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"If anyone vetoes us, they'll lose." This is the message that Matteo Renzi, leader of Italia Viva, is sending ahead of the elections. The reformists, says the former Prime Minister, will be crucial to the fate of the broad camp formed by the Democratic Party, the Five Star Movement, and AVS. "We have a symbol that we will present on the ballot paper and which contains ideas and values of reference.
"I'm running with a political force that is Italia Viva and Casa Riformista. If anyone vetoes us, the same story will repeat itself: they'll lose, like in Liguria and Basilicata," Renzi said on Otto e Mezzo, on La7.
The day ends with the center-right's victory in the Reggio Calabria by-election.
In a poll marked by very low turnout, the governing coalition won without the support of Futuro Nazionale, the party founded and led by Roberto Vannacci. "He who is content is happy. The right celebrating Reggio Calabria, historically right-wing, is like Schlein winning in Castel Fiorentino or Pontassieve. It's interesting that the right is celebrating because it won without Vannacci (who received about 11%, ed.), but its result will be 4-5% nationally: enough to lose the majority.
That said, credit to those who won, but if they're satisfied with the by-elections in Calabria, it means they're in a bad way," he says.
"We're worse off than we were four years ago. So let's hold elections. In May, we'll vote in many large cities. The government keeps saying we should vote in November, but it would be ethical to vote at the same time as the local elections," says Renzi, who also rejects the latest moves by Giorgia Meloni's government. Eni and Ip have introduced discounts on gasoline and diesel with a cap on fuel prices. "Meloni's move on fuel is a moral suasion measure that I see nothing wrong with. But it's Meloni who campaigned at the gas station, saying she would eliminate excise taxes. It was a great ad, but she mocked Italians. On the excise tax discount, she sounded like a pot saleswoman. What did it bring to the state coffers? Seven billion less, which we could have used to eliminate VAT advance payments, for example," he continues. "Regarding extra profits," the IV leader clarified, "it's a difficult concept to quantify, and it started with Draghi. I don't like the idea itself; I like those who say they'll remove excise taxes and then do it."
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