Rallée with sanctions against Moscow despite its dependence on Russian gas deliveries, the Mario Draghi government is more divided on the issue of arms deliveries in kyiv.
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Always impeccable, smiling and cordial, the former president of the Giuseppe tale council is not, usually customary public blows in public. Still, on Thursday afternoon, in full live on Instagram, while the political leader of the 5-star movement (antisystem) was questioned about his reports with his coalition partner, the Democratic Party (left center) suddenly swept away: ” It does not work like that. We are not the branch of any other political party, we are not the success of anyone! “
A few hours earlier, the secretary of the PD, Enrico Letta, had described as “irresponsible” the reluctance of the M5S to the measures to bring the Italian military expenditure at 2% of GDP, in response to the Russian invasion of the ‘Ukraine. “Think we instrumentalize this issue of military spending is out of any logic (…), that means we do not know each other!”
a recocera
Finally, after tensioning days between the M5S and the head of government, Mario Draghi, a compromise was found to avoid endangering the government in the Senate vote of the “Decree Ukraine”, which has Finally been adopted Thursday at a large majority (214 “yes” against 35 “No”).
But, in the facts, it is difficult to see in this arbitration something other than a reconade: while the initial text planned to bring the military effort to 2% of GDP by 2024, this desired increase By the Allies of Italy is no longer defined as “gradual” and the deadline is postponed to 2028. An eternity in these war times in the east of Europe.
Despite this vote, which offers a little a little respite, the question is far from resolved. Because, in hollow, it is the Italian position in the current diplomatic game that is involved. Rallied with sanctions against Moscow despite its dependence on Russian gas deliveries (40% of Italian supply), the Mario Draghi government seems to have more difficulty maintaining unity in its ranks on the question of the opportunity to provide weapons to the Ukrainian army.
The question causes reluctance on the right, especially within the league (extreme right), openly prorusse. But it all agitates the 5-star movement, in constant loss of influence in the opinion (the surveys now appoints by 15% of voting intentions), but which remains by far the first formation of the Italian Parliament.
Pacifism and reluctance
At its debut, the training founded by humorist Beppe Grillo professed a radical pacifist, going to question the alliance with the United States and the belonging of Italy to NATO. Also the reluctance expressed by Giuseppe tale do not come from nowhere. One could even speak back to the sources for the movement, less than a year of legislative elections that are high at risk for him. It is also, for the former President of the Council, the opportunity to strengthen his position at the head of the party, by citing his main adversary internally, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi di Maio, forced by its position to align strictly on the positions of Mario Draghi.
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