“The Morisi case is a further element of confusion in the League: it is surprising that Salvini is indulgent with Morisi, whose personal story I do not want to discuss, while he is not with someone who is not a friend or colleague of a party or of a different color”. Thus the former premier Giuseppe Conte interviewed by the director of La Stampa Massimo Giannini at “30 minutes to the maximum” on the investigation that sees the former media guru of the Northern League leader involved in drug issues. “It is a further element of confusion for your party, I hope that the League will be part of a political synthesis as soon as possible”
An interview that went beyond the 30 minutes set due to the vastness of the topics touched upon. And that began with the administrative and the lack of similarity in Turin between the pentastellati and the center-left: “The Democratic Party has made a choice and has assumed responsibility,” said Conte. “The ballot will be a problem”
Then the former prime minister was invited to express his opinion on the current government from two points of view: the management of the Covid emergency and the implementation of the PNRR. “On the first front, the Draghi government has done a lot but must do more,” said Conte. “We have the vaccines and we have the Green Pass, it’s time to open 100% cinemas and theaters, it takes more courage.” As for the Pnrr (“born from our draft”), according to Conte, the ecological transition must be completed and implemented “by involving citizens more, and not only deciding with businesses”.
The bills and government intervention? “The amount allocated will not be enough, it is necessary to remove the system burdens in a more structural way”.
Draghi and the standing ovation of Confindustria: «It didn’t happen with me even though we were the government that cut taxes the most and helped businesses the most. I think they were a bit ungenerous, but I sleep the same at night ».
The president of the 5stelle then replied to the leader of Italia Viva Matteo Renzi and to those who, like him, want to say “enough” to citizenship income. “Do not go on TV, but in the streets as I am doing, and the abrogative referendum must propose it to the people by looking at them in the face. It is cowardly that people who have lived on political salaries for 18 years and want to repeal an income of 3-400 euros from people who live in total poverty. It is cowardly, it is an act of non-politics ».
Another hot chapter, pensions and a quota of 100. “A three-year experiment that did not work,” admitted Conte who then spoke of immigration attacking Salvini’s policy and defending the current Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese. “A serious person, whom I chose because he knew how to grow by rolling up his sleeves and working precisely on immigration”.
The 5 stars are not No Vax: this is the meaning of Giuseppe Conte’s words on the matter. “We still mourn our dead, you can’t joke about these things.” The reference, once again, is to the League. That “he could also leave the government, the numbers would be there, but in this delicate moment it is better that he clarifies his ideas and remains in the majority”. In the future? “I don’t think”, declared Conte, “that this majority can reach the end of the legislature.”
Last chapter, that of institutional reforms: “A moment after this electoral round will invite the leaders of all parties to discuss 2.3 fundamental things to change”, concluded Conte. “The introduction of constructive distrust, the mandate constraint to avoid transhumance in Parliament and what may seem like a detail but is not: giving the prime minister the possibility of dismissing ministers”