It starts from scratch. The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella has called the second round of consultations for Thursday and Friday. This time the President will start from the parties, final word to the Five Stars: we start again from the stall of the first lap, from which no progress has emerged. Indeed, if anything, a few steps backwards: what, especially after the election of the presidents of the chambers, seemed like an agreement ready to take off definitively between the Lega and the 5 Star Movement, is now increasingly unlikely. In fact, after the first consultations the cards on the table have changed: the leader of the M5S Luigi Di Maio reiterated that an agreement with Berlusconi is impossible (and by themselves, the League and the Movement would not have the numbers for a solid government) and for his part Matteo Salvini took note of it, however reiterating the absolute loyalty of his party to Forza Italia and the entire coalition, winner of the elections of 4 March.
In addition, Di Maio, through an interview with the newspaper La Repubblica, even winked at the Democratic Party, the sworn enemy of the last five years of the legislature. On the pretext that the secretary is no longer Matteo Renzi (although then, in other circumstances, it was more convenient to claim that he was still behind the scenes of the party and the government), the grillini therefore proposed to "bury the hatchet, for the good of the country". Getting a resounding no for now, but in fact managing once again (was that perhaps the goal?) to split the Democratic Party. In fact, the secretary Maurizio Martina returned the offer to the sender: "From the point of view of self-criticism on the tones there is a step forward, it is appreciable that the tone changes but from the point of view of political ambiguities they all remain and for us I'm a fact. I reiterate what we said at the Quirinale: that is our line. Now the center-right and the Cinquestelle must clearly tell the country, the other political forces and the Parliament what they intend to do. They must make explicit their attempt at understanding. We remain faithful and consistent with the approach given from the first minute”.
But not everyone agrees with him. The party of dialoguers goes to Francesco Boccia, who defines castling as "unacceptable" and urges colleagues to "open a dialogue" up to Dario Franceschini, who invites them on Twitter: "Let's stop and reflect". Di Maio always in the interview with Repubblica had also left the door open to the League, recognizing however that the two offers (to the League and the Pd) are alternatives: “League and Pd must not feel on the same level. I know I'm speaking to two profoundly different political forces." However, the stance has inevitably chilled relations with the League. On the contrary, in the last few hours it has practically come to a clash: "There is a 51% chance of having a government between the centre-right and the Cinquestelle", said the secretary of the Carroccio on a visit to Friuli Venezia Giulia on Monday, where the Northern League candidate in the next regional elections Massimiliano Fedriga is given as the favourite. The response of the leader of the M5S is ready, who wrote on Twitter: "There is a 0% chance that the 5 Star Movement will enter the government with Berlusconi and with the centre-right group".
"Di Maio, right now, interests me less than zero", Matteo Salvini then replied on the sidelines of a rally in Friuli, which he also uttered a "bullshit" on the hypothesis of a government of all for the electoral law. Salvini has repeatedly made it clear that he prefers a return to the polls at that point. And Colle, what do you think? Mattarella has already hinted that he wants to take all the time necessary, without forcing times or agreements. He is aiming for a legislature government, based on programs to respond to the needs of the country. No return to the polls and, for now, no government of purpose. Indeed, according to rumors, the first option of the Quirinale is always a government that brings together the opposition forces of the last legislature: it would have a large majority and the programs coincide in some points. However, it will take quite some time to convince the protagonists.
