The future of Italicum, the new electoral law approved in the Chamber, is at a crossroads: either it accelerates in the Senate by modifying the text in some points or skips everything and changes the scenario. Yesterday, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi scoffed at the leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi, during their meeting at Palazzo Chigi in which he proposed some corrections on the majority prize for the winning list, on the access threshold and on the preferences : “President Berlusconi, it's useless to waste time. You have to tell me if you're okay with it. And you have to tell me now. Otherwise I settle. I would prefer to make the electoral law with you, but someone else will find it. And next week we leave for the Senate anyway ”. Concept reiterated today by the Minister of Reforms Maria Elena Boschi.
But for now, Berlusconi hesitates because he is afraid of appearing compliant to Renzi in the eyes of the internal minority of Fi led by Fitto and fears losing control of his party. But, in turn, Renzi absolutely needs to gather some results and to acquire the new electoral law also in order to be able to decide whether and when to go to elections in case the path of reforms risks getting bogged down.
Proof of the fact that Renzi intends to move across the board – even if today the leader of the Ncd Senate group, Maurizio Sacconi, who threatened his resignation on the problems of justice, assured that no change of the government majority is in sight – is the agreement that is looming with the 5 Star Movement on the name of Silvana Sciarra as the new member of the Constitutional Court for the center-left.
What is certain is that not only the Italicum but the same pact of the Nazarene between Renzi and Berlusconi is now at the point: either it is relaunched on new bases and in the name of an acceleration of the reforms or everyone is free.
