Rome, 24 May. (beraking newest information) – The missed duel on TV was proposed once more at the moment as a distant problem on the Trento Festival of Economics the place Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein took turns, carefully within the afternoon, on the stage of the occasion. The kind is much less intense and ‘spectacular’ than that of face-to-face, however the forwards and backwards, distances and different visions have nonetheless been revealed: from the premiership to work through the revenue meter and the Superbonus.
At work, Meloni’s assault is aimed instantly on the Democratic Party. “I thank the secretary of the Democratic Party Schlein for reminding us of the disasters that the left in authorities has delivered to Italy in 10 years. It is true that wages are rising lower than they’re rising in France” however “within the years earlier than Covid wages decreased by 1.5% whereas in Germany they elevated by 16% and in France by 9%. You can ask the secretary of the Democratic Party what she thinks of the outcomes led to by the left within the authorities on wages.”
Schlein doesn’t shrink back and replies dryly: “What do I reply to Meloni? That if the left had finished every thing proper in recent times, somebody like me would by no means have gained the PD primaries…. I’m the one asking Meloni: for a way very long time, after 19 months in authorities, will he proceed in charge earlier governments as a substitute of taking accountability?”.
The ‘premiered’ chapter confirms the distances and the clear opposition of the Democratic Party. Meloni makes it clear that he doesn’t intend to surrender on his constitutional reform and explains it like this: “Currently my life goes like this: I rise up within the morning, I attempt to resolve issues, I fall asleep, there’s little time left for my daughter. Does anybody actually suppose that my aim is to proceed dwelling this life? So, I need to depart one thing: it is make or break: nobody asks me to heat my seat”.
And if Meloni doesn’t intend to again down on the premiership and the referendum which is hinted at by that ‘make or break’ underlined by the prime minister, Schlein is able to take up the problem. Even in a face-to-face confrontation, which returns as soon as once more within the phrases of the 2 leaders. “I’m at all times out there for a dialogue with Giorgia Meloni at any time, I had even agreed to take action additionally in Rai”, underlines the Pd secretary, alluding to the criticism of the general public service that will be decreased to Tele-Meloni. And the prime minister will get offended on this level: “The downside will not be that there’s Tele-Meloni, however that there isn’t any longer Tele-Pd…”.
But on the deserves, past the willingness to debate, Schlein holds agency to at least one aim: no to the direct election of the prime minister. But not even when the reform is accompanied by a double-round electoral legislation? The secretary of the Democratic Party is urged: “Any proposal that comprises this forcing of the direct election of the prime minister undermines the steadiness between the powers of the state. The powers of the President of the Republic, in our opinion, shouldn’t be touched.”
Hence the Superbonus. The Prime Minister explains “We have, on the superbonus and constructing bonuses alone, 17 billion in scams, which is the whole worth produced by our total wine sector in a yr: it went away with the scams. I I’m a severe individual, I do not take accountability for finishing up one thing like this.” But right here Schlein reproaches Meloni for having voted for the extension of the Superbonus: “The factor that I discover very hypocritical on the a part of Meloni and the federal government is that when the extensions to the Superbonus have been voted on, they voted for them. In January 2023 they blocked the switch of credit and so they have finished nothing this yr apart from granting the extension to the homes on which they’ve lashed out a lot. They at all times have two faces”.
On the revenue meter, the prime minister clarifies that she has suspended the rule “as a result of I need to see it higher” and claims the battle in opposition to tax evasion. “I’m accused of being a good friend of tax evaders. And that is advantageous, sadly the numbers do not say this. The numbers say that 2023 was the file yr within the restoration of tax evasion in Italy”. But for Schlein while you make “19 amnesties in 19 months” of presidency you do just one factor: “you wink on the good ones”. And she provides: “We noticed a confused authorities on the revenue meter: first they put it on, then they backtracked. Giorgia Meloni additionally demonstrated nice inconsistency.”
There is one subject on which there has not been a distant alternate: the Toti query. And Schlein, leaving the Trento Festival, reproaches the prime minister as follows: “I adopted Giorgia Meloni’s interview on the Trento Festival with nice consideration and I used to be amazed that she did not take the chance to say a phrase concerning the state of affairs in Liguria and the arrest of Giovanni Toti: it’s the silence of the indecent”.