Conte sews up on the Mes reform, but Renzi warns: ready to say no on Recovery

“The Government needs the maximum cohesion of the majority forces: the dialectical comparison is important, the variety of positions, but then the variety of opinions must be overcome in a superior synthesis". All the delicacy of the position of Joseph Conte is summed up in these words of yours in your speech in the classroom al Senate in view of the European Council. Of course, the Prime Minister collects in both houses of Parliament, after the tiring recomposition of a large part of the tear in the 5 Star Movement, the reform of the European Mechanism of stability but has to deal with the frontal attack of the leader of Italia viva Matthew Renzi, announcing a future vote against by its eighteen senators al Recovery Plan of the Government if it does not modify its contents and does not withdraw its own governance project. Meanwhile, the Council of Ministers that was supposed to approve the Plan has still been postponed to a date to be set, perhaps today, but it is not certain. That of the former premier is a sort of indictment: "We had asked Conte to come to the courtroom, it's not good that a 128-page project arrives at 2 o'clock at night, with a proposal that provides for managers with substitutive powers with respect to the Government. Mr President, Renzi says turning to Conte, given that his collaborators are calling the newspaper editorial offices saying that we are looking for an armchair, if you need some armchairs I inform you that there are three: two as a minister and one as an undersecretary . I'm at your disposal." However, if in the maneuver “there is a provision that brings the governance of the Next Generation Eu and a provision with the Secret Service Foundation, let's vote no. Let's say it first."

Be that as it may, at the Room the votes in favor of majority resolution which gives the green light to reform of the European Stability Mechanism linking the yes to the Italian Government's commitment to other reforms in Europe, there are 314 against 239 no and 9 abstentions; to the Senate, the document passes with 156 yes, 129 no and 4 abstentions: numbers that are not very large but sufficient for now to keep the boat captained by Conte afloat. Thirteen i diehard dissidents of the M5S in the House who voted against, two instead in the Senate. Conte collects the Chamber in the pro-Mes rebellion Of Renato Brunetta who thunders in the Chamber: "I will not vote against, I will vote in dissent from my party, this will not be in my name". But in the Senate they also widen the gap in favor of the majority nine forzisti who do not participate in the vote e Andrea Cangini announcing this choice thanks the blue group for the "respect". However, the knots for the premier still need to be resolved, not just for the umpteenth test of weakness of the majority who supports it but also for the stalemate still not overcome in Europe on the Recovery Fund and for the internal clash of the majority on its management. Conte goes to Brussels announcing a "chink" in the negotiations with Poland And Hungary which have so far blocked the go-ahead for the agreement on Recovery Fund, the match on which the fate of the government and the post-pandemic recovery for Italy are decided. Matthew Salvini he reproaches in the classroom at Palazzo Madama "the activism of President Mattarella" told in the newspapers. On the subject of the usual confrontation between the head of government and the head of state in view of the EU Council, various sources circulate clarifications on the fact that majority, you reshuffle, government crisis and elections there was no talk; but the buildings are talking about it and how and without an agreement that allows the launch of the Plan in the Council of Ministers, the topic is destined to remain topical.

In the M5S the rift is consumed: 15 parliamentarians vote no. Thinking of expulsions

The showdown is perhaps postponed, but for i frondists of the 5 Star Movement from now on it will not be easy life. The pentastellati do not come out torn apart by the vote on the Mes but certainly at least redesigned. The two votes against in the Senate and the 13 in the House represent a good result compared to the initial total of 58 dissidents, but it is still a vote against the work of Joseph Conte. The bridge workers worked day and night to direct the vote not to the detriment of the government, they succeeded but it cannot be avoided that these denials go unnoticed. On the table for sure disciplinary sanctions and, according to qualified sources, are not excluded expulsions. To the Senate the names are those of Nicholas Mora And Barbara Lezzi; the latter voted yes, while the president of the Antimafia did not participate in the vote, confirming his opposition but at least taking a step back in the clash between governors and those who would do without this executive. At the Room the anti Mes frond is composed by Fabio Berardini, Pino Cabras, Andrea Colletti, Emanuela Corda, Jessica Costanzo, Carlo Ugo De Girolamo, Francesco Forciniti, Paolo Giuliodori, Mara Lapia, Alvise Maniero, Francesco Sapia, Arianna Spessotto and Andrea Vallascas.

