The new Parliament takes office: La Russa is president of the Senate
The live broadcast by the hour from Montecitorio and Palazzo MadamaThe 19th legislature is launched with the official establishment of the new Senate and the new Chamber of Deputies.
The first and decisive step is the election of the presidents : the majority outgoing from the polls on 25 September concentrated on Ignazio La Russa (FdI) for the second position in the state.
In the Chamber, after a first black smoke , we look at Riccardo Molinari (Lega).
In the meantime Giorgia Meloni is working on the formation of the new government: today will also serve to understand the compactness of the majority that supports the new executive.
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The day by the hour:
16.20 - Segre: "I do not comment on La Russa's speech, he will be president"
"I do not want to comment on the speech, La Russa is a person who with good will is preparing to become president". Thus the senator for life Liliana Segre leaving the Senate buvette leaves a joke to the journalists who ask for a comment on the La Russa presidency.
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15.50 - Chamber, so to the second vote
The quorum required was 259 votes. Votes received: Letta, 4; Molinari, 3; Stumpo, 2. Missing votes 7, 365 blank ballots, 7 null ballots.
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15.45 - Black smoke at the second vote in the Chamber
Black smoke in the chamber also in the second vote for the election of the president. No one has reached the required quorum of 2/3 of the voters, to trigger the election. We will need a new vote, already scheduled for 17: it will be the last for today.
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3.30 pm - Chamber: the second vote is over, the counting is in progress
The second vote to elect the president has ended in the Chamber. The count is in progress. In this vote a quorum of 2/3 of the voters is required.
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14.50 - Senate, Letta: "Part of the opposition wants to join the majority"
"Irresponsible beyond all limits the behavior of those senators who have chosen to help a majority already divided and in difficulty from the outside. Today's vote in the Senate sadly certifies that a part of the opposition is waiting for nothing but a majority". Pd secretary Enrico Letta writes on Twitter.
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Silvio Lai (Pd) and Alessandra Todde (M5s): "Maximum commitment on Sardinian issues, starting from the Einstein Telescope" - (video G. Meloni)
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2.15 pm - The speech by La Russa, with a quote from Pertini
Thanks to those who voted for him (including non-center-right senators), to his predecessors, to Lialiana Segre. Thus began his inaugural speech as president of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa. La Russa also quoted Pertini: "I started in politics as soon as I was born, my father was in politics, he had his ideas never denied. I started in youth organizations, in moments of protest, violence, resistance to terrorism. A sentence has always inspired me on how to behave, a phrase from a president of extraction not quite like mine: Sandro Pertini: 'In life it is necessary to know how to fight not only without fear, but also without hope'. only when you think you can win, but also when you think it's worth living ".
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13.56 - Meloni: "La Russa president, now we continue shipped"
"Thanks to all those who, with a sense of responsibility and in a moment in which Italy is asking for immediate answers, have made it possible to have the second position of the State elected at the first vote. We will continue to proceed quickly". This was stated by the leader of Fdi Giorgia Meloni commenting on the election of Ignazio La Russa to the presidency of the Senate.
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13.32 - Ignazio La Russa is president with 116 votes
Ignazio La Russa is the new president of the Senate with 116 votes (out of a majority of 104). Sixty-six blank ballots while two votes went to Liliana Segre, who chairs the Chamber, and the same for Calderoli. La Russa took 19 votes than expected, so consensus also arrived outside the sphere of the center-right.
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13.25 - Ignazio La Russa is the new president of the Senate
The quorum of 104 votes exceeded at Palazzo Madama.
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13.20 - Senate: the counting by election of the president begins
After the 'call' of the senators, the counting of the first vote for the president of the Senate began in the hall of Palazzo Madama.
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13:16 - Senate: Berlusconi-La Russa tension in the classroom
Moments of tension between the leader of Fi Silvio Berlusconi and Ignazio La Russa in the Senate classroom, from what can be seen from a video of Tg1 and Sky, the Fdi exponent approached the Cav who was sitting on the benches of his left and, after a brief exchange, the former prime minister slams his fists on the counter and sends him to that country.
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Giagoni (Lega) debuts at Montecitorio - (video G. Meloni)
1 pm - Senate: Berlusconi and Casellati vote, the rest of Fi does not answer the call
While the call of the senators is still in progress to cast the vote on the president of the Senate, for Forza Italia only the leader, Silvio Berlusconi, and the outgoing president, Elisabetta Casellati, passed under the bier. Although present in large numbers in the Chamber, the Azzurri senators - when it is the letter "R" in the voting in alphabetical order - continue not to answer the call.
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12.40 pm - Senate: the first call is in progress
In progress, the first calls to the Senate for the election of the president.
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12.35 pm - Chamber: 368 blank ballots for the first vote, 4 for Molinari
391 out of 400 deputies voted. The following votes received: Riccardo Molinari, 4; Enrico Letta, 3. Six
the votes were dispersed, 368 blank ballots, ten void.
