The case of yesterday’s Def rejection carries with it some consequences for most. Indeed, today’s assembly of Forza Italia deputies was a fiery meeting, called to Montecitorio to take stock after the slip, with the majority falling below the budget variance due to 45 absences in the centre-right (starting with 14 Italian MPs ), which embarrassed the government and its premier Giorgia Meloni. They speak of a real clash between Paolo Barelli and Alessandro Cattaneo, which would have opened, like a Pandora’s box, old grievances linked to the ‘internal revolution’ of the party decided by Silvio Berlusconi weeks ago, when the government wing revenged. Today, reports a azul that wants to remain anonymous, the situation would have been reversed.
Lighting the gunpowder during the meeting of Barelli’s forced labor group who, at the opening of the process, without mentioning him directly, would have invoked Cattaneo twice to condemn his sentence “I feel like apologizing to the Italians”, pronounced yesterday while he left the hemicycle. Almost to justify the ‘desertions of force’ in the Chamber. Words of self-criticism, Barelli would have underlined, which externally sounded like a confession of guilt, when the responsibility for the mess, if any, would lie with the Def with all parties in the coalition, not just the FI. Soon after, the deputy prime minister and national coordinator of the force, Antonio Tajani, would have intervened, who would have invited everyone to remain united, leaving aside divisions.
At that moment, Cattaneo would have taken the floor asking Barelli if he was the addressee of the lecture: “Are you referring to me about the apologies? Did you have it with me? Meloni also apologized to the Italians for what happened in the budget variation…”. The former mayor of Pavia, today vice-coordinator of the national force with responsibility for territorial organization, will not be judged and, according to Adnkronos, would have vented when he pointed out to Barelli the high number of absences in the Chamber, in addition to yesterday. “I want Forza Italia to value those who are always there, those who run from one commission to another and I really don’t think that’s the case today,” launched Cattaneo’s j’accuse. Barelli’s retort is harsh and, by raising his voice, he would have reminded the former leader of the group of the strong temptation of the past to leave the party to go with Matteo Renzi. “Don’t allow yourself, they are falsehoods”, Cattaneo would have replied. To mitigate the ‘noon’ tone, Tajani would have intervened: “Enough of the controversy, let’s end this here, we have to be united …”.
Source: IL Tempo
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