“If the Italicum does not pass in the Chamber there would be important economic repercussions. Not only Renzi, but Italy would lose credibility. The Italicum, together with the reform of the Constitution, serves to solve the problem of governability, ie to give Italy a stable government that has full and clear responsibility for what goes well and what goes wrong in front of the voters. The Italicum reduces those powers of interdiction of bureaucracies, economic lobbies and political minorities which have so far made it impossible or in any case very difficult to carry out effective reforms”. This is supported by the parliamentarian of the Pd Giampaolo Galli, a well-known economist with a past in the Bank of Italy
“Since taking office, Renzi has rightly placed the theme of institutional reforms at the center of his program – adds Galli –. If the Italicum did not pass, it would no longer be clear what the government's mission is and in any case it would become difficult to believe that it will be able to implement the ambitious program of public spending reduction and reforms, particularly in matters of bureaucracy and justice, content in the DEF and in the PNR. This is why I hope that a sense of responsibility towards the country will prevail in all parliamentarians, especially from the Democratic Party".
So far, however, the Pd minority does not seem to realize it and threatens (or bluffs) not to vote for the Italicum if Prime Minister Matteo Renzi does not give signs of opening tomorrow in the meeting of Pd deputies. But, as everyone knows, changing the Democratic Party would mean burying it because there is no secure majority in the Senate capable of re-approving it.
