There is not only the M5s leader Giuseppe Conte who, waiting to meet the Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Monday 4 July, takes the opportunity of an AreaDem event in Cortona to underline that the clarification with the head of the Government will focus on ” political unease “. There is also a malaise within the Five Stars, which after the squeeze on citizenship income dropped in an amendment to the Aid decree, under consideration by the Chamber, has become even more pronounced in the last few hours.
“A split like this cannot be cultivated in a few hours, for some time there was a personal agenda outside the political line of the Movement”, said Conte, answering a question about Di Maio’s split and the role of Draghi . When asked if Draghi suggested it, Conte replied: “I’ll talk to him on Monday.”
The phone call between Draghi and Conte
A dry phone call, simply to make an appointment on Monday afternoon at Palazzo Chigi. After two days of skyrocketing tension, on Friday 1 July Conte and Draghi spoke briefly at 4.30 pm. Now we will have to wait for the outcome of the face-to-face to understand if there is room for clarification, to remove from the table the hypothesis of external support for the government (and therefore of the crisis), after the case of the alleged “interference” of the premier in the life of the Movement denounced by the party leader and denied by the former governor of the ECB.
Conte: with Draghi clarification on political unease
Meanwhile, the words of Conte are authentic. “Monday, it is now known, there will be a meeting with Draghi and we will discuss – he said -, certainly we have manifested a political unease, there are various political passages suffered, this meeting will be important, because, beyond the statements of Draghi , it is not just a question of declaring the importance of the M5s, it is necessary to be consequent ». In choosing whether to stay in government, he underlined, “we make decisions within the context of a community: there will be involvement of the political bodies and we will evaluate. The meeting on Monday will be important to clarify and understand where we have arrived ».
“No minister can tell me” anti-Atlantic “”
The Five Stars support the Atlantic Alliance in this phase characterized by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. «We must make every effort to avoid a vision with a Western world closed in on itself and a Euro-Asian front on the other side. But no one should allow himself – Conte clarified -, using his ministerial functions, to give me anti-Atlantic because that is an irresponsible attitude ». The reference is to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio, who left M5s.