Winds of crisis on the Monti government after the decision of the PDL, manifested both in the Senate and in the Chamber with the refusal to vote for confidence, to leave the majority and to settle on an abstention line. The head of state, Giorgio Napolitano, has summoned the PDL secretary Angelino Alfano for tomorrow morning and is preparing to start an informal consultation between the parties to evaluate what to do. of the legislature. The February general election is likely to approach.
The fuse was lit in the morning by the words of Minister Corrado Passera, who judged negatively the return to the field of Berlusconi, who wants to run again as prime minister. Il Cavaliere is determined to resubmit his candidacy to lead the country in the next elections and this step - in addition to canceling the primaries in the PDL and mortifying the secretary Alfano - is at the origin of the political turbulence that is also projected on the Government. In the PDL, however, the former ministers Pisanu and Frattini have openly dissociated themselves, confirming their trust in the Monti government. Bersani confirmed the loyalty of the Democratic Party to Monti until the end of the legislature.
Berlusconi wants to defend the Porcellum by barring the way to any electoral reform, he opposes the Government's provision on the ineligibility of convicts and challenges Monti on economic policy, despite having supported him until yesterday.
Political uncertainty weighs on the markets: the Italian stock market immediately fell into negative territory and the spread returned to around 330. Let's hope that the ruinous end of the legislature doesn't spoil the good things Italy has done under the Monti government recovering credibility both on the markets and internationally.
