Five Star, won 33% of the vote in 2018 and has therefore remained the largest party in government, ever since. It has spooked elections for years, but as the country’s next scheduled election arrives in early 2023, the downside of early elections has lessened.
However, the party, which has lost about two-thirds of the nation’s support, will be destroyed at the ballot box. Conte’s decision to step down last week was seen by many as an attempt to regain some of the party’s long-lost anti-establishment identity. Instead, it seems to have backfired.
Mr Draghi on Wednesday made it clear that his government would not comply with Five Star’s demands. He staunchly supports Ukraine militarily, which the Five Star opposes, and the construction of new gas facilities to give Italy energy independence from Russia as a matter of national security, which the Five Stars opposes. Star also objected.
He said that Italy’s universal income benefit for the poorest citizens, the Five Star brand achievement, is a positive development, but it needs to be improved for it to really help those in need. it and not become the motivation to not work. It is now hated by the business sector and seen by many as a drag on employment.
That difficulty was met with objections and objections from departments in the room.
The centre-left Democrats, which support Mr Draghi the most, are also in a quandary as they are counting on their alliance with the Five Star, or what remains of it, to bolster its own electoral fortunes in the coming months. next elections. But now, an alliance with the Five Star – the party that soon ended the Draghi era – is itself fraught with danger, and rifts have appeared on its left side.
The right-wing coalition of the League Party, led by nationalist Matteo Salvini; Forza Italia, led by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; and Italy’s Far-Right Brothers, led by Giorgia Meloni, are currently leading in the polls, though it’s unclear how eager they are to take power at such a delicate time.
