For Matteo Salvini it is a question of "principles and civilization". Said another way, the problem is not so much understanding who will pay for lunches and dinners 49 migrants arrived in Malta yesterday, but to establish who is in charge in the immigration government: the Northern League secretary or Giuseppe Conte. The Prime Minister has never taken a vote in his life, however, this does not seem to worry him: he wants to impose his authority. He's tired of playing the puppet. As, without even consulting the Ministry of the Interior, has chosen to open to refugees arriving from’ Africa. An intolerable fact for the Northerner, who had already had to endure the Prime Minister's thrashing regarding the ultra violence. In this case, However, the matter becomes more serious: The Carroccio stakes all its credibility on the landings.
Let's summarize the facts. In December, after months of relative tranquility in the Sicilian channel, two ships of foreign NGOs – the Sea Watch and the Sea Eye – they went off the coast of Libya to try to intercept rubber boats full of illegal immigrants. Before Christmas they came across some of them and collected around fifty desperate people. According to some sources, moreover, they would have done so by violating the invitations of the Tripoli coast guard, which was ready to intervene to immediately bring the migrants back to the southern shore of the Mediterranean. The sequel is scripted: the boats headed north invoking our help for the poor souls. The Interior Ministry reiterated that Italian ports are closed. As a result the refugees remained for 18 days waiting in the middle of the sea.
Many were moved, from the Pope down. Then yesterday the situation came to an end, Palazzo Chigi has given the green light: "We have to do something for those people", the prime minister said. We will also participate in the European solidarity plan (with eight nations involved) and we will take on some families seeking their fortune.
ALL IN EUROPE
The docking took place while Salvini was on a mission in Poland. And Matteo reacted badly. The Northern politician listed to his prime minister all the times that the Maltese and the’ The EU in general has made fun of us in similar situations: first they promise to welcome, then they leave them with us. Consequentially, as far as he's concerned, there's no question of even hosting them. Conte, but, he has now given his word.
ELBOW
What happens now? Salvini yesterday afternoon was tempted by’ idea of blocking foreigners on’ plane that will take them from Valletta to Italy («Maybe they will arrive by paragliding…», he said yesterday, «I don't control the airspace but I do’ I use the airplane for travel. Whoever arrives must do so with documents"). Then he chose to tone it down. Better to avoid wars: the truth is that the minister does not want to open a real government crisis. And last night he met the president and Di Maio at Palazzo Chigi for a clarification. An agreement will come somehow, but rusts and embarrassments will remain.
Conte, in particular, he is accused of continuing to invade the powers of the deputy prime minister, who starts to get nervous. The League accuses the Prime Minister of paying too much attention to the claims of the Five Star Movement, especially those of’ ala “fundamentalist” by Roberto Fico. The electoral campaign for the European elections is approaching and M5S needs to distance itself from the Northern League. The polls say so: the party founded by Bossi grows, Beppe Grillo's followers are decreasing. So the latter try to relaunch and continue to demand more and more from’ ally. The legalists, However, have already been forced to swallow the’ indigestible meatball represented by citizenship income. It is difficult to force them to give up what they have achieved on the refugees.
NUMBERS AND SURVEYS
Salvini, d’ other part, He has the numbers on his side. Yesterday a survey by SkyTg24 was published on social media: il 63% of those interviewed declared themselves in favor of the hard line of the Ministry of the Interior. Certainly not a surprise. Just as it is not surprising that the phrase of the day on Twitter was “Salvini don't give up”. Finally there are the mayors, not the dozen who have been threatening appeals against the Security decree for days, do not 450 who signed a letter to show support for the Interior Ministry. Among many, those of Genoa, L’ whoa, Trieste, Venezia, Alexandria, Andria, Arezzo, As… Four hundred and fifty, exactly like the boats that Luigi De Magistris announced he wanted to send to the Mediterranean to help immigrants. Now it remains to understand which side Giuseppe Conte and the grillini are on.
by Lorenzo Mottola
source – https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/politica/13418020/giuseppe-conte-sondaggio-maggioranza-italiani-sta-con-matteo-salvini-immigrazione.html
Conte believes he is acting as a balancer, but instead he acts as a magician, evading pre-established schemes. He is very wrong and will pay the consequences when he returns to the nothingness from which he was extracted to give him the task of defending the Italian people. He let himself be taken in by Bergoglie's do-goodism so as not to be accused of Northern Leagueism and in doing so he made a terrible impression.