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The 5 Star Movement said it did not want to vote for confidence in a technical government led by the economist Mario Draghi, called for Wednesday in the Quirinal by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella after negotiations between the old majority to form a no – the political government had not led to any results. The M5S is the first party in Parliament, with 190 deputies and more than 90 senators, and without their votes the only possible majority brings together the Democratic Party, Liberi e Uguali, the entire center and also a substantial part of the center and the right, therefore Forza Italia and at least part of the League.
After Mattarella’s announcement about the failure of the exploratory mandate of the president of the Chamber Roberto Fico, in which he had explained that the only two paths are an apolitical government (therefore technical or institutional) or early elections, expressing himself decisively in favor of Del first visa the delicate moment that Italy is living, the Quirinal has made it known that it has summoned Draghi. But at night Vito Crimi, current political head of the M5S, wrote on Facebook: «The 5 Star Movement, already during the consultations, had stated that the only possible government would be a political government. Therefore, it will not vote for the birth of a technical government chaired by Mario Draghi.
Crimi’s position seems categorical and unequivocal, although in recent weeks he and his party have retracted quite clear statements, such as the lack of will for new negotiations with Matteo Renzi and Italia Viva, which then took place. Riccardo Fraccaro, former Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Council, he said something similar to that of Crimi: “We have always been clear with the Italians when saying openly that the M5S would only support an executive headed by Giuseppe Conte. In this, with coherence, we will go to the end ”.
PD Secretary Nicola Zingaretti said instead that his party is ready “for confrontation to ensure the affirmation of the common good of the country,” suggesting that it wants to support a possible Draghi government.
We still don’t know what Forza Italia wants to do, but in recent days he seemed willing to talk about a technical or institutional government supported by the so-called “Úrsula majority”, center left and center right. Lega leader Matteo Salvini instead told the Messenger Service that “the problem is not the name of the person”, opening the possibility of supporting a technical government with the aim of approving some measures and leading to an early vote “in May or June.”
Salvini spoke in particular of not increasing taxes, and yesterday also mentioned the opening of works and the replacement of Domenico Arcuri as extraordinary commissioner for the coronavirus. Giorgia Meloni de Fratelli d’Italia, the other big right-wing party, seems to continue to prefer early elections for now.
A possible appointment of Draghi, experts observe, could divide several parties: first the M5S, between those who are against a technical government and those who are willing to support it, because of responsibility or because they did not go to vote. But it could also create divisions in the center-right: between Forza Italia on the one hand and Lega and Fratelli d’Italia on the other, if the former insists on voting for trust and Salvini and Meloni decide not to. But also within the League itself, in which there is a more moderate part – that of the former Undersecretary of State of Prime Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, for example – that may want to support the technical government, unlike the more radical wing. Or, again, between the Lega and the Brothers of Italy, if Salvini wanted to vote for trust and Meloni did not.
The question now will be whether the M5S is compact in the face of eventual technical government. In that case, the only possibility would be that the PD and at least a part of the center-right and the right were supporting him.
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