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Ettore Licheri (M5s): "We need a sense of responsibility and national unity" (video Roberto Murgia)
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12.30 - Senate, Berlusconi-Casellati meeting in the classroom
Interview in the Chamber between Silvio Berlusconi and Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati near the desk where the former premier is seated. After a few minutes, Ignazio La Russa also joined. The exponent of FdI then moved to speak towards the opposition benches with, among others, Stefano Patuanelli and Matteo Renzi.
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12.20 - Chamber: black smoke in the first vote for the president
Black smoke in the hall of the House in the first vote for the election of the president. No one reached the required quorum of 267 votes, 2/3 of the members of the Assembly, to trigger the election. A new vote will be needed, already scheduled for 2 pm.
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Meloni (Pd): "Implementation of the island as a new way for development" - (video Roberto Murgia)
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11.40 am - Senate, first break from work: small group for Berlusconi, there is also Ronzulli
Capannello around Silvio Berlusconi at the first pause of the Senate's work. The blue leader was greeted by his colleagues and even allowed himself a selfie. To greet him, among others, in a red jacket also Licia Ronzulli.
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Senator Sabrina Licheri (M5s): "Priority Macchiareddu and Porto Canale" - (video R. Murgia)
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11.25 am - Senate: standing ovation at the end of Liliana Segre's speech
Standing ovation at the end of Liliana Segre's speech in the Senate Chamber. His words were accompanied by about twenty applause.
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11.17 - Lega, Bossi: Northern Committee to avoid total collapse "
"I am as excited as on the first day of school, it is always a pleasure". Umberto Bossi said this in the Chamber for the first session of the new legislature, accompanied by his son Renzo. "Now, unfortunately, the economy is wrong, so the first solution, and also for the entire legislature, will be the solution to the economic crisis. It is not that Italy is poor, the serious problem is that the whole world is poor. world". Is everything okay with Salvini? "Yes, I did the Northern Committee, which has the task of putting the league on the right path and avoiding the total collapse of the League. I did it and I was sorry to see it destroyed."
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Cherchi (M5s): "We will know how to engrave and make ourselves heard" - (video Giuseppe Meloni)
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11.05 am - Government, Meloni: After the Chambers, the team will also be ready "
"We will also be ready as a government team." This was stated by the leader of FdI, Giorgia Meloni, after having commented on the agreement reached by the center-right on the presidency of the Senate and having explained that she is aiming "to close quickly" also on that of the Chamber.
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11 am - Segre: "On September 25 the people decided, it's democracy"
"The elections of 25 September saw, as it should be, a lively competition between the various camps that presented the country with alternative programs and often opposing visions. And the people decided. It is the essence of democracy". So in the Senate Chamber Liliana Segre
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10.50 am - Liliana Segre opens the session in the Senate
Long applause and standing ovation in the Senate as Lialiana Segre enters the classroom. The senator kicks off the 19th legislature at Palazzo Madama.
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Deidda and Lampis in the Chamber: "FdI ready to bring together all Sardinian parliamentarians in a single intergroup" - (video G. Meloni)
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10.40 am - Meeting between Meloni and Berlusconi in the Chamber
There was a meeting, as we learn, between the leader of FdI Giorgia Meloni and that of Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi, in the Chamber.
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10.30 - Senate, Calderoli: "I step back, agreement on La Russa"
"There is an agreement on the name of La Russa. I'm glad to take a step back for the good of the country." This was stated by the Northern League player Roberto Calderoli, whose name had been supported by the League for the Presidency of Palazzo Madama, entering the Senate.
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10.28 - First call to Montecitorio
The first call for the election of the President of the Chamber has begun in Montecitorio.
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10.25 - Salvini: "Step sideways on the Senate and the Government to get off to a good start"
"If we need to take a step to the side, we do it: it applies to the senate, it applies to the government. To leave quickly and well". This was stated by the secretary of the League, Matteo Salvini, entering the senate together with the party's general staff.
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10.15 - Camera, standing ovation also for Segre and Pope Francis
New standing ovations in the Chamber of Deputies when the provisional president Ettore Rosato wished Liliana Segre, now provisional president of the Senate, and quoted Pope Francis.
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Cappellacci, Pittalis, Mura and Ghirra in Montecitorio: "Ready to represent the Island" - (video G. Meloni)
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10.10 am - Chamber, standing ovation of the deputies for Mattarella
The Chamber of the Chamber paid a standing ovation to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella when the interim president thanked him in his introductory speech. A softer applause to the former president Roberto Fico.
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10.05 am - Meloni: "Everything is going well, we'll do it quickly"
"Everything is going well, rest assured, we will do it quickly". The leader of FdI Giorgia Meloni said this, arriving at the Group's offices in Montecitorio, responding to journalists who asked her about the presidencies of the Chambers.
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10 am - Ettore Rosato opens the first session of the 19th legislature in the Chamber
The provisional president of the Chamber, Ettore Rosato, opens the first session of the Chamber. Three votes will be held today. After the first, the second will be called at 2 pm and the third at 5 pm. A 2/3 majority is required for these votes.
(Unioneonline / vl-lf)
