Italy? Harmful for the EU, but Portugal will not suffer “disproportionately”
“II really appreciate the instability in Italy, which is a very important country, given its size and the influence that Mario Draghi had”, the Portuguese minister told Lusa, on the sidelines of a visit to Albania and North Macedonia, countries that started to jump to the EU.
João Gomes Cravar politically even though the situation is “harmful for the EU”.
“Democracy to Italy, and it will be located in a possible time, is a possible possibility of its democratic power, as soon as possible”, stressed the head of Portuguese diplomacy.
Italy will carry out the anticipated legislative initiatives on September 25, following the Drag crisis, of its separation unit, due to the movement of its separation unit, due to the movement of its separation unit, due to the movement of 5 stars and the separation: o A Força Italia, which was not passed to the Minister of the Government’s confidence motion requested by the former.
For the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the political crisis in Italy “will affect the whole of Europe”.
On Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho stressed that the country “has great credibility in international markets and, therefore, will not suffer disproportionately”.
“But they are all so important in some way when the EU is faced with this kind of instability in a country as important as Italy,” he said.
According to the latest polls, Italy’s ultra-probe party, nationalist under Giorgia Meloni, accounted for about 23% of voting intentions, against the Democratic Party (also in the home of the right-right 20%) and the right-wing Liga (14%) .
Forza Italia, by Silvio Berlusconi, lost some of its leaders for refusing support for Draghi, around 8%.
Draghi has presided over a coalition of national unity for the past 17 months, starting in February 2021, when he was appointed to manage the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and the country’s economic recovery, following the fall of his predecessor, Giuseppe Conte, leader of the M5S , which was at the base of the current political crisis.
The coalition was supported by almost all parties with parliamentary support, from the left to the extreme right, except for the ultranationalist movement of Giorgia Meloni.
On the 14th of July, Draghi announced that he did not want to continue to govern without the support of the M5S, when this party abstained in a first vote of confidence.
At that time, Italian President Sergio Mattarella rejected the request for support and asked Draghi to try new political solutions, with due regard to parliament.
Last week, Mario Draghi won a second confidence vote, but lost the support of three of the parties that supported his coalition – M5S, Força Italia and the League – which justified a new visit to the President, to reiterate his mission request, was accepted, leading to anticipation that the beginnings.
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