The decisions are up to the Head of State, and therefore to Giorgio Napolitano. To put a stop to the jumble of rumors circulating in recent days on the possible resignation of the President of the Republic at the beginning of 2015 is a note released by Colle: “The balance sheet of this phase of extraordinary extension remains the exclusive responsibility of the Head of State, and consequently the decisions he deems necessary to take. And of which, as always, he will offer ample motivation to the institutions, to public opinion, to the citizens ”.
Napolitano, therefore, does not want to let someone else dictate the timing of his exit. "The President of the Republic - continues the note - in giving his availability for the re-election that Parliament generously reserved for him with a very large majority on 20 April 2013, indicated the limits and conditions - even temporal - within which he accepted the new mandate".
Limits and mandates which, however, the head of state clarified, still remain in his hands and remain, moreover, linked to the institutional reforms that Napolitano had proposed to accompany before his resignation.
Resignations that open several tables in advance on the political scene, radically changing the stakes. The main table is that of the Nazarene pact, with Matteo Renzi threatening to break, using the race for the Quirinale as leverage. The gist of the premier's thought, in a nutshell, is the following: either Berlusconi follows us on the Italicum or we elect the President of the Republic without him, opening up to Grillo and the 5 Star Movement.
Renzi gave the leader of Forza Italia time until 21pm this evening, when the majority summit will be held to take stock of the Italicum, to return to negotiating the electoral law. The issues on the table are those announced by the prime minister in recent days and in particular the 3% access threshold for lists. “We can go on alone – warns Renzi-. We have the numbers, you will see”.
A modification, this one of the threshold, loudly requested by the small parties, and which would have the effect of increasingly emancipating the minor planets of the center-right galaxy (from the Brothers of Italy to Ncd, passing through the League) from the center of their solar system, thus increasing the isolation of the forzisti, and decreasing their contractual strength.
In any case, Renzi does not seem willing to break, seen more as a backup plan. But in any case he begins to calculate. Both on the Italicum and on the race to the Quirinale. In both matches, the prime minister is well aware of this also because recent history teaches, above all the unity of the party will be needed.
