The power of the 'chair'

The power of the chair, in Italian 'poltrona', that is a place of power and responsibility, can bring a fight even in the most extremist leftist intellectuals, those who are always right, morally unexceptionable, and who feel they are the only ones empowered to judge the morality of the others. Well, the cronicles tell us, that in front of the opportunity of a chair in the European parliament, Barbara Spinelli, one of the most influent maitre a penser of the Italian left, had no problem to rinnegate her promise to run for the election with the only purpose to collect more votes, and 'reluctantly' accepted the chair, causing protests and arguments between those who believed in her promise.