«The discussion on the electoral law can only take shape after the election of the new Head of State. First everything is blocked, the center-right is blocked in an internal castle, determined by the choice they are making to be around Berlusconi and his possible candidacy, so today I do not see the conditions for productive discussions to be held before the election of the Head of State ”. This was said by the leader of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta, entering the complicated debate on the intertwining of elections for the Colle and reforms. Who, on the League, added: «In the League it seems to me that the Salvini line has already won, but I had no doubts. On that internal debate the Salvini line had already clearly won and we take note of it. But I had no doubts, it was a party game ».
“The Democratic Party – continued Letta talking about the state of emergency – will follow the indications and choices of the government that has so far worked well, and I think that if it proposes the extension of the state of emergency it means that this will be necessary and we will support a possible government request to extend it ». «However what is most important – added the leader of the Democratic Party – is the rigor on the application of the rules we have given ourselves. The rules allow us the freedom of our private life, entertainment, cinema, they allow us to work life, institutional continuity. We keep these rules and then we will be able to make it. Let’s not give up on the application of the rules – he concluded -, otherwise we will have to think about new lockdowns and nobody wants to make such arguments ».
«I claim as the choice of the Democratic Party – added Letta – to keep attention high, because the fourth wave of the pandemic needs serious policies and responses from the institutions. We have seen what is happening in Austria, the messages from Germany, Great Britain. Italy has made the right choices up to now and I would like it to continue on this path ». For Letta, «the strategy is based on two words: security and freedom. The penalty on the Green pass will allow us to avoid new lockdowns. Those who do not want the Green pass want the lockdown: I think this is very simple. The Austrian choice seems interesting to me from this point of view. So I send a message: it is absolutely essential that our country maintains rigor and that this rigor effectively manages to get us out of the pandemic for good ”.
And speaking of internal party conditions, the League is actually committed to mending, or feeding, the truce – who knows how long – between Salvini and Giorgetti. «It seems to me that he had some problems of understanding or misunderstanding with Bruno Vespa but they will clarify it. I am not a mediator, ”said the leader of the League referring to the clash with his minister. Salvini repeated that «joining the Popolari in Europe is not like ringing the intercom as if it were a Halloween trick. My aim is not to follow the left, but to consolidate the center right ». But on the bottom line, the Captain insists: “We are alternatives to the left. In the EU, the problem is not to bring the League into small groups that pursue the left, because if we pursue the left politically and culturally we have lost. We have to write the agenda. If we pursue the left politically and culturally we have lost. If our goal is to get compliments on the media, it means that we have done something wrong “.
Salvini’s reasoning is this: “If there is a center-right enslaved to the left, my task is not to pursue the left, it is to bring the center-right back to being proudly center-right in Italy and in Europe, conservative, liberal, revolutionary and constructive” . On this, he said, «My relationship with Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni and all the other friends of the center-right will be even more important. Ours is not a convenient relationship ».