We tell you and we repeat it to you, Italians are crazy about padel. It is so true that there is a political party that would like to ride on the success of this sport and rename itself “Padel".

This is the very serious Corriere della Sera who tells us this less fanciful story than it seems. Born in 2007, the Democratic Party brings together former Communists and Christian Democrats. A time in power between 2013 and 2018, this center-left party has since been in opposition and is seeking to revive itself.

For this, the mayor of Bologna Matteo Lepore proposed to rename the PD, an acronym which does not have in Italy the discriminating side that it would have in France. On the other hand, the new name he proposes – “Padel” – is widely mocked on social networks.

In that case, "Padel” would mean Partito democratico e del Lavoro (Democratic and Labor Party). A name reminiscent ofanother party founded in 1943 and dissolved in 1948. But at the PD, some are upwind against the Padel. Others, pragmatic, propose a referendum with the members of the party.

The case seems complicated, each side seeking legal arguments to win their case. And if we designated a pair of players in each camp to settle this once and for all on a track... padel ?

After 40 years of tennis, Jérôme falls into the pot of padel in 2018. Since then, he thinks about it every morning while shaving… but never shaves pala in hand! Journalist in Alsace, he has no other ambition than to share his passion with you, whether you speak French, Italian, Spanish or English.

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