In struggle, in the square alongside associations and unions, but also the government, when it is necessary to negotiate to obtain important seats. For you and yours. Giuseppe Conte confirms himself as one of the most versatile politicians on the Italian scene. The People’s Attorney has managed, in recent weeks, to change his clothes with extreme ease. A few days after the fight between students from Azione Studentesca and activists from the Collectives of the Left, in front of the Liceo Michelangiolo in Florence, the leader of the Five Star Movement took the train to the Tuscan capital. After going to the scene of the violent fight, he looked for the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein. And he had himself immortalized, in front of a thousand flashes, in Piazza Santa Croce. Ready to fight against the imminent return of the fascist danger, alongside the one who, since that day, has become his main ally. At the end of March, the man who, along with Luigi Di Maio, was supposed to defeat poverty in Italy, followed the long snake of the self-proclaimed “Superbonus exodus”. The former prime minister, one of the main promoters of the 110%, pointed the finger at the center-right executive.
“Serious policy does not change the rules while the game is in progress and then leave citizens to their fate. The government must not fail to fulfill the commitments assumed during the electoral campaign. The Movement took to the streets alongside businessmen, families, workers and professionals who pay the government’s aversion to superbonds and construction measures, measures that have brought enormous growth, jobs and environmental advantages for the benefit of all. Now stranded tax credits must be released: we cannot allow families and operators to be left in despair. We will fight until the end, until we find a solution». Without forgetting that, at the recent CGIL congress, the native of Volturara Appula expressed great proximity to the main Italian union. «We have to put ourselves on the ground with concrete proposals based on a pact to fight against inequalities. On these concrete issues we will define the strength of our opposition”. A politician, if observed only in these scenarios, who seems to want to retrace the steps traced by the great leaders of the popular left of the 1960s. Always on the side of the last ones.
But then there is another aspect, parallel and antithetical to the previous one. Conte, when it comes to seats, you don’t have much trouble making deals, even with the current prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. In this case, the banner of anti-fascism can be safely lowered. The most recent example of this two-faced Janus-like ambiguity comes from the story concerning naming on Rai. According to rumors coming from the political environment, there should be a small revolution in the state-owned company in the coming weeks. A dish too tempting not to please the taste buds of the number one Grillini. Based on the agreement with the Brothers of Italy, Count Giuseppe Carboni must play the Rai Parliament (even though the Avvocato del Popolo points to Tg3). Antonio Preziosi should, instead, go to direct Rainews24, a prestigious seat, vacated by Paolo Petrecca. On the launch pad to land on Rai Sport.
Source: IL Tempo

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