While the president has the power to call new elections if the talks fail, he could inadvertently trigger an even more radical counter-reaction if the radical parties were to win more votes at the next elections. ![]() But history has shown that this formal power matters little in practice when the radical parties have sufficient majorities – as is quite possibly the case here. >The only line of defence against the constitutional recklessness of the two parties is President Sergio Mattarella, who left no doubt about his intention to uphold the constitution. Coalition committees to adjudicate conflicts about legislation are a normal thing, but a committee with formal executive powers is a completely different animal. This is the method by which fascists and communists in the 20th century managed to usurp democracies from within. ![]() What worries us even more than the tough language on the eurozone, and the ludicrous request for debt cancellation, is the attempt to undermine the Italian constitution through parallel structures. Whoever leaked this succeeded to give us an insight into the state of mind of the two parties. There can be no doubt that Five Star and Lega are following a radical agenda even if this draft agreement were to be rendered a little flatter in subsequent revisions. On page 38, almost at the end, there is a reference to the cancellation of the stock of Italian sovereign debt held by the ECB.Īnd, finally, the draft agreement favours an opening to Russia, a relationship that should not be characterised by threats but by partnership in economic and trade relations. We heard a comment from the two parties yesterday that this clause is no longer in the current draft. The article points out that this clause questions the principle of the euro’s irreversibility. The two parties commit to introducing (our translation)”specific technical procedures of an economic and legal nature” to allow the country to leave the euro, or to obtain an opt-out if there is a popular majority. The draft agreement also contains a eurozone exit clause, on page 35. Its members would be the prime minister, the presidents of Five Star and Lega, the political leaders of the chamber of deputies and the Senate, and any ministers relevant to a particular decision. It would comes together whenever any of the parties requested it. The committee would take formal decisions in areas such as international crises, natural disasters, law and order, and public health. But, as Huffington Post Italia rightly points out, the creation of such a committee would undoubtedly give rise to inter-institutional conflict, and possibly even to a constitutional crisis. Since such a committee is not foreseen in the Italian constitution, it would only have an informal role. We translate its name as a Reconciliation Committee, and its role is to adjudicate when there is a conflict between the two parties inside the government. The parallel governance is probably the single most important, and hitherto unknown, proposal. It may be, but the document gives a good reflection of the sheer radicalness of two parties. ![]() It precedes Monday’s discussions between the party leaders and President Sergio Mattarella, and the parties have already said that it is out of date. The copy of the contract is dated 14 May at 9.30am. It is unbelievably extreme – right out of the 1930s. The Huffington Post Italia had an extraordinary scoop last night when it got ahold of a 39-page draft document setting out a coalition agreement between Lega and Five Star. “And By the Way: We are Leaving the Eurozone” Tonight Eurointelligence lays it on the line: However, I nearly always agree with them on what “is” happening.Įurointelligence is pro-big-Europe, I am not. I typically do not agree with Eurointelligence regarding views on what “should” happen. Italy Coalition Agrees to Leave the Eurozone
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