“Is someone who is black and sings Mameli’s anthem more Italian or someone who is not black and does not sing Mameli’s anthem?” And again: “Being Italian is not tied to seven generations”. These are not two sentences thrown out there at random, but the perfect synthesis of the battle that Antonio Tajani has been waging for days to change the rules on granting citizenship to foreigners. The famous ius scholae, the right to become Italian after completing an entire school cycle. But what is the leader of Forza Italia really aiming for? Yesterday, from the stage of the Rimini Meeting, he was able to see first-hand how this issue is very much felt by the moderate electorate, who did not spare him applause when he reiterated, once again, those concepts that so irritate his allies while finding a warm welcome in the center-left. The suspicion, among the rest of the majority, is that the sole purpose of this operation is strictly political: to broaden Forza Italia’s consensus to the center, addressing directly the moderate voters who cannot stand Elly Schlein and her companions but who have not voted for the right for some time.
Tajani carefully doses the stick and carrot. First comes the carrot: “We are loyal, the government can sleep soundly.” Then it’s the stick’s turn, metaphorically speaking, of course: “Just because an issue isn’t in the government program, it can’t be discussed. I don’t impose anything on anyone, but I don’t want anyone to impose anything on me, so I’m free to speak.” And indeed he does speak: “On the ius scholae, I say that we must move forward, not because I’m a dangerous laxist who wants to open the borders to dogs and pigs, but because this is the Italian reality and we must think about what Italians are today.” And then another jab: “I don’t want to talk about Africans who can then become Italian citizens because then someone gets angry.” That someone probably got angry, if shortly afterward a video of Silvio Berlusconi as a guest of Fabio Fazio appeared on the League’s official profile, in which he rejected both the ius soli and the ius scholae. “You don’t make political controversies using Berlusconi,” Tajani replies angrily. In short, tension in the center-right is high. Everyone is waiting for September, when Parliament will reopen. The Forza Italia members have already said that they will listen to anyone who thinks like them. The problem is that the only ones are in the opposing camp.
Italia Viva MP Maria Elena Boschi, in fact, directly addresses Tajani’s party: «On the ius scholae/ius culturae, Forza Italia says it wants to go all the way. Good. There is a text that has already been voted on in the Chamber and that was blocked in the Senate in 2017. It was also voted on by current members of the center-right. I deposited the text exactly as it was approved. If Forza Italia is really serious, why doesn’t it vote for it?». In short, we will have to see if words will be followed by actions. In this case, how strong will the majority be in the face of a vote that splits the majority? Also pay attention to what happens in Europe, where the Forza Italia group leader in Strasbourg, Fulvio Martusciello, intends to set up an intergroup to bring the ius scholae to every European country. Last but not least, to demonstrate how “hot” the topic is, even those who have long since disappeared from the spotlight intervene, such as Gianfranco Fini, who says he has never changed his mind: “I confirm everything I said then”. That is, yes to the ius scholae.
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2024-08-24 10:38:05
