(by Francesco Matera) At loggerheads, it is now a rupture between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Iv leader Matteo Renzi. In the last few hours Conte has granted everything to Renzi, 18 billion to Health, the delegation of secret services to another person, prestigious ministries, but nothing has convinced the senator of Rignano who has always appeared adamant about his initial idea, that of making capitulate Count with all his Philistines.
Late yesterday morning the premier's ultimatum: "If Renzi takes off a new executive with Italia Viva is impossible". In response, Renzi: "Too bad for them."
The litmus test of the crisis was the night Council of Ministers, where the two ministers of IV, Teresa Bellanova and Elena Bonetti, abstained from voting on the Recovery Plan. Renzi had announced it almost directly via social media: "If there is no Mes, the ministers of IV will abstain ".
This afternoon there will be the press conference convened by Renzi where the crisis of the Conte2 government will most likely start.
In the meantime, rumors and 'counts' are circulating on the possible "responsible" ready to take the place of Iv in the Senate. Four would be the senators who would leave Renzi's group and 8 from Forza Italia. Of the 4 in Renzi's group, the same leader as Iv denied, admitting that even the “beaked” husband thinks that his wife is faithful.
In the Mes the ministers of IV define the renunciation of the bailout fund as "incomprehensible", they complain of delays on the country's urgencies and on new refreshments.
"The Mes is not included in the Next Generation, this is not the place to discuss the point“, Is the reply of Tale, which invites you to "do not speculate on the number of deaths in Italy to invoke the activation of the Mes ", with "a juxtaposition that offends reason and also ethics". Immediately after it is Roberto Gualtieri to intervene. "The Mes has "nothing to do with the Next Generation Eu program" and even if you decide to activate it, "we would not have resources available for additional investments ", explains the Minister of Economy. "The Mes has nothing to do with it, there is no reason to abstain“, Is the concept that Francesco Boccia and Enzo Amendola underline in turn.
At the end of the CDM, Minister Gualtieri commented: "It was a great job, more important than any controversy. Now off to the confrontation in Parliament and in society ".
"It will be a Conte-Mastella government and we will be in the opposition or a different executive ", Renzi attacks. "There are forces that want to contribute in the sign of a relationship with Europe and I think that at the right moment these forces can reveal themselves“, Is the forecast reiterated by Goffredo Bettini.
Alessandro Di Battista on the crisis, he writes on Facebook. "If the Renzians were to open a crisis in full pandemic, no M5S exponent would ever again have to sit at a table, exchange a word, or have a coffee with these petty politicians."
Di Maio: "If Iv goes out, our paths diverge".
Zingarettiinstead, he convenes a meeting via Zoom with deputy Andrea Orlando, Dario Franceschini and the group leaders of the Chamber and Senate Graziano Delrio and Andrea Marcucci. At the end like this in a note: "We confirm our opposition to the opening of a crisis that would now prevent the approval of the Ristori decree and aid for many Italians, for many companies and small businesses in difficulty".