• Renzi: "An incomprehensible crisis? No, we need a stronger government"

  • Zingaretti: "The closing of the legislature is dramatic, the passage of these hours is very serious"

  • Conte: "Incomprehensible crisis, dismayed country".

    Appeal to the "willing" forces

  • Government, Renzi: "I don't think Conte will have a majority in the classroom"

  • Government, Conte works to relaunch.

    Renzi: "Without us they don't have the numbers"

  • Government.

    Segre: "I'm outraged, I'm going to Rome to vote for Conte"

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January 19, 2021

The Senate voted confidence in the Conte government with 156 votes in favor, 140 against and 16 abstentions.



The chronicle of the day


An hour to read largely the same speech made yesterday in the House, a few additions and adjustments.

Giuseppe Conte addressed his communications to the Senate and confirmed that he wanted to present himself with his head held high.

He attacked Iv again for the opening of the crisis and the disrupted attacks, and launched an appeal to the willing.

He also returned to the electoral law, and it is here that one of the adjustments is found: reaffirming the proportional, the premier recognized the primacy of Parliament.

Moreover, in the wake of criticism, Conte today enriched his commitments to the South;

and he corrected the request for help from the senators of all political forces, underlining the value of ideas and projects, rather than numbers.

After his speech, the debate in the Chamber began (

here the diary of the crisis

).

His reply followed, then the explanations of vote and, finally, the final vote on confidence.

Having collected the absolute majority in the House

, the "narrow road", feared yesterday by Nicola Zingaretti, who finds himself in front of Giuseppe Conte and which takes concrete form in the objective of going beyond a quota of yes to the confidence that, at the moment,

it would stand at 153 votes

(also considering those of the senators for life).

Tonight, in the long marathon at Palazzo Madama - where the technical times are getting longer due to the necessary breaks due to the sanitation of the classroom - attention is therefore focused not only on who, surprisingly, depending on the starting lines, will parade in front at the desk of the Presidency communicating his 'yes' or 'no', but also on any absences. 

Meanwhile, here are the salient points of the Prime Minister's speech in the Senate, which began with

the memory of Emanuele Macaluso

, who died today: "A great protagonist of political and cultural life":

In the 29 points of my government's program there was

vision and a strong ideal drive

, a clear investment of trust; 

Covid a hurricane

that is

engulfing

our society.

First in the West, we were forced to introduce measures restricting the rights of the person;

the

majority managed to demonstrate great responsibility

;

we are aware that

more substantial resources

are needed

for refreshments

.

Parliament will be the one to improve the provision;

the Revenue Agency has

disbursed more than 3 million transfers from the Budget decree.

It's still:

if the

South does not run, Italy does not run

;

we record a

6.7%

increase

in

enrollments in southern universities

;

the

great works are not locked

, in 2020 increased procurement;

we will continue to give great attention to the

disabled

, to the most vulnerable people and their families;

the government must live up to its task;

it is 

complicated to govern with those who

continually

undermine

the

political balance

of the majority;

Italy remains in tradition: the

pillars are the EU

,

Biden's

USA

,

dialogue with China

based on our values;

we will work with the Biden administration, there is a tight common agenda;

the

vaccination plan is

proceeding quickly but we strengthen therapies and testing;

a

proportional

electoral law is needed

to avoid instability

;

we need people who recognize

the importance of politics

;

if the

needs of citizens

are marginal, there is a risk that they will lead to

anger

or violent confrontation;

mostly

only pro-Europeans

, no to nationalists and those with sovereign aspirations;

The 

numbers are important

, it is a critical step,

but it serves as 

the political project;

I leave delegation to the Services, but we

avoid controversy about the men and women of intelligence

;

with today's vote the

institutions regain the confidence

of citizens;

let us put behind us the

grave act of irresponsibility 

that has thrown us into uncertainty;

if you trust me I'll be there.

