The proof of trust
The President of the Republic has called for a high-profile government, which should not identify with any political formula. But the former governor of the ECB will be called to test his confidence in parliament. Political forces are questioning and discussing support for a Draghi executive. The head of state has appealed to all parties, but who will be available to vote for him? Draghi should count on the support of the Democratic Party, from which an immediate opening of credit arrives (“It can take Italy out of uncertainty,” says Secretary Zingaretti), of + Europa e Italia viva.
The two unknowns: center-right and M5s
The eyes are on the center-right and the Five Star Movement. In the first case, the leader of FdI Meloni, a strong shareholder of the center-right, indicates the elections as the only solution. “I know that there are other positions within the center-right – he observes -. I proposed a half step towards the other with abstention, let’s all take a half step. but only if all the center-right does the same thing ». “We have no prejudices against Draghi – explains the Northern League player Matteo Salvini – we want to talk about tax cuts and opening of construction sites with the prospect of voting”. Wide openings instead come from Forza Italia, also because Silvio Berlusconi has always claimed the choice of Draghi at the helm of the ECB, and from smaller parties that have always been in favor of an executive of national salvation.
Risk of internal rift for the Five Stars
Tensions in the M5s, which are calling for a political government, a line that has its weight, considering that the Movement has almost 300 parliamentarians. Beppe Grillo delivers a clear message to his followers: “Loyal to Conte”. However, the no to Draghi would not seem like a solid position: especially among the pentastellated deputies there would be those who could be in favor of supporting an executive headed by the former president of the ECB. The joint assembly of the groups, which began in the afternoon, will continue in the evening. The political leader of the Five Stars Vito Crimi does not rule out the vote on Rousseau. The group leader in the Senate Ettore Licheri confides: “We will not vote for confidence but we will vote yes to those measures that will go in the direction of the citizens and No to those that will go against them.” «I believe – Luigi Di Maio intervenes – that the point is not to attack Draghi or not, but the rules of democracy are very clear. And I believe that the democratic way to reconstruct Italy is that of a political government ».
Zingaretti, ok M5S-Leu availability with a unitary perspective
The Democratic Party works to ensure that the majority that should support Draghi include the Five Stars, also in a future alliance. In the evening, at the invitation of the Dems, the leaders of Pd, Cinque Stelle and Leu meet by videoconference to try to reach an agreement. “In the context of the work that began after the appointment of Professor Draghi, while respecting of the confrontation that has opened between the political forces, the willingness of the Democratic Party, M5S and Leu to continue to keep open a unitary political perspective is positive », Zingaretti underlines at the end of the remote meeting with M5S and Leu. “We would like this majority to correspond to the appeal of the Head of State, a large majority – observes the deputy secretary of the Democratic Party Andrea Orlando, in a speech on La7 -. Otherwise if after Renzi’s tarantellas we had to submit to Salvini’s we would not have done a great service to the country. I would invite everyone to work and not to think that a strong name is enough, it takes a political job and we are doing it ». On the same line, Leu: the path with Pd and M5S does not stop, is the message launched by group leaders Loredana De Petris and Federico Fornaro, at the end of the meeting with Pd and M5s.
The scenarios
Among the scenarios that are outlined, that of an Ursula majority (with the support of Forza Italia). Or that of a technical government which, according to center-right sources, could push for a form of support (perhaps with abstention) also for the League, where there is strong pressure from the “dragons” like Giancarlo Giorgetti. In any case, several sources point out, Draghi will be a prime minister, but a team of non-politicians would give him more freedom to maneuver and autonomy than the parties. In the next few hours, the picture will inevitably take shape. Whatever it takes.
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