The Monti government and the Minister of Health have disappointed. But the problem is not with men but with "reformism that doesn't exist". And for the next Executive, a single man in command will not be enough, even if he is highly trained. We need a serious competition of ideas and projects on which an "intelligent commission" works. The other articles of the special "Towards the elections: Mussel (CGIL Medici); Apples (Fimp); Head (Snami); Cassi (Cimo); Lilies (Fesmed); Mandelli (Fofi).
08 JAN – Months ago, with an expression that to some seemed disrespectful, I defined Minister Balduzzi, "the reformist who doesn't exist". Nothing personal was a synthetic judgment I assure you well considered that it did not concern so much the character but a logic of power of which he was simply the expression. This logic is convinced that "government and control of the world" is the same thing for which it is enough to simply put "safe men" in key positions and that's it. Today the critical judgments on Balduzzi's work seem unanimous. The criticisms concern the measures done badly or boasted as if a "reformist" had done his job badly.
But if "there is no reformist" what can we expect? I repeat once again: the consequences of Balduzzi are nothing more than the consequences of the reformist who is not there. As soon as he was appointed minister, the following evening, Balduzzi was interviewed by Lilli Gruber at "Otto e mezzo" on la 7, I remember that I was so struck by the gap between his words and the reality of healthcare, that "in a spirit of service", I wrote some suggestions, &ldq
