“No constitutional tear, no suspension of democracy. It was my precise duty to avoid the electoral clash”. In the meeting for Christmas greetings to the high offices of the State, Giorgio Napolitano meticulously reconstructs his moves to resolve, with the assignment to Mario Monti, the government crisis caused by the resignation of Berlusconi. He recalls that, also from the point of view of "international sustainability", the situation had reached "a limit point", which the then Prime Minister "recognized responsibly by resigning after acknowledging a negative parliamentary vote" . But yesterday the head of state also expressed his satisfaction because Italy "is credible again", concluding that "the road is still uphill, but it can be done". Nor was there an implicit reference to the positions of the Northern League opposition, when he defined secessionist preaching as "vain and artificial".
Berlusconi, who will meet Prime Minister Monti for breakfast today, feels called into question and first acknowledges that politicians sometimes exaggerate in the speeches they make to their constituents, but then reiterates that the caretaker government is still "an anomaly". The Northern League's reply with Calderoli was extremely harsh, announcing a speech in the Senate in which he will denounce that "democracy has been immolated on the altar of the interests of the banks".
But Napolitano's main concern at this stage is to lock down the Monti government as much as possible, whose deadline coincides "with the end of the legislature". Hence also the great attention to confrontation with social forces with the invitation to avoid "contemptuous words and simplistic oppositions", dedicating maximum attention to young people and the less guaranteed. Important words at a time when the controversy over article 18 continues, and while Minister Fornero acknowledges that, as stated by Cisl secretary Bonanni, wages in Italy are too low.
