(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Quirinale made itself heard on the delay of the economic maneuver, so much so that the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte yesterday had to climb to the highest hill in Rome to provide reassurance and update the President of the Republic on the work progress. At the moment, the most discussed measures, the taxes on plastic and sugar, are frozen.
It will be a tears and blood maneuver with a big unknown: will it be able to pass the obstacle course of Parliament? It is precisely in the two halls that one is no longer certain of having the numbers to obtain a convincing majority vote. Numbers in the balance due to the parliamentarians of Italia Viva (in constant league with those of the Democratic Party) and those belonging to the various souls of the Star Movement, increasingly struggling with furious internal struggles and threats of splitting. Yesterday the dissatisfaction of many Grillini parliamentarians over the transfer of 120 thousand euros from Italy to 5 Stars (deputy to the organization of events) to the Rousseau foundation.
Instead at Palazzo Madama, Il Messaggero writes, hell broke out when Gualtieri said that there were 3-400 million available. A clash seasoned with the usual threats to bring down the government and the vote, arguments that are now being evoked out of superstition. And so the meeting went on in jerks for fourteen hours with the budget maneuver that risks being dismissed late from Palazzo Madama and arriving at the Chamber only in time for the vote of confidence. However, Prime Minister Conte also lost his temper with the Renzian patrol, made up of the trio Boschi, Faraone and Marattin, increasingly forced to pursue dossiers that seem to never close. After spending a good part of the week to find a way out of the reform issue from the Salva-states, Conte finds himself in the early morning with the Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri who presents the covers found during the night. Between pauses, threats of rupture and ultimatums, the negotiation goes on until the evening and interrupted by a couple of international commitments that Conte has on his agenda and by the meeting that the Prime Minister himself has with the Head of State.
The fibrillations of the majority
Renzi threatens to go to the polls every other day and Orlando responds with "we're ready". Giuseppe Conte flaunts confidence but seems to be increasingly nervous and repeats like a "mantra": "we will not fall in January". He is probably confident until January 26 when voting in Emilia Romana takes place. The next day everything could really change, also because the President of the Republic Mattarella has made it clear, through some newspapers, that there will be no other governments, but the vote.
The irritation of Giuseppe Conte even when the agencies last night broke the news of his climb to the Colle: "it must have been confidential news". However, the premier has seized the ball by sending a "subliminal" signal to all his "opponents", namely that President Mattarella would be on his side. Beyond the strategies in place, the only common denominator is not to go to the elections to hand the country over to the right. Will this glue last in the face of the internal struggles of the M5S and the marked fratricidal rivalry between the Democratic Party and Italia Viva? What is certain is that if the CDX were to win in the red stronghold of Emilia Romagna, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, would have no choice but to dissolve the two Chambers and send the Italians to the polls who are looking forward to polls. to be able to cast their vote.
The 27 January we will know if the reason or the armchair will win.