Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio breaks up the largest party in parliament and sows instability in the coalition backing the Draghi government
The Italian government, led by Mario Draghi, is trembling before the crisis in the Five Star Movement (M5E), the main party of the coalition that supports it. After weeks of internal fighting, tensions erupted on Tuesday with the birth of a split led by Luigi di Maio, foreign minister and former political head of the “anti-caste” formation, the largest in parliament but the largest in parliament. is in free fall in the surveys at the national level and that garnered a dismal result in the last municipal elections.
When asked if he was concerned about the split, Draghi first replied, “We’ll see, we’ll see.” At the end of the parliamentary session in which it was approved to maintain arms aid to Ukraine, the journalists asked him the same question again and he answered with a laconic “no”. In any case, in his Senate appearance, he emphasized that “at this time, when the country is at war”, it is “essential” that the “unity” in Italy is maintained.
Di Maio got into an argument with current M5E president, former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, over arms shipments to Ukraine and over attempts to change the internal rule that prohibits members of this political force from holding office. than two legislators. Some 50 deputies and senators are expected to follow Di Maio in the split, which will lead to a new parliamentary faction that could be called ‘Together for the future’. Di Maio and his new group, who have been highly critical of Conte for the latest election blows and for trying to end support for Kiev, are sure to retain the support of Draghi’s cabinet.
Instead, it is unknown how the M5E leader will react to this split, as he has been showing his discomfort with the Executive’s views for weeks. “Many citizens have asked me to leave the government. Our electorate is suffering and we cannot turn our backs on it. Don’t let anyone tell us to shut up,” Conte warned a few days ago after the debacle in the municipal elections, which confirmed the party’s near disappearance in some of the main cities. The former prime minister went on to guarantee that the M5E would be “responsible”, for which he would continue to support the Executive. On Tuesday, he maintained his position by supporting Draghi in his Senate action on arms transfers to Ukraine.
By being part of the three coalitions that have succeeded each other in this term – the first two led by Conte and the current one by Draghi – they have taken their toll on this political force among its voters, whom she initially seduced with a ” anti-caste’ speech and populist, but who have given up on it en masse because of the deep contradictions revealed during the exercise of power. Suffice it to remember that although the founder of the M5E, the comedian Beppe Grillo, initially refused to form alliances with other parties, saying they were part of “the system” and posed a “cultural problem”, the movement formed during this term. eventually coalitions with almost all political acronyms, from the radical left to the extreme right.
Source: La Verdad
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