Conte asks for a bipartisan table, but "it's late" for the center-right

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  Conte: "There is no glass ball, worrying numbers. We are evaluating whether to intervene again"

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October 31, 2020The government's attempt to involve the opposition in the strategy on how to lower the pandemic curve starts all uphill.

On the one hand, Giuseppe Conte asks for "a permanent discussion table", already in view of the upcoming decisions against the virus.

On the other hand, the three leaders of the center-right, in a joint note, respond spades to all sorts of "control rooms", calling this solution "late".

And they reiterate that "the only forum in which to discuss is the Parliament of the Italian Republic".

At the same time, again the premier, during the day called for a parliamentary dialogue.

"I called the presidents of the Chamber and Senate: I asked them - announces from the party of" Il Foglio "- if there is the possibility of finding an instrument or a place where they can quickly confront Parliament".

While the infections continue to rise, even today over 30 thousand positives.

The goal of the head of government is "to involve all the actors", when drastic decisions against the virus, local or generalized lockdowns could be taken, already in the next few hours.

The offices of Montecitorio and Palazzo Madama are already working to identify this "tool or place" requested by the premier, but the final destination will inevitably depend on the real political conditions.

Before talking about abstract formulas - we think in buildings - we need to understand how the executive and the center-right will be able to overcome the tensions of recent weeks.

A first signal, Giuseppe Conte, already offers it on Monday, anticipating the parliamentary confrontation before the possible diffusion of the new dpcm.

Having said that, permanent ad hoc tools do not exist, only hypotheses.

There are those who think of a sort of special bicameral commission, a solution already examined and rejected by the center-right last March.

Finally, another way would be to set up the meeting between the government and the opposition group leaders as a fixed appointment, as happened last Saturday.