Who and how rants against differentiated autonomy
Government majority and opposition grappling with the differentiated autonomy dossier. Paola Sacchi's note
That differentiated autonomy together with presidentialism was in the government program of the centre-right, that common program with which the coalition presented itself at the polls, is nothing new. Yet, despite the fact that it is already provided for in the Constitution, unlike Presidentialism, the strategy of the oppositions is to strike the alarm button also on Autonomy defined as a sort of "split Italy", which would divide the North from the South, the rich from the poor and grave various dangers on the horizon.
That there is a debate with different sensitivities and nuances even within the centre- right coalition itself, between governors of the South, such as that of Calabria, the blue Roberto Occhiuto who, by subscribing to differentiated autonomy, underline the importance of the fact that equalization is guaranteed (something already foreseen, Northern League minister Roberto Calderoli recalled) is normal. And it is also normal for the vice president of the Chamber, co-founder of FdI, Fabio Rampelli, to remember that it is also necessary to give powers to "Rome the capital" in the Constitution, as for other European capitals. Something also mentioned by the FI coordinator, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Antonio Tajani.
But differentiated autonomy, together with petrol price increases, have now become the warhorses of the new alarmist campaign of the Democratic Party and the opposition, with a "third pole" by Carlo Calenda and Matteo Renzi, increasingly fluctuating between proposal and struggle on the wake of a Democratic Party in serious difficulty, to the point that the Emilian governor Stefano Bonaccini has to take a step back from his position in favor of Autonomy in order not to burn his candidacy for leadership of the Democratic Party.
The attempt is always to drive a wedge into the majority, between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose FdI party has Presidentialism as its banner, and shareholder number two, Matteo Salvini's League which has differentiated autonomy as its main objective . To the protest that is also mounting with a series of mayors who have written to the Quirinale, Salvini replied yesterday, from a press conference in Trento, with the Northern League president of the autonomous province Maurizio Fugatti.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport recalled how it is "curious that those who always appeal to the Constitution then when it comes to Autonomy, already provided for by the Constitution itself, object". And he used unitary words under the banner of the common government programme: “I think that the vast majority of Italian regions will say yes. The federal countries in the world are the ones that grow the most and waste the least. Reaching the end of the legislature with a federal and presidential republic is right”.
Salvini insisted on the advantages that the reform will bring to the Center South, recalling that "Palazzo Chigi has a clear path". Autonomy, Presidentialism, Justice reform were the three key themes of the centre-right recalled by Salvini ("2023 will be the year of modernity, also by unblocking hundreds of construction sites") who defended the Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies Calderoli: "It is the right person".
But Autonomy has become the subject of confrontation for a Democratic Party that fears being overtaken by a campaign with even more alarmist tones than Giuseppe Conte in the South. The "third pole" seems to follow the protest trail, while it is increasingly close in Lazio between Pd and Cinque Stelle, after the surprise move of the dem Alessio D'Amato, also a candidate from Calenda, who is now also seeking an agreement with the pentastellati. It looks like a replay of Letta-Calenda and the electoral agreement skipped on August 15th. But this time it is the leader of Action who is displaced.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/autonomia-differenziata-maggioranza-opposizione/ on Thu, 05 Jan 2023 06:14:14 +0000.