Budget manoeuvre, the Senate agrees to a vote of confidence: now it’s law
The Senate approved the confidence in article 1 of the budget maneuver with 107 yeses. With the confidence of the Senate, the budget becomes law. The declarations had begun at 9: “A Senate reduced to the role of a paper-pushing machine”, immediately attacked the Senator Patton of the autonomous group, referring to the reduced time granted to Palazzo Madama to discuss and then approve the budget manoeuvre. βFor the opposition β he replied Licia Ronzulli, leader of Forza Italia β the demolition of the political opponent of the good of Italy comes first, do you realize what it would mean to end up in temporary operation?β. “The Republic is based on work and not on welfare”, he added Lucio Malan, group leader of Fratelli d’Italia, who thus explained the reason for the elimination, in a year, of the basic income. “We have the desire – he concluded – and all the necessary commitment to implement the entire government program starting with this stability law”. The sitting has been suspended and will resume at 3.30 pm with the information from the Minister of Health Schillaci on Covidalso in light of the ordinance on mandatory swabs for those arriving from China.