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The veto fell on him, now Renzi tempted by the big target

If needed, Conte's last gesture revealed to us fully that he was the man with the style of a mannequin, elegant in his clothing and hieratic in his bearing, but completely devoid of dignity: the day before stubbornly engaged in recruiting a hustler for just one night; the next day humbly willing to solicit the consent of a Renzi already about to go up to the Quirinale. And yet his corifei exalt his skills as a navigator, making it clear that a good politician cannot be asked to be distracted by some moralistic principle, because here the end justifies the means, which if for the Prince of Machiavelli it was the unitary intent with respect to a country exposed to any foreign intervention, for Conte it is the salvific purpose of maintaining a pro-European and republican government, as the good Zingaretti defines it.

Any criticism that can be advanced against the so-called Second Republic, which, inaugurated in the light of a majority electoral law, has in any case guaranteed an alternation between the two parties involved, which in itself best expresses democratic physiology, still remains that this legislature represents the ugliest page of the entire republican history, not only and so much for the individual transformations, although plentiful as ever, but the comings and goings of parties and groups, accustomed to publicly denying themselves without batting an eye, with a constant evaporation of their founding principles and their programs. If trust comes first of all from consistency, which alone can allow us to anticipate what will be the position taken, I don't say after tomorrow, but not even tomorrow, then no surprise of its vertical fall not only with respect to the people, but within the same buildings, where the most blatant lie has become the only legal tender currency.

In the political market no one believes anyone anymore, so as to literally drive the world of communication crazy, which, fully aware of this state in constant boiling, swells its mash with discordant voices, given that by now the voice of parties and groups is it is dispersed in a thousand streams, so as to make it easy and delicious to hunt this or that parliamentarian, who certainly does not beg to have his say, conquering some shreds of advertising. This is the vice that afflicts the current political scenario, which makes the possible recomposition of the old alliance only an armistice truce, with full awareness of the various participants.

This is very clear from the current state itself. Apparently the three parties, Leu, Pd and 5 Stelle, would have removed their non expedit towards Renzi, albeit implicitly, with a reference to the pre-existing majority, which already in itself sounds ambiguous, because it emphasizes a mass continuity under discussion since the withdrawal of the Italia Viva delegation. I believe that Renzi's basic request has been underestimated, that is to recognize Italia Viva as an essential part of the majority, which certainly cannot be satisfied with a mouth-watering excuse or an obtorto-neck adhesion by the former allies, given by keeping the fingers behind your back. Maybe he is a narcissist, but here it would be difficult to find the winner in a contest between Conte and him, but not fool, he knows what Zingaretti and company mean when they talk about a "larger" majority, that is, a recovery under the Count ter of a policy of recruiting managers favored by the return to the saddle of the same, with an enormously increased power of exchange. This explains the position of Renzi, so sure that Matterella will not dissolve the Chambers, that he has made his availability to an institutional government, which would allow him the big coup to get rid of Conte at least temporarily, thus encouraging him, to fill the time, to create the conditions for his leadership, as head of the center-left coalition, with or without his list.

It is said that it is not clear what Renzi's purpose is, as if everything were exhausted in a mere character defect. Well, in my opinion, this aim is to make Zingaretti fail, which would reopen the doors of the Democratic Party to him, given that someone who has chosen exile in order not to finish his political career as a loser, always plans to return to his native country as a winner. . Now, our Florentine imagines, not entirely wrongly, that Zingaretti, hanging on to Conte, has started his suicide, because sooner or later the people's advocate will turn into a ferocious cannibal of the Piddino electorate, without, however, , being able to counter the success of the center-right. At this point it may well be time to call back from exile that exile who, after all, has ensured the party its greatest electoral success, a phantasmagoric 40 percent.

I think this was a great temptation for Renzi, so much so that he had some hope in his heart about the 5-star niet for him. But, once even the 5 Stars declare their willingness to take him back in the old company, the road is anything but downhill because the request that Italia Viva be recognized as an essential part of the majority has perhaps not been fully considered. Which means, first of all, that there is no openly revived perspective of an "enlarged" majority. The escape route constituted by those responsible must be closed, demanding from the Democratic Party the withdrawal of the senator, with the inevitable dissolution of the group; and, in any case, excluding that in the Conte ter any position is guaranteed to one of the managers, even in a personal capacity, so as to discourage any new attempt in this sense.

This seems to me to be just the beginning. The central point should consist in Conte's acknowledgment that the crisis was by no means an inexplicable thing, but something well motivated; an acknowledgment that does not need to be made in words, but in the composition of the new government and in the legislative pact. If we want to limit ourselves to the essential, what about the reassignment of the Ministry of Justice to Bonafede, with its justicialist judicial policy, centered on the substantial abolition of the prescription? What about a clearly proportional electoral law, re-launched to encourage the transhumance of “centrist” senators towards the patrol of those responsible?

Not to mention the highlights of the legislative pact, such as data from the vaccination plan and the Next generation plan , which highlight a persistent delay of the Count bis , so much so that they have to be reviewed, serving, for the first, a blatant setback from the European Commission , certainly not covered by the threatened use of stamped papers; and for the second, a serious delay in its political itinerary even before it is technical, with regard to the involvement of the opposition and the preparation of the operational and control mechanism.

Here lies Renzi's request for a mandate assigned to a third party, to verify at least the outline of this legislative pact, because once Conte is given the task, this could be imposed on an Italia Viva isolated in the old majority, in which , however, would be caged once and for all, without being able to call out, at the cost of making a fool. It seems clear that the new marriage will not contemplate any prior agreement on the election of Matterella's successor, so as to leave the hands of the participants free, thus casting doubt on a fundamental reason of the Conte bis, certain to prevent Salvini from assuming "full powers ”, Assuming that he would win the elections, thus avoiding a people who remained perpetually immature from losing themselves; but also to ensure that a patron saint of the left goes to the Quirinale.

Matterella took note of this, summoning the Speaker of the Chamber, for an exploratory mandate to be carried out among those partners who should relaunch the old alliance, assigning it a sort of role of mediator / notary. The ship will continue to go, but with a navigation that promises to be difficult, fueled by a by now consolidated mistrust: 5 Stelle, Pd and Leu, will proceed in ropes with Conte at the helm, constantly turning to see if Italia Viva is following them, especially in the hard section constituted by the white semester; Italia Viva will climb alone, always expecting some stone to be rolled from above.

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