in nationalism, in conservatism, or in a left that has stopped being different from the right,” the statement continues.
Hence the movement’s claim to its own position on the Titan’s political stage: “While everything seems to blur together and part of San Marino’s political landscape keeps shifting to the right, RETE knows where it stands. On the left, without ambiguity.”
The movement closes by addressing directly those who share this outlook: “And if you recognize yourselves in these values, this political space belongs to you too.”
