Giorgia Meloni? «Nothing under the name». Romano Prodi? «It’s a point of reference, people don’t always agree. Better than pretending and then stabbing in the back as has often been done in the party.” Differentiated Autonomy? “They dismantle national unity as we have known it.” Elly Schlein had it for everyone and everything yesterday, also because the battle for the European elections has now reached the heart of the fighting. The main target was, obviously, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, her direct competitor in Europe, or almost, given that Schlein will be the leader in only two constituencies. The secretary of the Democratic Party is involved in the infamous TV confrontation with the prime minister (“I hope it gets done, the staff are working on it”) and for which she is coming up with impressive names. The phrase “is on Sunday”Giorgia in Wonderland”. Yesterday’s «Giorgia sotto il nome niente» was the adaptation of the only thriller by the Vanzina brothers: «Under the dress nothing».
The dem secretary said: «There is no political program nor a vision of Europe in Giorgia Meloni’s speech. Under the announcement of the name hides the cuts to healthcare and hostility towards a minimum wage that he won’t bring himself to guarantee to the 4 million working poor in this country. He is in government but out of touch with reality.” After these words the explosion exploded protest in the House and the discussion in the classroom on Differentiated Autonomy took over. PD in the front row.
But well before that there had been the exit of Marco Tarquinio, PD candidate. The former director of Futurethe bishops’ newspaper, spoke on TV about the conflict in the Middle East, decided: «In Palestine I would not speak of genocide, it is a heavy word that must be used with good reason, but Israel is carrying out an ethnic cleansing operation». Tarquinio also went into detail: «There is a tendency to empty a territory of those who live there, it’s called “Dhomicide”, the systematic destruction of houses».
In the Chamber, the PD revolt followed the same script as when it was voted for in the Senate Autonomy law: tricolor flags were waved from the seats. Chiara Braga, group leader, explained why: «The only symbol that has the right to be present here is the tricolor, not the symbols of those who want to use this place to sell the Italians a dangerous and wrong reform». Braga then protested for the green t-shirt worn by the Northern League MP Simona Bordonali he wore during his speech with the writing: «The North Wind». President Lorenzo Fontana replied to Braga: “I was waiting to tell Bordonali to cover up, thanks to the report made by the opposition, we intervened.” Fontana also pledged to “keep the honor of the Chamber high” in response to the Democratic Party asking him to intervene in the government so as not to transform Parliament into a “letterbox”.
However, the protest of the M5s was also strong. President Giuseppe Conte: «Meloni known as Giorgia, to better deceive the voters, decided to sell out the unification of Italy to Salvini in order to have full powers with the premiership. They exchange constitutional reforms like children exchange Panini trading cards.” Equally harsh are the complaints from Avs, with Angelo Bonelli: «We are faced with a real institutional coup which undermines the foundations of the legislative process.”
