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Italian President Sergio Mattarella (photo) may have to dissolve Parliament and call for new parliamentary elections if he does not find a majority of government. Tiziana FABI / AFP

The leaders of the political groups of the Senate are pronounced this Monday on the date of the vote of the motion of censure of the government, deposited by the League. Matteo Salvini has broken the coalition League-Movement 5 stars because he wants new elections as soon as possible. The negotiations are going well Monday morning. Eventually the issue is whether the Italians will return to the polls in the fall as the League desires or if a majority of circumstance could support a technical government and postpone the election for several months.

It is on the date of the funeral of the government that the political leaders in the Senate must agree on Monday afternoon. Matteo Salvini would have gladly shortened senators' holidays to vote the motion of censure the day after tomorrow, August 14, but the experts mention the dates of the 19 or 20 as the most plausible.

From there, the President of the Republic Sergi Mattarella will begin his consultations to know the intentions of each other in order to find either a new political majority of government or a majority of circumstances that support a technical government time to finalize the budget, and finalize the reform of Parliament, which would postpone the elections until next year.

If he fails, he will have to dissolve Parliament, which he does not want. Elections would then take place within 50 to 70 days.

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Salvini claims full powers

These elections, Matteo Salvini wants them as soon as possible because the League is currently credited with 37 to 39% of the voting intentions. Matteo Salvini, who obviously does not fear the comparison with Mussolini, claims full powers, and hopes to govern with Forza Italia and Fratelli d'Italia , the post-fascist party as he presents himself.

In front, nothing is okay. The Democratic Party is divided between those who prefer a return to the polls, such as First Secretary Nicola Zingaretti, and those around former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who want to avoid the ballot and suddenly make a covenant with the 5-Star Movement, betting on a weakening of the league out of the government.

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