Of Rosanna Spadini

Source: Comedonchisciotte
At the beginning of the eighth chapter of “The Betrothed”, our Don Abbondio, what one cannot give oneself "courage", while he was casually reading a book, he happens to read the name of a philosopher by chance “Carneades who was he?”, which he knew nothing about, except that perhaps he had heard of it at least once along the way, useless course of his life.
Now we could say the same thing... what kind of animal is "politics".? A weeder that is disturbing just to mention, or a unicorn straight out of some sort of contemporary bestiary. If politics cannot be given courage, what is it for? Now it seems that the yellow/green government has plenty of courage, determined to free himself from the financial pockets he has been thrust into.
Demagogic maneuver said some barn owl on a media tour, forgetting that the DEF finally represented the affirmation of politics on finance, challenging the mesh of European vetoes and constraints, which have contributed to increasing the level of poverty in Italy, reduced to the bottom of the EU.

On the contrary, the EU's policy has been demagogic, who told hoaxes starting from the Maastricht Treaty, introduced the long-winded and delusional Treaty of Lisbon, imposed on the European peoples after France and Holland had rejected the constitution, adopted a single currency which massacred the economy of the Piigs countries, defined with a derogatory term for the first time since the Second World War, used a terrorist financial system, composed of a private ECB, one spread hits, rating agencies that condemn or acquit states, as vestal protectors of the only god of money, and continuous cheating by the "locomotive" country, who actually designed Maastricht for his own use and consumption, producing the highest surplus on the globe, with inflationary and protectionist policies, prohibited to all other members.
Germany itself, who after two world wars fought for hegemony in Europe, now it has achieved it through a single currency and a record surplus.
More owls and owls thunder and fulminate from Spiegel “Italy is planning a spending orgy for the next three years and will continue to increase its already gigantic debt.”
Their job as tradesmen is to pollute common sense, to poison the wells of the new Zeitgeist that is advancing, to defend the liberal power that has dominated until now and still dominates in the catacombs of the deep state.
However, the challenge of the populist government has begun and will continue with determination as long as the conditions exist to do so. Not only was minister Giovanni Tria snubbed, which wanted to limit the deficit to 1.6 percent, but with him also the European Commission.
“The message from Italy is clear: let's challenge Europe", afferma Guntram Wolff, director of the influential think tank Bruegel.
Harsh criticism also came from the European Parliament. CSU deputy Markus Ferber spoke of "a slap in the face of the European Commission". Italy should have “a clear commitment to reducing the structural budget deficit”. Ignoring all this, Di Maio and Salvini "bring Italy ever closer to the edge of the abyss".
Then the president of the Italian Parliament, Antonio Tajani, he said he was very "worried". Government budgets “will not increase employment, but they represent a problem for the savings of Italians". Green MEP Sven Giegold described the Italian budget as “not just economically unreasonable, but also against European laws".
The markets have already reacted in their own way. At the Milan Stock Exchange, Italian government bonds had their worst moment in three months. The much-loathed spread jumped to its highest level in three weeks. Italy will have to pay significantly higher interest rates on its debts, old and new.
The deficit target al 2,4% of GDP for the three-year period 2019-2021 however, it was a necessary and courageous choice, because although not significantly expansive, however, it can revive the real economy, in particular domestic demand, according to recognized Keynesian parameters, and in contrast with those of the Fiscal Compact.
Above all, avoid betraying the electoral promises of the vote 4 March, entrusting hopes and answers to the overwhelming demand for social recovery from the suburbs and the middle classes, proposing a possible redemption for the demolition of social rights imposed by the delusional Eurocratic policies of recent years.
The objective written in the Update Note to the Def should not be risky for the stabilization of public debt, why growth should be ensured, favored by the increase in the monetary mass in circulation, thanks to which public debt is transformed daily into private wealth... and the debt is repaid only through progressive economic growth.
The reaction of the ECB and the behavior of the main buyers of our government bonds are still to be predicted. But the EU cannot do without Italy and the latest judgment of Pierre Moscovici, who after harsh criticism sought mediation, gives us hope: “The provision is outside the EU limits, but at present there is no interest in opening a crisis with the Italian government or even in starting a procedure that leads to sanctions".
The governments of the United States, Russia and China recently visited by our Economic Ministers and the Prime Minister, for their geo-political interests in the old continent, they will operate the levers of their powerful more or less sovereign funds?
An unprecedented debate opens, but finally, the primacy of politics over the economy returns, necessary condition, to affirm the primacy of constitutional sovereignty.
As Prime Minister Conte said at the UN conference "When someone accuses us of sovereignism and populism, I always like to remember that sovereignty and people are referred to in Article 1 of the Italian Constitution, and it is exactly in that prediction that I interpret the concept of sovereignty and the exercise of the same by the people".
And he rightly called the international community to its responsibilities towards Italy, especially in the management of migrants, because for years it has been left alone in the rescue and rescue operations of many thousands of people in the Mediterranean, who thus were saved from death.
Sovranismo, populism and Constitution were the key words of his speech, to underline in this way the change of direction in Italian politics.
Unexpectedly, the president of the Puglia Region Michele Emiliano also commented: “The Democratic Party cannot defend lobbying interests, it must return to being a people's party. He must change his judgment on this maneuver too, which is left-wing".
In short, it seems like a century has passed since the night of 27 maggio, when Sergio Mattarella had just returned the team of ministers proposed by Lega and M5S to the sender. Mattarella was resisting and trying to put a new Cottarelli government on track, that would not have been voted for by anyone, tranne forse che dal South Tyrolean People's Party, then things were resolved with a compromise (perhaps even with a Trumpist nudge), with the appointment of Giovanni Tria to the MEF, in place of Paolo Savona. A name of complete tranquility, a professor who had to guarantee the Colle, which was supposed to curb the turbulence of the government, but which seemed acceptable to the yellow-green majority.
In the end, Minister Tria, who spent months ensuring compliance with the constraints, he had to give in and was forced to accept the deficit at 2,4%. Horror horror ! But what are we talking about?? If under the liberal governments we had the following Deficit/GDP ratios: 2011 al 3,5%, 2012 al 3,0%, 2013 al 2,9%, 2014 al 3,0%, 2015 al 2,6%, 2016 al 2,5%, 2017 al 2,3% … and in any case the public debt has progressively increased. Today, however, everyone is tearing their clothes and shouting about the risk of bankruptcy for a 2.4 %.
The process of the maneuver is only just beginning, and maybe the 2,4% it will be broken, but finally a maneuver that redistributes income among needy citizens and refuses to act as an ATM for banks (85 billion in the last few 6 years).
In these first hours of political media schizophrenia, where the media massacres the government, which instead continues to maintain high popular support, there is at least one unequivocal aspect: the challenge to the EU is only just beginning, we will see what the limit of courage will be. For the moment, if Brussels rejects the measure outright, it will give consensus to the populists, if he approves it, he disavows the budget constraints. In any case, there are many paths towards dissolution and the next European elections could change all the balances of the old continent.