Surprisingly, Thursday everything the center-right approved the new eight billion budget gap in Parliament. The votes in favor of the majority resolution did not come only from Forza Italy, but also from Alloy e Brothers of Italy, until a few days earlier oriented towards abstention (a choice that would have had the effects of a vote against both in the Chamber and in the Senate, since an absolute majority was required in both classrooms).
The political turning point is therefore remarkable, with Salvini and Meloni who in extremis have decided to adapt to Silvio Berlusconi's line to avoid the split of the centre-right. In fact, a few hours before the voting, the former Cavaliere had announced the favorable vote of the force supporters regardless of what the allies would have done. Malicious argue that it was the bargaining chip for the recent rule with which the Government saved Mediaset from the attempt to climb the French Vivendi.
However, the government has also helped the League and the Brothers of Italy to save face, accepting some proposals from all of the center-right on taxes and self-employed workers. The opening has provided the opposition with a foothold to explain the change of course on the budget deviation: "Finally, the government has realized that it is not going anywhere on its own," said Salvini. “We intend to monitor very closely what the government will do with these resources,” Meloni added. Words that mark a distance. An attitude once again very distant from that of Forza Italia, which instead - through the mouth of Renato Brunetta - emphasizes the beginning of a new phase in relations between the majority and the opposition, underlining the role played by Berlusconi in welcoming the appeal to unity which has come several times from the Quirinale.
Interested acknowledgments also came from the majority. Minister Dario Franceschini spoke of "a choice of responsibility on Berlusconi's part, which forced the other centre-right forces to change their minds and adapt". Prime Minister Conte hopes that the dialogue will also continue in the next parliamentary passages, but always "in the distinction of roles between the majority and the opposition".
The problem for the government (and for Conte) is that the most difficult vote is yet to come. The challenge on which the resilience of the majority will be measured is the vote on the European reform of the Mes, which Italy has been blocking for a year due to the veto placed by the 5 Star Movement. The Democratic Party and the Prime Minister believe that the green light can no longer be postponed, also in order not to further weaken our country's position in Europe, but the pentastellati fear that the approval could be interpreted by voters as a first step towards the request of the 36 billion. Which, however, remains a separate problem.
