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July 15, 2020 "It is not on the agenda" said Giuseppe Conte to reporters who, upon his arrival in the Senate, asked him about the resolution on MES presented on the occasion of the Prime Minister's communications in Parliament in view of the European Council. However, the debate on MES has ignited the discussion and has once again shown the strong opposition existing within the majority. Thanks to the vote of Italia viva which, despite the negative opinion of the government, voted in favor of the resolution presented by + Europa with which it asked for the activation of the Fund to save States, both in the House and in the Senate. 

The Mes of discord
The knot of the Mes continues to divide majority and opposition, therefore. Italia viva explicitly votes in favor of the appeal to the Save States Fund, while Pd, M5s and Leu vote against. A distinction that also emerges in the center-right, with Forza Italia in favor of the Mes that does not participate in the vote while Lega and FdI vote no. Once again, differences in position on the 37 billion to be allocated to healthcare expenses emerge in the Chamber. And both the majority and the center-right choose the path of mediation: in neither of the two respective resolutions is there any reference to the European Stability Mechanism. Lega, FdI and Forza Italia limit themselves to inserting in the document, rejected by the Chamber Chamber, the request to the government to "firmly oppose the use of any form of macroeconomic conditionality that turns into an instrument of interference in the sphere of national interests of individual Member States. "

Different positions
On the Mes the positions return to differentiate, with Iv and Pd pushing for the use of the 37 billion ("the decision should not be made now, but after you choose without ideologies and in a pragmatic way", says the dem Piero De Luca ), while M5s reiterates the no, which "is not ideological". Even if a small glimpse remains open: "There is a rock called Mes, we do not deny it", admits the pentastellato Riccardo Ricciardi, "let's wait for the cards, read them black on white and decide with a single criterion: is it appropriate for the citizens or not?" .

Meloni: "Conte, get out of the corner"
On the opposition front, Giorgia Meloni claims the consistency of FdI against the use of the Mes, which is nothing if not "a submission to Germany". And he urges Conte to "go out of the corner and play attack", even if he won't succeed because "whoever put it there - he says turning to the Prime Minister in the Chamber - with palace games is already working to replace it".

Magi: "Government and majority held hostage by sovereign rhetoric"
"The debate that took place this morning in the Chamber on the communications of President Conte in view of the European Council of 17-18 July saw the majority still held hostage by sovereign rhetoric on 'unacceptable conventionality 'who will be the pick to steal national sovereignty from Italy ". Riccardo Magi, deputy of Radicali + Europa, affirms in a note.

"The situation in our country will most likely push the government to request shortly an extension of the state of emergency and a further budget shift for urgent interventions to adapt territorial health, care and prevention structures, public construction, in school situation; in this situation it is irresponsible for our Government not to immediately request access to the specific credit line activated within the Mes, which instead would strengthen Italy's position both on the negotiation table for the Next Generation and on the markets ", he concludes.

Ungaro: "The Mes is a lifesaver"
"The European Stability Mechanism pays off in Italy. The calculation is quickly done, it is better to borrow 37 billion at 0.01% than at 1.3%: hundreds of millions of euros savings to be invested in schools and hospitals to be repaid without special conditions and if for any reason these should change in the future it would certainly not happen without the consent of Italy. I ask the government allies to look to the Mes without prejudice, but with pragmatism ". This was stated by Massimo Ungaro, deputy of Italia Viva elected in the Foreign-European District and member of the VI Montecitorio Finance Commission.

Comparison: "Beware of illusions"
'' Be careful, forget the illusions of Mes. I don't believe in the Unionist plan, but if you really want proof of love from Brussels, ask that the ECB buy endlessly and monetize the deficit. The money is needed now, with no homework to give and bills to pay. "Former pentastellato senator Gianluigi Paragone said it. 

Rossi:" Very
favorable for Tuscany " " I am very favorable to Mes. Saying yes to this measure by the Italian government would mean for Tuscany 2.3 billion of investments made with a loan with zero interest and without conditions. Think how much stuff you can move! "Said the president of the Tuscany Region, Enrico Rossi." Then - he added - there are the Recovery Fund, the 500 million non-refundable part. Also of these a part will go to Tuscany. And then the whole balance of the seven-year period 2021-2027. An avalanche of funding that can come from Europe ".

Bonaccini:" Mes is a flywheel "
The president of Emilia-Romagna, Stefano Bonaccini, to the government, reiterates: "We have said that a huge investment plan is needed. I renew the appeal to immediately take the more than 30 billion euro without conditionality from Mes, a gigantic flywheel for new employment and also a generator of GDP, because it would also mean intervening on hospitals, health homes, machinery ".

Fiano: "We will demonstrate absence of conditionality"
"The text approved by the majority does not exclude the Mes. The discussion is still open. We are ready to demonstrate to the M5s that the data, black on white, say that today, finally, before no, those About 35 billion that we have, can be used for public health directly or indirectly, without other conditions ". So Emanuele Fiano del Pd.

League: Pd hostage of the M5s
"Today in the Chamber we witnessed a sad curtain of a majority in difficulty and divided also on the vote in the Mes: the Democratic Party hostage of the 5 Star Movement forced to vote against unless previously declared in favor during the vote on the resolution presented by the colleague of + Europa Riccardo Magi who in fact asked for the activation of the Mes ". The deputies of the League declare it.