The fate of the Italian government is suspended. Senatse met on Tuesday (August 13th) to discuss the date on which will be put to vote the motion of no confidence deposited by the League of Matteo Salvini, said Monday the presidents of the different parliamentary groups.
This decision was taken after a meeting of these group chairs who agreed on the timing of the debates on this motion. The question of putting this measure to a vote did not seem to be unanimous among the various political parties at the end of this meeting.
Dynamite the coalition
Italian Council President Giuseppe Conte plans to speak in front of the Senate next week, around 20 August.
Based on its excellent popularity, Matteo Salvini broke up last Thursday the coalition formed fourteen months ago with the 5 Stars Movement, explaining that the tandem was no longer working.
The interior minister is demanding early parliamentary elections with the hope of being able to govern the country alone. His party, the far-right wing of the League, has tabled a motion of censure to overthrow Giuseppe Conte's government to which he belongs.
As the President of the Democratic Party group (DP, left) reminded, only the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has the power to dissolve Parliament, and he may be reluctant to do so before the adoption of the budget for 2020.
The "madness" of the Salvini project
Upon arrival in the Senate Monday morning, face closed, Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the M5S, made no comment before closing with senators of his movement. Since Salvini's coup, Di Maio accuses his coalition partner of wanting to "take a boat" to Italian voters.
In the opposition, the former President of the Council Matteo Renzi, who no longer heads the Democratic Party but whose opinion still weighs, lamented this weekend the "madness" of the project Salvini, pointing out that it was according to it is inconceivable to call the Italians to the polls when the 2020 budget has not yet been drawn up.
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, he recommends the formation of a provisional government supported by a wide range of political parties.
Elections to "unblock" Italy
Matteo Salvini reaffirmed on his side that it was necessary to return to the polls to "unblock" Italy. "The sooner we vote, the sooner Italy will move in. Who is afraid of elections?", He said in a statement released Monday.
In a strong position in the polls, the Minister of the Interior and co-vice-president of the Council took the excuse of the hostility of the M5S to the site of the high-speed rail line between Turin and Lyon - that the League supports - to proclaim the end of the coalition.
But even in the ranks "leguists", his initiative is not unanimous. In a political meeting on Sunday in Syracuse, Sicily, Salvini was whistled and heckled by some of the audience.
With Reuters