Chamber, hands confidence to Conte with an absolute majority

With 321 votes in favor, 259 against and 27 abstentions, the Chamber gave the green light to the confidence of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. The executive obtained an absolute majority, the limit for having a majority was 291, 315 for an absolute majority. Yes from 5 former M5S MPs.

In opposition, Forza Italia MP Renata Polverini voted yes to trust, the only one in the center-right, and announced his departure from the blue group. It could be one of the names of those willing that the premier called for help in his speech at Montecitorio and that they need much more in the Senate.

And it is precisely here that Prime Minister Conte faces the most difficult challenge. Talk at 9:30 on a Tuesday morning. Here the majority have small numbers. To have an absolute majority you need 161 votes, for now the government would have between 154 and 156. The research and counting have been going on for days.

Liliana Segre she has already announced that she has left for Rome to vote for trust. «I was planning to resume my trips once I was vaccinated but in the face of this situation I felt a very strong call. I found this situation completely incomprehensible, ”the senator said for life. Elena Cattaneo and Mario Monti will vote as you. Giorgio Napolitano absent, open negotiations with Carlo Rubbia and Renzo Piano.

The most probable hypothesis is a relative majority for Conte: absolute at Camera (as confirmed by the vote), only relating to Senate. There have already been such governments in the past. Conte would go on weakened, but he could go on. The alternative would be to leave, in front of too weak a majority. He could resign and go to the Quirinale for a re-appointment.

If it had the absolute majority, would go ahead with minimal adjustments in the government. If, on the other hand, he did not have a majority in the Senate, Conte would be forced to resign without the certainty of re-appointment. We would go to consultations with all the hypotheses open to a new majority, a different government, even with the return of Renzi and, ultimately, to vote.

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