Only a very short note, indeed, I will be generous, two (to be included in the "How it works" category).
First: I believe it is clear to you, and even more so after careful deliberation of the reading recommended yesterday , that the MEF has gone straight on its way and that even if we had been in government position, given the reports of strength, we would not have been able to avoid the request for access to the ESM (which at this point has been outlined as something already decided for some time), just as we had not been able to avoid the prior political consent to the modification (then not completed) of the Treaty. Two pieces of an overall strategy, pursued for over a decade by our German brothers, with the convinced support of some Italians, to bring Italy "on schedule", as they say. But the political responsibility for this choice is not ours, because we are the precise choice of the opposition: the responsibility lies with the 5 stars, who will have to manage it. The PD does not even name it, so you know …
Secondly, I think it is also clear that without this opposition there would not have been a debate. As on other occasions (think of the Banking Union, that is, the bail in), the country would have tied its hands without any of you having a slight chance to appreciate what was happening. Instead the debate has taken place, we have seen the rumors in favor (Bufacchi, Caprarica, Sabatini, …), we have seen the contrary ones (Fitoussi, Giavazzi, Mangia, etc.), they are all registered, and I would say that we can pass in addition, in respect of all opinions, even those of those who do not respect the facts, or perhaps simply do not have the cultural and professional tools to ascertain them.
But opinions are sacred, all …
So let's record them all, and for now let's close the debate. We will reopen it, however, when it becomes clear who was right and who was wrong. At that point, obviously, it will finally be possible, and in some ways it will also be necessary, to draw conclusions. But it will have been possible only because this opposition has opposed. I know for many of you this is not "something". But in fact, this is your opinion …
(… needless to say, I know how it will end: but I don't want to spoil the surprise, nor seem overly opinionated, to those who don't know me. To those who know me, I say that I don't see reasons why it doesn't end like all the others the other times …)
This is a machine translation of a post (in Italian) written by Alberto Bagnai and published on Goofynomics at the URL https://goofynomics.blogspot.com/2020/05/rapidissimo-commento-sul-mes.html on Tue, 12 May 2020 13:26:00 +0000. Some rights reserved under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
