Rome, March 29, 2022 – Il Draghi which climbs to the Colle immediately after the stormy confrontation with Conte he is furious as never before. In the very long conversation with Mattarellaabout an hour and a half, still does not put le on the table resignation but the temptation to challenge the Movement placing him in front of a choice with no alternatives between rendering on military spending O government crisis it is very strong. In the face to face at Palazzo Chigi with the newly reconfirmed leader of the 5 stars it is mandatory: the commitments with the Atlantic alliance must be respected. At stake, he clarifies, is the survival of the government. “With such a division, the pact that holds together the majority“.
But its predecessor doesn’t fold. “No intention of re-discussing the NATO agreements or to bring down the executive, but the increase would now be improvised “. The Movement, he assures, is not opposed to raising funds for defense, but within a European framework and with defined rules” otherwise it would be a race to rearm“On the key point, Draghi reminds him that the progressive increase in investments has been underway for years: between 2018 and 2021, therefore during the Conte government, it was 17%, while in the last year it was 5.6%. A slap in the face to his interlocutor. What is relaunching: now the resources must be directed elsewhere, to support the population and to guarantee investments in renewable sources.
The two they leave very badly. At least apparently without any mediation window. Which is why the premier does not rule out reaching the redde rationem. Up to now government e Pd – with the help of a Giorgia Meloni hyperatlantist – they had focused on the hide and seek, that is, on avoiding the vote on the issue of expenses. Yesterday, for example, in the joint meeting of the Foreign and Defense Committees of the Senate theagenda Of Fd’I, identical to the one voted by all parties in the House on March 16. The government has decided to do so by giving a positive opinion. The largest opposition party had an invaluable opportunity to knock out the split majority by demanding a vote. It didn’t. “We didn’t want to spite the opponents, but to establish a principle”, he underlines Isabella Rauti. Bewildered by the choice, M5s e LeU they ask for the vote but the president of the Defense commission, the Democrat Pinotti who was responsible for the decision in the absence of his colleague from Esteri, Petrocelli, denies it. Furious, the 5s issue a bellicose note: “It is unacceptable that the government has decided to welcome the Fd’I agenda”.
The executive can prevent the showdown by putting the trust: so far he was determined to do so, as he was determined to avoid the moment of truth in Defpostponing the quantification of military expenses to the budget law in autumn. Now, however, Draghi meditates on the opportunity to take the path of direct confrontation immediately. It is evident that in such a delicate moment, no government can only rely on a hide and seek to avoid counting. Thus, the choice to put the trust when tomorrow comes to vote on Ukraine decree in the chamber of the Senate is back in the dance. “It is not certain that the provision will be armored”, warns Palazzo Chigi. And also the minister of relations with the Parliament, D’Incà, confirms that the chances are “50 and 50”.
Ma se even the premier will decide to avoid the showdown tomorrow, it is likely that next week, when the Def is launched, the government will ask all the majority forces to express themselves unambiguously in favor of raising military spending. In short, the government crisis the ongoing war is a real possibility.