Who would have ever thought, at the end of last year, that the 2018 it would have been a year like this. Who would have thought of a yellow-green government these days, a Di Maio to the government, a Salvini leader most loved by Italians and most hated by the media (the two things usually go together). Who would have ever thought of Prof. adv. Conte at the helm of the government, a Mr. Nobody who traffics with the powerful of the earth... And to the grillini who went from nothing to the ministry, from the square to the command.
Il 2018 it was the year that surprised everyone, even those who wanted this turning point. But the outcome was unexpected, and above all the alliance between dogs and cats. There are no governments in Europe that maintain such a high consensus, almost the 60% six months after taking office. They are largely minority governments. Think about how badly Macron is doing, it's at Merkel's, and May, and all the others. To find a still high popular consensus you have to go overseas, Trump or Bolsonaro.

Il 2018 it was the year of Change, not of the country, not of the State, nor of the Substance of things, but the direction of Italy has really changed, to put it in the language of a predecessor who fell under a plebiscite of antipathy. The "heroic" side is the revolt against political correctness, both politician-politics and suffocating ideological correctism. A popular insurrection against internal and foreign potentates.
In the 2018 virginity went to power, the absence of precedents, of curriculum and experience counted as a virtue rather than a defect. Virgo is the prime minister, which was conceived without going through the ballot box, in a kind of Immaculate Conception which is a miracle in democracy but a double miracle for a populist alliance founded on the sovereignty of voters.
Virgo is its director, Di Maio, who moves with mastery, but its previous stage was not local administration, professional training or training courses, but the San Paolo Stadium. He is not an absolute Virgo but the Nutella boy is also a novice in his role, Salvini the Italian policeman who distributes kisses and bulldozing.
The face of 2018 it is one and three: it's in that triad over there, the two linesmen of the Contract and the referee who mediates between the two and between Italy and the rest of the world, followed by the two Quirinale gendarmes, poor Tria and the dazed Moavero.
Yet little change has been seen in recent months. Lots of ads, many epochal statements, lots of smoke, little fat. The most significant acts, until now, they were symbolic. And for the most part they were not in favor of the majority but against some targeted categories: real or presumed privileged people, illegal immigrants or criminals. The top of the symbolic gesture remains there destruction of the radical kitsch Royal Palace of the Casamonica, che in un colpo solo sintetizzava la lotta alla delinquenza, to illegal construction and the Roma, Sinti version. The symbolic value of that bulldozer was enormous, and Salvini fought over it, Raggi and Zingaretti. Furthermore, we cannot expect to square the circle or even the triangle: save as Europe dictates, make Italy grow, assist those who can't make it. That is, making the country grow in two opposite directions: generating social dynamism and development as the Northern League members think, easing the tax burden, and at the same time by slowing down public works and distributing money to those who are doing badly, how the grillini think. The Maneuver is in fact the surreal attempt to pay debts, saving us the increase in VAT, retire early with the quota 100, raise the minimum pensions and help those who have no work. Not even Jesus Christ could do a triple miracle like this. The wedding at Cana with dried figs. Da nozze così, more divorces than children. But we continue to root for united Italy, resurgent and sovereign.
MV, 30 December 2018
source – http://www.marcelloveneziani.com/articoli/lanno-che-spiazzo-tutti/