These are the key passages of Conte's reply at the end of the debate in the Chamber. In the same minutes, the news came that the meeting of the Italia viva group in the Senate will confirm the abstention from tonight's vote on confidence:

The

structural interventions are not made with cris

i, threatens the future of our children;

school is central

to the country's agenda; 

great effort on school building

, 10 billion more after season of cuts; 

5 million students in attendance

;

Covid curve

worries but

goal school in the presence

;

from July

single child allowance

, Bonetti project; 

it is not true

that

Italy

is the country

with the worst fall in GDP

: we hit first, but GDP Spain and GB worst;

confirmed a

9%

GDP drop in

2020,

also thanks to refreshments

; 

it is not true Italy, a country with fewer refreshments

;

the

demographic decline

is a

very serious problem

, but it cannot be addressed by bringing down the government; 

Europe is asking for

structural reform on justice

; 

delays on Cig

, but

inherited complex system

;

Conte

remembers Borsellino

, 

mafia virus is worse than covid

, the defense of

legality is in the government's DNA

; 

choice Iv is not the best

for the country's interest; 

contradictory not to accept the Recovery for the Mes

; 

Recovery draft

resulting from

meetings

with ministers,

including IV

;

to Iv: you have

never found closed doors

;

with your sortie

lost 40 days

;

you have

chosen aggression and attack

; 

Recovery blocked by IV

, nobody holds truth; 

if the numbers are not there, the government goes home

;

work for the

end of the term agreement

; 

if there is trust, we will

work to

strengthen the team.

Conte's speech


"In past years we have experienced the shattering of representation, new parties have emerged in a new and irrepressible way, if we want to recompose the picture it is not possible to do it with a law that forces different sensitivities in the same shell. This artifice would lead to instability and precariousness. Rather, it is necessary to contribute to pursuing an instrument that can fully deploy the ability to favor the democratic representation of all the forces that perhaps recover disheartened citizens from absenteeism. Obviously then these forces will have to make high-profile programmatic agreements to generate governments based on clear programs and a solid and fruitful perspective ".

With these words in his speech in the Senate, the Prime Minister traces the political path for his desired majority of M5s-Pd-Leu and pro-Europeans for this legislature, for the next electoral campaign and for the future of Italian politics.

The majority was introduced into the legislature from 1992 to 1994. The premier of the time were Giuliano Amato and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

In the subsequent majority elections in 1994 FI, Lega, An and Ccd won, but broke their alliance in less than a year.

Since then, the majority has allowed a stable five-year term only from 2001 to 2006 with center-right governments, continuously led by Berlusconi.

The other legislatures with the majority have always seen changes of premier and majorities, as in the case of Conte I and Conte II.

Conte's speech this morning largely echoed the text yesterday morning in the Chamber.

The premier cites Mattarella, the Biden presidency and also Elsa Morante with the novel 'The island of Arturo' to underline the novelty of Procida, capital of culture 2022.

Conte sees the danger of social "anger" and "violent clashes": "We need a willing government and parliamentary forces, aware of the difficulties we are going through and the delicacy of the tasks, we need women and men capable of avoiding selfishness and chasing away the temptation to look at the useful person. People are needed to recognize the importance of politics. Politics is the noblest of arts and knowledge, if it is addressed to the well-being of citizens. When politics disappears these instances risk being on the margins or, worse, to lead to anger or violent confrontation ".

For this reason Conte also asks the Senate for the vote of M5s, Pd, Leu and pro-Europeans.

"We ask - says Conte at Palazzo Madama - clear support, transparent support, which is based on convinced adherence to a political project. Of course the numbers are important, today they are even more so. This is a fundamental step in the institutional life of the our country and the quality of the political project is even more important ".

The closure against Italia viva remains: "In recent days there have been continuous demands, continuous relaunches which, however, not coincidentally, are focused on clearly divisive issues with respect to the various sensitivities of the majority forces. Hence the accusations, at the same time of inaction and of to run too much, to centralize powers and not have the ability to decide. I assure you that it is complicated to govern with those who continually undermine a political balance patiently reached by the majority forces ".

Segre in the Senate chamber, applause and senators standing up


Senator for life Liliana Segre, who will vote for confidence in the government, entered the Senate

chamber,

greeted by applause and by the parliamentarians who stood up to pay homage to her.

Pier Ferdinando Casini greeted her from the microphone during his speech after the communications of Prime Minister Conte in the Chamber.





At the end of the debate, the reply from the Prime Minister.