“If even this possibility of making reforms is destroyed, it becomes really delicate to imagine that there is still hope for this legislature. But I'm very optimistic." The warning comes from Matteo Renzi, secretary of the Democratic Party, who thus replies to those who criticize the agreement reached with the number one of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi, on the package of constitutional reforms and above all on the new electoral law.
As for the so-called "Italicum", Renzi underlines that "an agreement that has been awaited for 30 years" cannot jump "by 0,5%. Everything that is useful will be created, the Italians know perfectly well that we are at an extraordinary crossroads".
As for the amendments, “many of them will be presented, of course – continued the Democratic secretary -. In these hours we see which are the amendments on which there is consensus of all. The task of the Democratic Party at the moment is to try to take the good that comes from each of the political forces. The agreement is complicated, but in my opinion possible”.
Finding a mediation, however, will not be easy, given that even today Forza Italia has returned to lock down the agreement by reaffirming the line of firmness on preferences and on the 5% threshold for parties within the coalitions.
In any case, for Renzi, whoever “says that the electoral law is like Porcellum lives on the moon. With this electoral law there will always be a winner and there are no large constituencies. We are returning to a model in force with Mattarellum, if anything".
Finally, the secretary of the Democratic Party also spoke of the scandal that engulfed the minister Nunzia De Girolamo: "Maximum respect for his resignation, but the Government is a matter of competence of the Prime Minister".