The dissent, which emerged in recent days through a letter to the grillino general staff, is now on file: "With this reform, in 2022, the ECB will consider itself authorized not to buy government bonds, and a technical government he will find himself requesting, begging, an appeal to the Mes ”, Colletti sentences. Vito Crimi he does not appreciate: "Giuseppe Conte's words are clear and leave no alibi for those who still argue that we should go to Europe to veto the amendment of the treaty on the Mes", he cuts short. At the same time, the first votes of the militants for change will begin today the statute. From leadership however, it will not be discussed before mid-January: the mandate of Vito Crimi it will expire on December 31 but, it seems now established, there will be an extension to the new year. The path is long: only once the festivities have begun will the process of change of the Movement be completed and only then will it be possible to begin to give life to that collegiate guide which the 5 Stars should be equipped with. Meanwhile, the end of the figure of the will be certified on Friday political leader with the start, after 15 days, of the electoral campaign for the candidates for the secretariat.

Conte is under siege and on Recovery he is evaluating profound changes to governance

A hypothesis of mediation on the governance of Recovery funds is on the table: one could go as far as filing the six supermanager in charge of following the execution, maintaining the mission structure at Palazzo Chigi. But when Matthew Renzi takes the floor in the Senate to openly challenge Giuseppe Conte every mediation is frozen. It will be the prime minister who will evaluate with a cool head, perhaps only after returning from the European Council, what response to put in place. Renzi ups the ante and questions the entire structure of the recovery plan contained in the drafts brought by Conte to the Council of Ministers; the suspicion of the government allies is that he doesn't just want a public retreat from the premier on the Recovery but that he is only waiting for January to open the government crisis. Not all ministers are convinced of this: according to some, there is no real desire for a break, also because the bogeyman remains the elections; however, discontent with the initial allocation of funds from the Plan is widespread in the Government.

It's lunchtime when Conte connects via videoconference with the Quirinale, together with the ministers Robert Gualtieri and Enzo Amendola: the traditional lunch that precedes each European Council, after the infection of the minister Luciana Lamorgese, is converted into video conferencing. There is talk of European issues, but the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella he has been watching the unraveling of the majority with concern for days and is convinced, parliamentary sources assure, that at this point a change of pace, a relaunch step, also considering the huge dossiers on the agenda, starting with maneuver.

The majority parties are convinced that they are really playing on fire: the hypotheses of reshuffle, also reappears that of a turnaround at Palazzo Chigi, there is the awareness that the first option on Mattarella's table would be the vote. January will be the crossroads but first we need to approve the budget law, then the verification will be unavoidable. In the text of the manoeuvre, explains a government source, it has already been decided that there will be no amendment on recovery governance, nor that to create one cybersecurity foundation, which neither the Democratic Party, nor IV, nor a part of the M5S likes. "Renzi knows that there will be no amendments to the maneuver, which is why his is just a show, with no real intention of breaking", says a government official, and adds that the decree law on the governance of Recovery, which is postponed at this point, could contain many innovations compared to Conte's original project, from disappearance of the six managers up to reduction of 300 consultants (already down to 90) components of the mission structure. Certainly, says an exponent close to Conte, the premier does not intend to deny himself: if he accepts the debate in the Chamber that Renzi asks of him and that confrontation with the social partners also invoked by the Democratic Party, he will say so, but he rejects the accusations of little openness to the dialogue that was heard from Renzi as well as, in very different tones, from the Dem Graziano Delrio. From the Nazarene Nicola Zingaretti continues to remain silent: the Democratic Party is in favor of mediation, without controversy, the Dems reiterate. But it is no longer a mystery that the first decision on the distribution of Recovery funds has displeased many, even among the Dems, from the Minister Robert Hope, who says that the 9 billion for health care are few, to the Minister of Labour Nunzia Catalfo, up to the Dem women, who are asking to do more for the gender equality. It's not much, says Renzi bringing it up Dario Franceschini, also what is allocated for tourism. The first problem, however, is now how to reopen the confrontation and whether it is actually possible to do so. Conte should convene the leaders to talk about the new government agenda, but at the moment there is no trace of meetings.

