Negotiations continue to untie the knot on the future of the Draghi government , with the premier who in these hours previously saw the secretary of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta at Palazzo Chigi and then went up to the Quirinale.
Wednesday the first exam for the Prime Minister in the Senate Hall, where the 5-star parliamentarians express the hard and pure wing of the Movement , the one that wants to leave the government. Then Thursday will be the turn of the Chamber.
In the center-right, Silvio Berlusconi left his refuge in Sardinia and convened a summit with Matteo Salvini at Villa Grande, in which "bewilderment was expressed because President Mario Draghi received the secretary of the Democratic Party and not the leaders of the other majority parties. , after which, moreover, a political verification had been requested ”.
Protests also rained down from the center over the meeting between Letta and Draghi. The premier, Lega and Forza Italia said, "cannot manage the crisis with the Democratic Party alone".
Then, after a phone call between Draghi and Berlusconi, the representatives of the government center-right were also received at Palazzo Chigi.
In the evening, Letta himself said he was convinced that Wednesday "will be a beautiful day", underlining however that each party "must assume its responsibilities".
Meanwhile , according to the rating agency Fitch "the resignation of Mario Draghi as prime minister of Italy after a split in his government of national unity heralds greater political uncertainty even if early elections are avoided ". "The short-term implications for economic and fiscal policy depend on political outcomes - reads a note - but structural reforms and fiscal consolidation are likely to become more challenging".
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