In the Senate, way to trust on the maneuver: the start of the 24 hours of the fire of the crisis – The Republic

With the request of the government to vote confidence in the Senate on the Budget, began the long day of today, in the palaces of the policy. Twenty-four hours that could be decisive to understand which way will the crisis that opened after the victory of the No to the Constitutional referendum. After the vote of confidence, in fact, expected around 14.30 the spotlight will move to the headquarters of the Pd in the largo of the Nazarene, where you will gather the direction of the Pd that will have to decide which solution to present to the president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. The main hypothesis in the field seems to be that of a government, institutional, national responsibility, just on a br oad consensus, which can first change the electoral law. The only alternative, according to the premier, Matteo Renzi, would be early elections. Still, it is not clear if after the direction Renzi will rise to the Quirinale to resign, frozen by Monday, pending approval of the maneuver. Might do it tomorrow. In any case, immediately after would start the consultations of the head of State to manage the crisis. Clear the request of the League that is a threat to the protest: "Vote now or we will go in the square" marks Matteo Salvini.

LIVE TV THE SENATE VOTE ON the MANEUVER (the direct resumes at 13: 30)

At the moment we can not exclude even a Renzi bis, as says the president of the Piedmont region Sergio Chiamparino, for which, however, "the legislature is over in fact, you must vote as soon as possible. And the spring is the right time”. Chiamparino, who was a member of the majority renziana, is not tender with the chairman of the Board: "The only culture in the management of the power does not take the united party, we must rebuild a political project". Meanwhile, the expectation of the direction of the Pd is full of tension: on the social in fact spreads the voice of the arrival of the Nazarene to the militants of the party wishing to dispute the representatives of the minority that are deployed to the No, from Pier Luigi Bersani, has already been the object of many attacks on his page in Facebook.

The president of the dem, Matteo Orfini, the invites to the calm: “I have seen on social topics and slogans, but luckily they are used by a few – I don’t like. I understand the bitterness for what happened and for the choices that have appeared incomprehensible, but a great party is not asking for expulsion and does not organise complaints. Of what happened, we will discuss at the congress. Today – is the appeal of Orfini on social – I ask all those who will embrace and support our party, leaving to others the anger. We also face this difficult passage with a smile and with the peace of mind and we will come out stronger than before”, he concludes. And, after the outcome of the direction of the Pd, it should bring together parliamentarians M5s.

Begins the session in the Palazzo Madama, And was the minister for relations with Parliament and Reforms, Maria Elena Woods, to announce this morning in the classroom to the Senate the request of the trust on article 1 of the maneuver, which was received with a murmur, and the regret of the chairman of the Budget committee, the pd Giorgio Tonini, expressed in the name of all the groups and also the government, "for not having been able to make a reading done of the law", to which they were submitted about a thousand amendments. Destined, however, to decline as the trust is asked to approve the move without modifications, in the text already dismissed from the Room.

The opposition says no to the package – As expected, the opposition expressed in the Senate for the no confidence vote by contesting the work of the government and the contents of the maneuver, defense, instead, by Giorgio Santini of the Pd, which emphasized the sense of responsibility of his party. To explain the M5S Luigi Gaetti, who has focused the index on the”arrogance of the minister the Woods” coming into the Classroom to ask for the trust. For Paul, the Romans (Forza Italia) “in net opposition to the method and content of the budget law, the people have said no to a government full of slides and poor ideas.” Now, he added, you have to take the first possible election law is “reasonable,” and immediately after restore the word to the italians. Loredana De Petris (Sel) has challenged the economic policy implemented by the government: “The italians want that to be removed, all the laws are absurd and unfair of t hese years that have created a furrow between those who have and those who have not”. For the no have also sided with John Mauro (Gal) and Gian Marco Hundred (Northern League): “The our said Hundred – is a no in merit and in method. Renzi has taken us around, we will remember to the italians, “these thousand days of nothing”. The defense is touched at the dem Santini, the parent company Pd in the Budget committee: “to Approve the budget law is an “act of responsibility towards the Country” and “protection”, because otherwise it would enter into force the provisional, but also because scatterebbero taxes of 15 billion (safeguard clauses). He then defended the action of the maneuvering that go on in the direction of “strengthen the path to economic recovery” and to complete “the path of reforms has had important achievements” and has brought “a positive sign for the economy, labour, social polici es”.

From 13.30 we start to vote – conclusion of declarations of vote, the Senate hall has been suspended. Resumes at 13.30 for the call of the senators to vote for the confidence sought by the government on article 1 of the ddl balance sheet, which contains the maneuver. Among the declarations of vote, in addition to the groups of the majority is in favour, also the Ala-Sc.

After the confidence vote in the Senate will examine the second section of the bill: the final vote is expected in the evening.