With 112 votes in favour, 57 against and no abstentions,
the Senate Chamber approved the resolution on the Economic and Financial Document which was re-proposed by the majority groups,
after the lack of quorum reached yesterday in the Chamber on the budget variance connected to the Def .
Yesterday there were 110 votes in favor, 59 against and 4 abstentions.
In the morning, the
Chamber of Deputies
had
approved
, by qualified majority,
the majority resolution on the deviation from the balanced budget
.
221 states voted in favor, 116 against.
Ok to the majority resolution on the Def
with 221 votes in favor, 115 against.
According to Economy Minister
Giancarlo Giorgetti
, "we learn from mistakes, I hope that similar situations will not recur in the future".
Giorgetti: 'Good, but it's not over'
But there was a tussle during the debate with the sitting suspended for a few minutes:
while the deputies of the Democratic Party left the Chamber after an attack by Tommaso Foti (Fdi) on Debora Seracchiani, the dem Nico Stumpo threw himself towards the benches of Fdi.
The clerks intervened and shoves flew.
Foti contested the fact that Serracchiani had said that Andrea Delmastro should resign due to his absence in the Chamber yesterday in the vote on the Def.
"It's a pity that in the end the only one who resigned was her".
At that point, the deputies of the Democratic Party began to leave the Chamber while the Fdi shouted "Out, Out!"
In chorus.
In the meantime Stumpo, who had already been called to order for his excesses by President Lorenzo Fontana, headed towards the Fdi desks, where he was blocked by the salesmen but there was contact with Fdi colleagues.
Def, tussle in the Chamber: session suspended and the Democratic Party leaves the Chamber
"We were forced to return to the Chamber, to bring back all the deputies of the majority, after yesterday's serious sloppiness which saw the majority go under on a fundamental vote such as that of the Def and the deviation - he said the secretary of the Democratic Party,
Elly Schlein
, in Transatlantico, speaking with journalists - a document of very important forecasts for businesses and families".
"An episode that further demonstrates that they are not ready as they said they were and that they risk undermining the country's credibility. A day of forcing. We will go on remembering what the legitimate prerogatives of the opposition are, aware of our role".
The Senate session has begun in which the resolution approving the new report linked to the Def on budget variance will have to be voted on.
LIVE FROM THE SENATE
Illness for Angelo Bonelli
During the debate, in the morning,
deputy Angelo Bonelli
fell ill .
The session was immediately suspended.
He had just finished his explanation of vote when at one point he fell ill.
Immediate intervention by the doctors and assistants who took him out of the Chamber and accompanied him to the infirmary for the first checks.
When work resumed Matteo Richetti (Iv) sent him "good luck".
His words were underlined by a unanimous applause from the Montecitorio Assembly.
According to reports, Bonelli did not pass out but, on the advice of the doctors, he was taken to hospital for further tests.
"I wish to address my sincere best wishes for a speedy recovery to my colleague Angelo Bonelli. We await him as soon as possible in the Chamber": said the President of the Chamber of Deputies,
Lorenzo Fontana
.
"Dear Angelo Bonelli, get well soon! We are waiting for you - Chiara Braga
, Pd group leader in the Chamber of Deputies wrote on Twitter
- for the many battles we have to wage together. Best wishes from all the Deputies of the Democratic Party".
ANSA agency
The variance, what it is and how the variation of the balances of the Def - Economy works
The deviations can be defined in April in the Economic and Financial Document and in October in the Update Note to the Def (ANSA)
"I trust today," European Economy Commissioner
Paolo Gentiloni
said in the morning , when asked in Stockholm about yesterday's non-approval of the Def and in particular whether he is worried about it.
INTERVENTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM TO THE ROOM
"We must apologize to our constituents and to the government - said
Andrea Tremaglia (Fdi)
in the Chamber , referring to the absences in the majority that yesterday led to the rejection of the resolution on the budget variance -, which is working well and a lot. I personally feel I have to apologize to President Meloni, who in recent years has always set an example of humility and constant work. Politics is setting an example and yesterday we set a bad example".
Tremaglia then reiterated that yesterday's FDI absentees were "five who weren't on mission, but unfortunately most of them due to illness".
"There is no political crisis underway even if it was better to conclude the examination of the Def yesterday - said
Paolo Barelli, head of the Fi group
-. The parties that support the government are united".
"For what happened yesterday, the League takes its share of responsibility - explained the Northern League
Riccardo Molinari
in the explanation of vote - but there is no political crisis underway, no message to any minister in particular: indeed to Giorgetti we can only say thank you".
For Molinari, "what happened yesterday is a consequence of that iconoclastic fury that led to the cut of parliamentarians without thinking that the apical roles in the Chamber have remained the same so that when someone is on a mission he doesn't make the bridge on May 1st but stays working for the community. Only those who see Parliament as an alternative to unemployment can think that just standing here and pressing the button is working. Delegitimizing Parliament gives power to other forces...".
"Are you ready today? Yesterday you showed that you don't realize the fact that you are paid handsomely to work. We expected Meloni to go and apologize to the Quirinale for what happened": thus addressing the majority benches, Riccardo Ricciardi of
M5s
, accusing the government of "pulling the wool over the eyes of the Italians".
"What happened yesterday is a farce that worries us little. We are concerned that you are destroying the future of this country", he concludes.
