While the government majority regains unity around Prime Minister Draghi on the resolution in favor of support for Ukraine, collecting 219 yeses in the Senate, Luigi Di Maio leaves the 5-star Movement , which - the announcement - "will not be the first political force of Parliament ".
With him 60 deputies and 11 senators who signed the creation of the new parliamentary group "Together for the future" . "Irresponsible to pick the government - says the Foreign Minister, remarking that" from today one is not worth the other ". And while the former Prime Minister Conte is silent and his spokesman Casalino attacks" the aggression against us will be a boomerang " , the Speaker of the Chamber Roberto Fico announced the constitution of the new group in the Chamber.
At the opening of the session, President Fico read the names of the 51 former M5S and Ci (Antonio Lombardo) deputies who have moved to the new group. These are the deputies Adelizzi, Alaimo, Amitrano, Aresta, Battelli, Cadeddu, Casa, Case, Cassese, Castelli, Cillis, Daga, Deiana, Del Grosso, Del Sesto, Di Maio, D'Ippolito, Di Sarno, Di Stasio, Di Stefano, D'Uva, Fantinati, Faro, Frusone, Gagnarli, Gallinella, Giarrizzo, Giordano, Grande, Grimaldi, Iorio, Iovino, L'Abate, Licatini, Lombardo, Macina, Sweater, Manca, Maraia, Martinciglio, Nesci, Pallini, Rizzo, Ruocco, Scagliusi, Serritella, Spadafora, Terzoni, Cow, Valente, Vignaroli
However, it is not yet known who the group leader is : the name has not been communicated by Fico to Montecitorio.
Parliamentary sources report that the issue was the subject of a night meeting in which an agreement on a name has not yet been found.
(Unioneonline / vl)
