High tension in the government.
Conte accuses the premier of having asked Grillo to remove him from the M5s ('a serious intrusion'), asks for a political clarification and in the evening he goes up to Colle for an hour-long interview with Mattarella.
Draghi denies the pressure on the Movement, but must leave the NATO summit in Madrid early.
A CDM called on measures against high bills
BETWEEN THE M5S AND THE GOVERNMENT PULLS THE AIR OF CRISIS
The tension has exceeded the warning levels after the interview with the sociologist
Domenico De Mas
i, who reported a confidence received by
Beppe Grillo
in his three days in Rome:
Mario Draghi
would have asked to the guarantor to "remove
Giuseppe Conte
from the M5s, because it is inadequate".
It never happened, it is the denial of
Palazzo Chigi
that arrived at dinner time, when the case had already exploded, together with
Draghi
's decision to
leave the NATO summit in Madrid early
to return to Rome in the evening and participate tomorrow - is the official version - in the Council of Ministers which will deal, among other things, with the issue of bills.
But the prime minister's concerns may well relate to tensions with the majority.
And not only those with the pentastellati but also with the
League that has got in the way of the ius scholae and cannabis
.
In this context, Giuseppe Conte climbs to the Hill to represent, in Mattarella, in an hour-long meeting, the "gravity" of the situation after the interview with the premier.
ANSA agency
Ius scholae, divided majority.
Salvini warns the government
The day became inflamed when at lunchtime the former premier credited the words of prof.
De Masi, who has been closely following the Movement's path for some time and is a friend of the guarantor.
Conte appeared in front of the cameras to assure him that Grillo "had told him about these phone calls" from Draghi, making it clear that he felt "under attack" and denouncing "a serious interference".
An adjective also used in the tense phone call with the prime minister, who is busy in the meantime at the NATO summit.
"We have begun to clarify ourselves - said Draghi -, we will hear from you tomorrow to see you as soon as possible. The government is not taking risks".
There is still no appointment between the two, and a climate that is anything but relaxed in the Council of Ministers is to be expected.
In theory, there seem to be all the ingredients to reach a moment of rupture, to that external support to the executive requested by Grillo deputies and senators in pressing in the three days of meetings organized by Grillo.
A viable scenario but only if the requests of the Movement on priority issues, from the super bonus to the minimum wage, are not heard, the sermon repeated several times by Grillo, who left the capital in the evening, after having canceled the last meeting with the pentastellata delegation of government.
Grillo arrives in the Senate: 'Draghi asked you to take out Conte? Wonderful reconstructions'
"He's tired", "he's not well", are the rumors that accompanied the Genoese comedian's last hours in Rome, who sowed cryptic jokes in front of the cameras ("But what is this thing about Draghi and Conte", he said in the afternoon while the storm was raging ") and lapidary answers, such as the one on the limit of the two terms. For him it is" a totem ", an" identity theme ", he clarified in the afternoon while the hypothesis of an online voting of the members vanished, and together with this the exception to
Giancarlo Cancelleri
that so he decided to get out of the nominations for the primaries for the Regionals in Sicily.
ANSA agency
M5s: Cancelleri's step backwards for the primaries in Sicily - Politics
The announcement to colleagues: "A choice for the good of the Movement" (ANSA)
