It’s 6 months since the elections and it’s time to do an initial assessment of how Italia dei Valori has participated in the activities of Government.
I haven’t always been in agreement with the allies of l’Unione and this has been clearly shown many times as in the case of the Pardon law, the Justice law and even, a situation that is current right now, the transfer of the motorway concessions from Autostrade to Autostrade-Abertis.
Even though there have been situations which are really critical, Italia dei Valori has not considered withdrawing its support from the Government because, with all its limits, this is the best Government possible at the moment.
The alternative is Berlusconi and the final break up of Italy. We have found public accounts out of control, promises in the place of great engineering work, public companies like Alitalia on the edge of collapse, widespread “precariousness”.
Simply the sense of responsibility in relation to the country, just that and nothing else, has made Italia dei Valori in certain cases, vote in favour of the coalition. That doesn’t mean that we haven’t given energetic prominence to our reasoning, that I believe matches with the reasoning not only of those who voted for us, but also of the majority of Italians.
Our statements, even though they haven’t won the day, have anyway allowed the citizens to understand what has really been in discussion, so that they could form their own opinions about the facts and about the laws. Italia dei Valori is against messy dealing, and this is why it is paying the price of marginalisation from the politics and from the power games. Some see this as a weakness, but I believe that it is our strength.
Always on the side of the citizens.