"We are reflecting, there is no money, we are trying to invent something". Judging by the words of Silvio Berlusconi, the compromise between the majority forces on the development decree does not seem close. The provision, insistently requested by Europe and the social partners (above all Confindustria), was initially scheduled between 13 and 14 October and was later postponed to the end of this week. At this point it is likely that the government will choose to stall for more time. "I'm not in a particular hurry", the premier said again, specifying that the text will arrive in the Chamber only when it is fully "convincing".
As for the possibility of including a patrimonial property in the decree, the Knight still has no certainties and keeps all the doors open: "I personally am against it - he underlines - but at this moment I don't feel like expressing myself on other opinions of the majority". In any case – Berlusconi reiterates again – now in the ranks of the Government “the situation is calm and seems to guarantee that we can continue to make major reforms: that of institutional architecture, taxation and justice. Fundamental reforms that we have not been able to make before because there were those in the alliance who opposed it”.
THE INDUSTRIALS' LETTER: "TIME'S OUT"
A tranquility that clashes with the tone of the letter sent to Palazzo Chigi by the business associations. In the text, the industrialists launch a precise alarm: "The situation is increasingly difficult", because "confidence in our country is rapidly declining, despite Italy's undeniable strengths". The country – continues the letter – “has the means and resources to get back on top, but time is up”.
BANKITALIA GOVERNOR: SHORT TIME DECISION, BINI SMAGHI AMONG THE CANDIDATES
Another fundamental issue that the Prime Minister will have to resolve in the next few days is that of the new governor of Bank of Italy: "The decision has not yet been taken - admitted the premier, who has the prerogative of indicating the name to the superior council of via Nazionale - . We are still talking about it, there are some problems to solve”. In any case, the choice will come "in a short time". Berlusconi also confirmed that "one of the personalities in the ranks" of the candidates is Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, the current Italian exponent on the board of the ECB.
THE ELECTION LAW IS NOT AMONG THE PRIORITIES
If the appointment of the new tenant of Palazzo Koch can only be at the top of the prime minister's concerns – in fact, Mario Draghi will leave the governor's seat empty on XNUMX November to take over the leadership of the Eurotower – the same cannot be said of the electoral reform . Modifying the Porcellum "is not among the priorities", said the Knight again, specifying however that the intervention should arrive before the referendum.
THE PLACE OF THE UDC IS IN THE CENTER-RIGHT
Speaking of polls, today the prime minister has once again bluntly cajoled Casini's UDC, which according to Berlusconi "is historically in the center-right" and "when it goes with the left, it gets half the votes, as happened in Piedmont . But our information and our polls say that two-thirds of the voters could lose two-thirds of the voters in politics”. Furthermore, according to the premier, "it is in the interest of the UDC and of all the centre-right that whoever is with us in Europe stays with us here too".
MEDIATRADE DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT SATISFIED, ABSURD ACCUSATION
Finally, the Mediatrade process. The acquittal that arrived today is not enough to lift Berlusconi's mood, and he claims he is not absolutely satisfied: “I have been accused of something that is neither in heaven nor on earth. It is the twenty-fifth trial from which I am acquitted. It is a serious scandal that the prosecutors accuse me and their colleagues acquit me"
