Last year the PD was damaged by a bribery case in the Abruzzo region.And two days before the leadership ballot, it was hit by a sex scandal.

• 去年，民主党因阿布鲁佐地区的一桩贿赂丑闻而遭重创，而在领袖选举举行的前两天又因一桩新丑闻而再受打击。