A day of dating, vertices e tables, but the government arrives in the evening without a decision because the head of delegation of Italia Viva, Teresa Bellanova, and Brussels for the negotiation on labeling. And when she returned to Italy, she made it known, through Renzian sources, that she will not take part in any summit and that instead she will attend the meeting with Prime Minister Conte as part of the majority verification scheduled for the morning of Thursday 17 December. The measures for the Christmas are therefore hanging on the commitments of the Minister of Agriculture and create a lot of nervousness within the majority. The suspicion is that the Renzians want to wait for a confrontation with the Prime Minister for the “Verification”, postponed Tuesday and scheduled for Thursday morning. Distances still remain on what restrictions are necessary to contain infections from coronavirus. The first meeting between the premier Giuseppe Conte e i heads of delegation it started atlunch time: at the table Roberto Speranza (Leu), Dario Franceschini (Pd), Alfonso Bonafede (M5s). With them also the Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia and the undersecretary to the presidency of the Council Riccardo Fraccaro.
The hypothesis on holidays and days before holidays – Franceschini, Boccia and Speranza are fighting for measures from “Red zone” continue, while it is more cautious the line of the premier, supported by the M5s in wanting an intervention more limited. The rigorist wing of the Democratic Party and the Minister of Health have been pushing for a general lockout since December 24th al January 6, but there is another soul in the government – including President Conte – who would like softer measures out of holidays e pre-holidays. And precisely this could be the point of drop in the evening summit: the heaviest restrictions would coincide with the week-end and holidays. In this way, in fact, the only days not ‘red’ would be Monday 28, Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December, Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 January. Also at stake is how to calibrate family reunions for the day of Christmas. On the point the League, during a confrontation with Speranza, he asked for an exception for December 25th. And in the background, as the third and most remote option, there is always the hypothesis of an entire Italy Orange from Christmas Eve to Epiphany.
The Regions for the red zone – The access comparison and the absence of Bellanova forced an update, which was expected in the evening when the minister returned from the summit of Brussels, which he wanted to attend in person. An update that, according to reports from Renzian sources, will not be available: the head of the IV delegation has made it known that he will not be present. Bellanova will go tomorrow morning at 9 a Chigi Palace with the delegation of Italia viva for the meeting with Conte in the context of the government verification. Apart from the political issues, there is little doubt that they will be introduced more restrictive measures. The whole discussion starts from the opinion given on Tuesday since Scientific technical committee, which in turn broke into whether or not to provide specific indications on the measures to be taken. From the summit with the Regions that was held in the morning instead came the push to the hardest line: the president of Veneto Luca Zaia, together with representatives of Lazio, Friuli Venezia Giulia e Molise, asked for the red zone for Christmas. “During the holiday season they serve maximum restrictions, if the government does not do them we will do them – said Zaia – If we do not close everything now we will find ourselves a January to start again with a plateau too high“.
Toti does not want national measures – The position of the Ligurian governor is different Giovanni Toti: I don’t see why to impose to Liguria a red zone for Christmas when the Ligurians in recent weeks have committed and sacrificed to make drop the curve of the contagion and get us in the full yellow zone ”, said a The air that pulls his La7. “We gave ourselves the rules in the first days of December, deciding to divide the country into zones, and those rules worked to contain the covid. I don’t see why change them now, on the eve of the Christmas holidays ”, commented Toti. But that does not represent the position of all governors, not even those of the center right. As mentioned, Regions like the Veneto and the Lazio, again in yellow, during the summit with the government they pushed for a close.