Italian politics is more than ever in the hands of the Constitutional Court and January promises to be a crucial month that can decisively influence the very date of the next political elections. Not only will the Consulta pronounce itself on the 24th on the constitutionality of the Italicum, conditioning the future electoral law (especially as regards the ballot) but on 11 January it will have to say whether or not it considers the referendum promoted by the CGIL admissible on three key points of the Jobs Act .
Basically, all the main reforms of the Renzi government, already rejected in the referendum on the constitutional reform, are in check, above all if one considers that the current orientation of the Consulta, and in particular of its president Grossi, has repeatedly appeared to be anything but impartial but decidedly hostile towards the previous Government, as has recently emerged not only in the contents but also in the timing (on the eve of the December 4 referendum) of the verdict on the reform of the Constitutional Court.
It goes without saying that there is already a battle on the Jobs Act. In the event of a pronouncement by the Consulta declaring the referendum admissible, the Government would have three paths ahead of it: accepting the new referendum challenge, changing the law in the points subject to a referendum (article 18 above all), postponing the referendum for a year by deciding to immediately go to the general elections.
It was precisely an imprudent statement by Minister Poletti on the future moves of the government that immediately sparked the controversy. "If you go to vote before the referendum - Poletti said yesterday - the problem does not arise and this is the most probable scenario, with a government that makes the electoral law and then leaves the field". Open up heaven. "No trickery" the general secretary of the CGIL, Susanna Camusso, who promoted the referendum, protested. “But with the uncertainty about the Jobs Act there will be fewer hirings” retorted the president of Confindustria, Boccia.
"No elections, but to reform the Jobs Act" argued in turn Roberto Speranza of the Pd minority.
In short, a nice rebus, with the Gentiloni government between two fires between the Jobs Act and the new electoral law. If you don't do the latter, you can't vote, but if you don't vote, the risk of losing even the referendum on the Job Act is very high, with further damage to Italy's international image. This is why the hypothesis of a rapprochement between Renzi's Democratic Party and Silvio Berlusconi, also in light of the anti-Mediaset takeover that pushes the leader of Forza Italia to seek anti-Vivendi political support, is anything but far-fetched.
