The Meloni government also collects confidence in the Senate. After the 235 yeses in Montecitorio , the new executive led by the leader of the Brothers of Italy gets 115 votes in favor of Palazzo Madama : 79 against, 5 abstentions. There were 200 present, including 199 voters.
THE SPEECH OF MELONS
The Prime Minister listens one by one to the interventions in the Chamber which, she says at the beginning of her reply, " help us to carry out a great operation of truth on the conditions of Italy that we also inherit from those who accuse us ".
Giorgia Meloni responds to many observations that were made during the debate, defending her government program, in particular the economic part, starting with the raising of the cash ceiling, today much criticized by both the Pd and the M5s (" More cash means more black ", said the Democratic Party," a favor to the shoulder straps who carry briefcases full of money in banks across the Alps ", said Giuseppe Conte).
“I will say it clearly, there is no correlation between the intensity of the cash limit and the diffusion of the underground economy . There are countries where there is no limit and evasion is very low, are the words of Piercarlo Padoan, minister of the Renzi and Gentiloni governments, governments of the Democratic Party ”, the FdI leader replied.
On the energy issue, "we need measures that in the medium term free Italy from an unacceptable energy dependency", urges Meloni, with particular reference to the extraction of natural gas. “ I think that national resources should be used as Europe asks, also because they then extract other nations and it is not that foreign gas pollutes less”. Then he announces that his government will " fight speculation " on the price of gas.
Still on economic recipes, he rejects the minimum wage and announces the cut of the tax wedge : “If we don't start from here, wages will be low anyway. I am committed to progressively cutting the tax wedge by five points , two thirds for workers and one third for businesses. Of course it has a significant cost and is a medium-term commitment ”.
THE COVID INVESTIGATION COMMISSION
In the debate in the classroom the proposal to create a commission of inquiry on Covid finds many openings, which receives the ok from Calenda and Renzi and which is also re-launched by the Democratic Party with Boccia, according to which an inquiry could serve "to understand a once and for all the responsibilities of the Regions, primarily those of the North ”.
RENZI OPENS TO PRESIDENTIALISM
Matteo Renzi announces an "open face" opposition, but in his speech he draws several applauses from the center-right senators. He says that it is a "masochist" to attack Meloni on the issue of feminism and opens up discussions on institutional reforms , while specifying that he prefers the direct election of the prime minister to presidentialism: "If the majority wants to challenge us on the direct election of the prime minister, what we have called the mayor of Italy, we will be there. The fundamental point is that if there is an opening on constitutional reforms, no matter what is wrong ”.
BERLUSCONI
Berlusconi's speech is also eagerly awaited, "happy to speak again in the Senate after nine years". The FI leader announces the party's loyal support: “ Today we will vote with conviction and from tomorrow we will work with loyalty, with passion and with a constructive spirit , to carry out our program”. But she reminds Meloni that today she is the first female prime minister "thanks to a coalition born 28 years ago".
The Cav claims its Atlanticist position in foreign policy, guarantees its support for Kiev and the West and sets some priorities: from bills to the "indispensable" justice reform , up to support for "birth and life".
At the end of Berlusconi's speech, Giorgia Meloni goes to thank him.
ILARIA CUCCHI AND SCARPINATO
Also noteworthy are the interventions by Ilaria Cucchi , who focuses on the situation in prisons and talks about yesterday's clashes between students and police at La Sapienza University, and Roberto Scarpinato (M5s), former prosecutor of the Andreotti trial. The former magistrate recalls that fascism, from an ideology of the 20th century, in Italy was transformed into that neo-fascism that was at the basis of the strategy of tension. So, with regard to the war on the mafia announced by Meloni, remember that organized crime must be fought entirely, even that of white-collar workers which, on the other hand, still seems firmly established in the institutions. Meloni, replying to Scarpinato, speaks of the "theorem of the judiciary".
(Unioneonline / L)