The center-right will rule Italy for the next 10 years, the deputy prime minister and leader of the League said. Matteo Salvini, during the presentation of the Lega candidates for the next regional elections in Lombardy, in Milan, on Saturday (16).
“The left must give up, we are going to govern this country for the next ten years,” said Salvini, according to TV TGCOM24.
“We have a great team in the Council of Ministers (…) friends who sometimes start with different ideas, but always find a common synthesis”, he added.
The government managed the chaos in fuel prices by introducing new rules to contain speculation that, according to the executive, caused prices to rise. However, the controversy will not subside, as there will be a protest against the new decree on Thursday.
First Forza Italy and then the Alloy showed signs of uncertainty, showing that they did not fully support the decisions taken by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who intervened to bring the allies back into line.
“I hope, and I am certain, that we will have five years (of government) despite the attempts of much of the opposition, and not only, to do anything to put the brakes on the wheels,” said the prime minister during the convention.
“Those who think they are putting themselves ahead of everyone’s destiny are mistaken. We want to bring the results home, the rest doesn’t interest us”, added Meloni.
The government's next challenges, foreseen in the electoral program, are federalism and presidentialism. The first is a reform dear to the Lega, the second to the Fratelli d'Italia.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Salvini assured his party's voters, mainly from northern Italy, that the promised regional autonomy will be realized by the end of the year.
“We kept our word”, highlighted the Lega leader.
The citizens of Lombardia e Veneto voted for regional autonomy in the 2017 referendum, when the 'Yes' vote won overwhelmingly. Both are among the richest regions in the country.
“I am sure that after 30 years of struggles, thanks to a serious and compact center-right in the government and the important presence of the League, autonomy will be a reality by 2023”, promised the minister.
The reform of regional autonomy would give greater powers to regions in certain competencies. Promised for years and never achieved, regional autonomy has always generated debates and, this time, it will be difficult to achieve again.
Each party has a different sensitivity, both in the majority and in the opposition, especially when it comes to the allocation of economic resources.
The national coordinator of Forza Italia and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani (Fi/EPP), recently declared that “Italy must not be divided” and, above all, “the reform must not penalize the south” of the country, or in other words, the poorest part of the country.
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