Perhaps a small, timid glimmer is opening in the government stalemate. 50 days after the vote, the Democratic Party is sending signs of possibility and opens up to a possible confrontation with the 5 Stars under certain conditions: 1) the definitive closure of relations between the grillini and the League; 2) the assumption of the dem program as a fundamental reference axis.
The novelty emerged during the conversation with the Speaker of the Chamber Roberto Fico who yesterday received a exploratory mandate targeted by the head of stateSergio Mattarella. In addition to the acting secretary, Maurizio Martina, also the president of the Democratic Party, Matteo Orfini, and the group leaders Andrea Marcucci and Graziano Del Delrio were present.
The partial cooling of political tensions on the new executive also affected the spread between the BTP and the Bund, which fell to 114 basis points, the lowest for three years.
“We told Fico one thing: after 50 days of this situation that we have all observed and experienced with the impossibility of arriving at a government proposal, we are willing to evaluate the new fact if it is confirmed in these hours and that is the end of any attempt to reach an agreement with the League". This was stated by Maurizio Martina, regent of the Democratic Party at the end of the meeting with Fico.
“We are committed to deepening this possible common work path by involving our management groups in the first place”.
Then the conditions: “On the programmatic level, we reiterated to Fico that the fundamental reference axis lies around the Pd's program in terms of contents and proposals. The fundamental axis of reference is around the Pd's program in its contents and proposals" and on three points "already highlighted during the Consultations at the Quirinale": a "pro-European agenda", the "renewal of democracy overcoming populism", policies of the work “respecting public finance balances”.
Compared to a few days ago, the leader of the Pd group in the Senate, Renziano Andrea Marcucci, also seems to have smoothed the edges, who declared to the microphones of Radio Anch'io: "I'm not optimistic, I don't see the conditions for programs to align, but surprises in politics are always around the corner”. “The situation is very delicate – he added – the numbers in Parliament are very small (of M5S and Pd together, ed). We are concerned by the programmatic distance, the work of the professors (for M5S, ed) highlights very distant positions ". “We are available to discuss investments, for example. For example – Marcucci asks – is the Tav strategic?”.
In reality, the acceleration impressed by Martina in comparison did not please the Renzians who would like to negotiate but more calmly, to acquire greater negotiating power and prepare the basis for a possible breakthrough without trauma. The impression is that in the end, if there is a new course in the Democratic Party and in the general political framework, it will once again be the former secretary Matteo Renzi who will determine and guide it.
However, the leader of the Five Stars, Luigi Di Maio, confirmed the glimmer that has opened, officially saying that the Lega oven is definitively closed and arguing that the only alternative to the M5S-Pd government is a return to the elections, which Mattarella however, it excludes at least until the spring of 2019.
The cooling of political tensions over the new executive also affected the spread between the BTP and the Bund, which fell to 114 basis points, the lowest for three years.
On Thursday 26 April, President Fico will return to meet the Democratic Party at 11 and the Five Star Movement at 13 to then report to the Head of State.
