The chances that the law on the ius soli will be approved before the end of the legislature are now minimal. The Democratic Party has decided not to ask the Senate to schedule the text because, group leader Luigi Zanda admits, "now there is no majority".
But it's not just the opposition of the PA that blocks the Democratic Party: the government doesn't want to risk disturbing the already fragile balance of the majority before the approval of the Def at the end of the month. In fact, including the note of the budget change, the Document requires an absolute majority vote, or 161 votes, a quota that has hardly been reached in Palazzo Madama in recent times.
The new stop to the ius soli, which has been in the air for days, was decided in the group leaders' conference, the first after the summer break. Approval, given the amount of around 50 amendments, could only take place with a vote of confidence, a choice that would risk blowing up the majority and would leave out opposition parties, such as Si, who are in favor of the measure but not in giving confidence to the government.
The government's attention to the measure, as Minister Anna Finocchiaro maintains, "remains maximum" but at the moment there are no conditions to ensure its approval. On the contrary, a forcing by the executive could jeopardize the progress on the budget law which will begin after the 20th with the approval of the Def.
And while waiting to lock down the majority, not even the Richetti bill on annuities, approved in the House and starting tomorrow in committee in the Senate, makes any progress.
