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January 16, 2021A challenge of numbers and political tactics .. It is what promises to be on Tuesday in the Senate when Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will face the challenge opened by Matteo Renzi in Parliament and will try to make the government survive.

The Pd of Nicola Zingaretti says he is ready to support an enlargement of the majority, but asks to realize that change of pace invoked several times in recent weeks.

"There is a readiness of intermediate forces to guarantee stability at this stage, but we have no security. However, we believe it is right that Parliament should check whether or not there is a majority" he said in an interview with

la Republic

the deputy secretary of the Democratic Party Andrea Orlando.

Whoever has opened a crisis in the dark, "without any political outlet, should assume the responsibility of having produced a very serious vulnerability for Italy" in the midst of a social emergency ", he adds.

And on possible new alliances with Iv he closes: "Words are not enough and it seems to me that the margins are almost exhausted. Iv must first explain the reasons for the rupture, recognize the political error and offer guarantees that avoid any recrudescence".



Renzi: "They do not have 161 votes, available to talk about contents"

But the IV leaders re-launched: "In my opinion they don't have the numbers without us. They are far from 161 in the Senate. They told their wish as if it were reality", says Renzi , in an interview with Messaggero, saying he is sure that his group in Palazzo Madama will be compact: "Just wait until Tuesday and we'll see who was right." "Now - he adds - we can talk about vaccines, money for health care, places of work, tourism, the environment? The road to mathematics is closed, I would suggest going back to politics ". Do you blame yourself for something?

"I was sure we tried to settle with politics, not with hastags. But we'll see if there is still time. In hindsight we made many mistakes. In hindsight we should not have trusted those who asked us not to to discourage Bonafede, this is the biggest mistake ". As for the possibility of resuming an interview with Conte, Renzi replies:" You must ask the premier. He said: never again with Renzi. Legitimate. I know that he is looking for votes in the Senate, I hope he is looking for vaccines at least as much as he is looking for responsible "." We are available as always, I read about the unavailability of others. We have no foreclosure, when it comes to content we are there ", he underlines.



Di Maio: "Builders also in Iv, I'm optimistic"

"I believe that there are builders also among the parliamentarians of Italia Viva. I believe that if Conte comes to parliament to explain our project for the next two years, there will be many people who want to share it. And I think that, apart from the people, this is the occasion to relaunch government action ", declared Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio (M5s)

Il

abacus



at Palazzo Madama

But reaching 161 in Palazzo Madama, that is to say the absolute majority, still appears complicated. And if the former mayor of Florence sets the bar here, the reasoning of the government majority is different: it will be enough to collect the trust, even if it were to stop, as seems very likely, under this goal. There is talk of the 'container' that could house the leaders: after the opening of the PSI, the Movement for Italians Abroad, which has always voted in support of the executive, changes its name and becomes "Maie-Italia 23" . The new component immediately receives the adhesion of the former 5S Maurizio Buccarella, which increases the number of components to 5. Still too few to create an independent group. Paola Binetti, UDC senator, too, but with a distinction: alone she would not leave the opposition to join the majority, but if her whole group took a step alongside the Conte executive she would follow. The party officially denies that it is ready to change its position in Parliament, but discussions are ongoing, according to various parliamentary sources. On Monday the Prime Minister will face the Chamber of Deputies, where the numbers are on his side, while on Tuesday he will be in the Senate and here the majority has always run on the wire and now, without the 18 senators of Italy alive, it has dropped below 150. The premier's speech will be aimed at relaunching government action, followed by a vote of confidence. Italia Viva, which after having raised a wall lowers the tone and suggests that there is still room for dialogue, would be oriented towards abstention. A choice that Renzi needs to keep his followers and prevent them from returning to the ranks of the Dems. But Renzi's could also be read as the signal of an opening, and that sooner or later could be caught. Movements that are recorded and that arouse suspicion in the builders' patrol: "The larger majorities the better ... - observes Clemente Mastella - but no one thinks of recovering the dialogue with Iv behind the" responsible ". Renzi chickens ". Numerical calculations and political calculations, which are clearly also done in the center-right. Matteo Salvini bets on the arrival of "many" M5S: "I see more arrivals than departures", he assures.



Calenda: "Mastella asked me for Conte's support in exchange for the Pd's ok on Rome"

"Anyway, I too had the honor of a phone call from the nice Clemente. Something like you support Conte and the Democratic Party supports you in Rome. Poor ability to evaluate the character of men. Or at least mine. #builders of nothing ". The leader of Action, Carlo Calenda, writes it on twitter. "I reflected one day on making a private phone call public. And yet - adds Calenda - I consider this offer a personal insult and a relevant political fact to understand the situation of degradation in which we live. Ps. I have no reason to think that the Democratic Party was aware of what has been said ".



Center-right summit

this afternoon The

center-right summit

has been convened this afternoon at 4 pm to take stock of the political situation and discuss vaccine plans, new regional restrictions, Recovery plans and refreshments. The League makes it known. The Northern League leader Matteo Salvini will be at the party headquarters in via Bellerio, in Milan, while - as far as we know - the president of Fratelli d'Italia Giorgia Meloni and the vice president of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, will be on video link.