The ball is now in the court of the parties, who must clarify whether they are willing to renew the “pact of trust” that allowed the birth of the National Unity Executive
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi opened the door to his continuity at the head of the executive on Wednesday as the “sincere and concrete pact of confidence” the parties signed a year and a half ago is renewed. Following the instructions of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, they then put aside their differences to give life to a government of national unity that would take Italy out of the pandemic and launch an ambitious reform agenda promoted by the millionaire European aid. .
The former president of the European Central Bank (ECB) handed over the responsibility to get out of the current political crisis to the parties in a speech he delivered early in the morning to the Senate. This appearance in the Senate came after Mattarella refused to accept his resignation last Thursday, which Draghi submitted after losing support from the 5 Star Movement (M5E), one of the parties in the governing coalition.
After his speech, the Prime Minister will listen to the reactions of the parties in the Senate and, based on what they say, decide whether to remain in power or his intention to leave the government, which could lead the country to the calls of early elections. A possible solution to the crisis would come with the departure of the M5E from the cabinet. If Draghi finally chooses to go ahead, the confidence vote is expected to take place in the afternoon to give impetus to this new start of the Executive, which, barring new surprises, would last until the end of the legislature in the first months of 2023.
In his speech, the former ECB president recalled how the current government “of national unity” was born, talked about the successes achieved in this year and a half with “civil miracles” and outlined the challenges of the coming months. He emphasized, among other things, the continuity of the European Union-funded reform and investment agenda, the reorganization of energy policy to overcome dependence on Russian gas and the preservation of the international “leading role” of a “free and democratic” Italy against de that “they are trying to seduce us with their authoritarian model,” he said, stressing the need to continue to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
To respond to these situations, a “really strong and cohesive” government and a parliament “that guide it with conviction” are needed, said the prime minister, who does not want the situation of recent months to continue, in which the discomfort is increasing. manifested in the governing coalition of the M5E and the League, the formation of Matteo Salvini has fostered a “facade” confidence, which “disappears” on uncomfortable decisions. “We need a new, sincere and concrete trust pact, like the one that has allowed us to improve the country so far. Are the parties and parliamentarians ready to rebuild this pact?” Draghi asked at the end of his speech.
The senators of the M5E and the League applauded this latest part of the intervention, in which the prime minister invited political forces to give an answer not to himself, “but to all Italians”. He had previously made it clear that he would not proceed after what happened last Thursday, when the M5E abstained from accelerated approval by a vote of confidence in the Senate of a decision to support the energy crisis worth 26,000 million euros. .
“It cannot be ignored, contained or minimized. The only way to move forward together is to rebuild this pact from scratch, with courage, altruism and credibility,” said the prime minister, finally admitting to the “unprecedented mobilization that is impossible to ignore” in recent years. days to convince him to stay in power Pressure exerted in various political and economic areas, as well as from European partners, has led the former ECB president to give his country’s parties a second chance has given.
Source: La Verdad
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