Because the Democratic Party suffers from Salvini’s activism
There are some contradictions too many in the latest sortie of the Pd of Enrico Letta. Gianfranco Polillo's comment
It is not easy to understand the position of Enrico Letta, the secretary of the Democratic Party, when he asks Mario Draghi to "give a new mission to the majority", almost the foreshadowing of the opening of a crisis. Except then add: "We trust him". But "he must be clear and neat and ask the parties that support him to be all right ". Affirmations in which one cannot help but notice the succession of a series of contradictions.
The Draghi Government has been in office since 13 February. Since then, not even the hundred days that generally characterize the honeymoon of any government have passed, and a turning point, a change is already being asked. The current majority – it is always Letta who speaks – “cannot limit themselves to being together only to send the NRRR to Brussels and for vaccines”. In truth, objectives that are far from trivial.
Negotiations for the implementation of the Recovery Plan will be neither easy nor simple, given the gap between the performance of the European and Italian bureaucracy. The risk is that many of those funds, if there is not the necessary technical-administrative acceleration, will remain on paper, to be destined, as happened in the past, to countries that are quicker than us in taking advantage of the good European wind. Focusing on the “piece”, as Letta says, means, first of all, bringing home that result.
As for vaccines, however, it was not easy to reach the current levels of organization. Just think of the Conte experience, with the support of Domenico Arcuri. Among other things, only a few weeks ago, there was fear of not making it, while the epidemiological data seemed to foreshadow new disasters. The recovery was noteworthy. But the danger has not yet disappeared, so it is necessary not to let your guard down and, consequently, to pay great attention to the things still to be done. If only because of the unpredictability of a virus with mutant aspects, like in a horror movie.
This is with regard to the merit. But there is more. The impression is that an attempt is being made to contravene the presidential investiture of this government, and push Mario Draghi directly into the political arena. Soliciting his intervention to "normalize" the behavior of the League. May he decide where to stay – Giuseppe Provenzano, deputy secretary of the Democratic Party had thundered in the past few days – as he could no longer bear the activism of Matteo Salvini on the issues of opening activities and putting an end to the curfew. Solicitations, in truth, that they had not produced much, being the premier aware of the need to proceed with lead feet.
So why be impatient with the League and its scheme of "party of struggle and government"? Which is not an oxymoron invented by Salvini, but the product of the most ancient tradition of the PCI. Even theorized by Enrico Berlinguer, at the time of the "national solidarity" of the Andreotti government. Old vice of the left to complain: as long as they manage, everything is fine. But if an opponent dares to imitate his moves, then here is the anathema. Of all the justifications given in the past, only a big bundle is made and thrown into the stake of indignation.
Those who objected, in the 1970s, by noting the ambiguity of the PCI – part of the parliamentary majority, but also critical of the government – were answered with the exegesis of Article 49 of the Constitution, which governs the activity of political parties . Which remain a bridge tool between the institutions and the electorate. Consequently, their activity does not necessarily have to coincide with the perimeter of the government. On the contrary, it can, and sometimes must, have a broader horizon. This at least was the justification of many years ago. Is it still valid or should it be deleted from the history books, just because it no longer benefits the same subjects?
Therefore, if the reasons for invoking a change seem weak, the problem is to find the truest reasons for that request. The Democratic Party suffers from Salvini's activism, due to his profound harmony with very large sections of the electorate. That had been the case in his slogans against illegal immigration. The pattern has not changed in responding to the challenges posed by the pandemic. In this case, then, it is even simpler: in fact, just a pinch of optimism and playing a little early, imagining what the Premier, in his autonomous determination, will in the end be determined to do. A game scheme, therefore, highly competitive and able to annoy its political opponents. Which explains, at least in part, the impatience shown.
In fact, there is also another reason. The idea of the union with the 5 stars proves to be more and more complicated. On the one hand, the unresolved crisis of the Movement. The wait of Giuseppe Conte . The multiple legal clash with both Davide Casaleggio and the rebels, who were disbarred at the time. Then the family events of Beppe Grillo. An increasingly complicated and gloomy picture. The differences in the choice of candidates for administrative offices are therefore not surprising. They may seem like accidents along the way and instead they are indicators of a deeper fragility. The 5 stars were born on the wave of the protest against the old establishment. Can they be indissolubly linked with that political force that, more than others, that establishment represented and still, in many ways, represents? It is the problem that touches the minds of many, polluting the waters of everyday life.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/perche-il-pd-soffre-lattivismo-di-salvini/ on Sat, 15 May 2021 14:02:18 +0000.