(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Giuseppe #Tale in the long-awaited direct from Palazzo Chigi he spoke to the Italians, indeed no, only to the two deputy premieres. An unusual way to send messages to the two majority leaders.
Usually it is done in a meeting behind closed doors, or the situation in the Chamber is discussed in front of the parliamentarians who represent all the souls of Italians.
Instead, the President of the Council Conte prefers to use the "indirect" method and announces the 18.15 press conference, via social media. The same social media that he later criticized referring to the way the two vice premier's communicate.
During the almost twenty minutes of intervention he threatened his resignation if clear signals do not arrive from Lega and M5S. He invoked "A clear assumption of responsibility and consequent behavior".
Matteo Salvini from Cremona he sang: "The League is there". At the same time he continued to dictate the agenda from the stage. Immediately, flat tax, regional autonomies, major works etc., but above all the non-respect of EU constraints on the deficit.
Luigi Di Maio"No more attacks on the M5S ministers, never with divisive themes if not shared outside the contract".
But in the evening, just after Conte's speech, it is clear that there is no future.
Tensions rise beyond belief during the meeting on decree unblocks construction sites. Conte is forced to interrupt the meeting because the League does not want to withdraw and discuss the amendment that suspends the Procurement Code for two years.
"They look for the pretext for the crisis", comment from Palazzo Chigi ".
Count and the infringement procedure
"An infringement procedure would do much harm"Warns Conte,"and to avoid it we need a climate of cooperation and strong sharing".
The maneuver must start from 35 billionand the premier himself acknowledges that it is "complex". Then he points out that: "Balance will have to be maintained because the European rules remain in force until we can change them". "We need to refinance our sovereign debt on the market so we remain exposed to investor confidence ", warns the premier. "This is why we need unambiguous and clear words from government representatives".
While Conte was talking about respecting the European rules, Salvini from the stage said that they had to be changed immediately because they didn't work. "They produced more unemployed and more public debt."
Count to Salvini
"I invite him to concentrate on his subject, without invading spheres that do not belong to him".
Count in Di Maio
"If you have political issues to raise, you do so by respecting institutional grammar". The reference is to the reply letter to Brussels.
Di Maio is, therefore, in a dead end street. The opening is total for now: Yes to Flat tax, families decree and minimum wage. And he goes to Salvini's side when he is in favor of the revision of European constraints to finally lower taxes for Italians also with the Flat Tax.
Di Maio goes further. We need to restart perhaps by giving the League some important ministries. Like the Health of Giulia Grillo, the Mit by Danilo Toninelli.
For that of the Defense it is necessary to go to the Quirinale and at the moment there is no mention of it, having the trust of Di Maio and the Movement. This is the last resort, before giving in to early elections, or to a transitional technical government.
The story of President Fico
The Speaker of the Chamber also dedicated the Republic Day to Roma, Sinti and migrants. Di Maio did not appreciate them and interpreted them as a turn towards the PD. That there is a small left-wing fringe within the Movement is clear. As is also clear the evidence that precisely this fringe could implode the Movement itself. The split is just around the corner and Zingaretti is looking for new life for his party, which is 24% strong in the European Championships.
Opening of Di Maio
Di Maio would have asked, as a signal of openness, for today a summit of three. Too bad the prime minister will be in Turin and then go to Vietnam. Salvini, on the other hand, is engaged in the electoral campaign in view of the ballots for Sunday's administrative matches.
As if no one cares what happened yesterday, the opening of a real government crisis. The M5S appears to have remained alone, with the only force it has in parliament. But are we sure that all Grillini parliamentarians have accepted Di Maio's leadership and that they will support his policies?
The implosion
The implosion is about to happen and Giuseppe Conte has understood it. It is no coincidence that the same Conte, yesterday during the press conference, pointed out that he always declared from the beginning that he had never voted for 5S, a kind of preventive distance from the pentastellati. Asked if, in the event of an election, there would be one List Count, the premier replied: "if there is still a place in Rome, I'm going to be a coach".