The Senate Hall

Today, theSenate assembly it will not gather; work will resume next Monday at 16.30 with the examination of the refreshment decree.

The Senate Committees

As regards the Commissions, the Constitutional affairs it will examine the draft legislative decree for the determination of single-member and multi-member constituencies for the election of the Chamber and the Senate, it will hold hearings on the constitutional bill for the introduction of a constraint for the legislator to respect the popular will expressed with an abrogative referendum and some on the bill for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the dissemination of false information. There Justice it will examine the proposal to extend the deadline for the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the facts of the «Il Forteto» community and the bill on the suspension of the deadlines relating to obligations to be paid by the freelancer in the event of illness or accident. Commissions Foreign And Defence will discuss the draft decree of the President of the Council of Ministers for the financing of international missions and development cooperation interventions to support peace and stabilization processes, for the year 2020. Defence the cycle of hearings on the assigned deal relating to the profiles of cyber security pertaining to national defense will continue.

There Balance, in meeting with the Finances, the examination of the decree for the protection of health and the economic support measures connected to the COVID emergency will continue, the so-called refreshment decree, which also includes the subsequent decrees bis, ter and quater which have merged into the provision through a Government amendment. There Instruction, with the healthcare, will hold several hearings on the assigned deal relating to the impact of DID on learning processes and on the psychophysical well-being of students. There Public Works will hold various hearings on the program contract scheme between MIT, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and the Euralpin Lyon-Turin Tunnel. (TELT), for the financing, design and construction of the cross-border section of the common part of the new Turin-Lyon railway line and, with the Industry, will listen to the representatives of the Department of Security Information (DIS) on the draft decree of the President of the Council of Ministers containing the regulation for the identification of strategically important assets in the energy, transport and communications sectors. There Productive activities it will carry out several hearings in the context of the assigned deal on the support and promotion systems of tourist services and the production chains associated with the valorisation of the territory.

The House Chamber

L'Hall of the Chamber will meet again at 9.00 to continue the discussion on the decree law for the relaunch of the health service of the Calabria region and for the renewal of the elective bodies of the Regions with ordinary statute; it will subsequently examine the decree on urgent provisions foraddress the health risks associated with the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

House Committees

As regards the Commissions, the Constitutional affairs it will examine the draft legislative decree for the determination of single-member and multi-member constituencies for the election of the Chamber and the Senate. There Justice it will discuss the draft legislative decree for enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office - EPPO and the cycle of hearings on access to the legal profession will continue. The commissions Foreign, with the Productive activitieswill examine the draft Legislative Decree on measures to ensure security of gas supply and the one establishing obligations on supply chain due diligence for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores and of gold originating in conflict-affected or high-risk areas. In today's day the Budget Commission it will not meet to begin examining the more than 800 amendments reported by the parliamentary groups that have been presented to the budget law.

There Culture will discuss the pdl for the abolition of the ban on simultaneous enrollment in several universities or university study courses. There Environmentwill examine the draft ministerial decree for the distribution of the allocation entered in the estimates of the Ministry of the Environment and for the year 2020 relating to contributions to entities, institutes, associations, foundations and other bodies, and the legislative decree for the control of emissions of odorous substances. There Productive activities it will examine the draft legislative decree on measures aimed at guaranteeing the security of gas supply and discuss the draft ministerial decree on the methods and criteria for an informed entry of end customers into the energy market. There Social Affairs the discussion on the pdl relating to funerary activities, cremation and the conservation or dispersion of ashes will continue.

There Agriculture will examine the draft ministerial decree for the allocation of the Mipaaf allocation for the year 2020, relating to contributions to entities, institutes, associations, foundations and other bodies, the draft legislative decree for the production and marketing of propagating materials and of fruit plants and vegetables, the draft legislative decree for the protection of plants from harmful organisms, the draft legislative decree for the production for marketing and marketing of seed products and the draft legislative decree for the production and the marketing of vine propagating material. He will then listen to the representatives of the Agricultural Assistance Centers (CAA) regarding the agreement that regulates their relations with the Agency for Agricultural Disbursements (AGEA).