Matteo Renzi wants the law on civil unions as soon as possible and today he will submit a government amendment to the assembly of senators of the Democratic Party, which gives the green light to the Cirinnà bill but removing stepchild adoption and the photocopied rules between civil union and marriage , on which he is ready to ask for trust.
“We think – said the premier – that the time has come to put an end to the constant postponement that has taken place and that we need to close. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party did not win the elections and we are missing 49 votes in the Senate: there was an agreement with the 5 Star Movement which, twenty minutes before the vote, withdrew”. So all that remains is to make an agreement with Ncd. And that's what will happen.
The rapporteur Monica Cirinnà has already agreed: "We have been playing chess on civil unions for two years and the government amendment can make us checkmate". Gongola Alfano: "Finally common sense is prevailing". Instead, the grillini protest with the president of the Senate Grasso: "The government is ousting Parliament". But they made their own goal themselves and now it's too late to stop the law that they could have improved and voted on if they hadn't resorted to last week's incredible about-face.
