What happens in italian politics / 5

The refrain is: fiscal federalism should be put of, because it may frighten the government securities market and because the recession calls for prudence about the budget; also Lega Nord (Roberto Maroni) is aware that “the austerity in economic politics helped Italy not to fall into chasm”. Thus strategy is to be unchanged, with Giulio Tremonti as the pivot. And as they say in the Pdl: “Austerity cannot not to be extended also to fiscal federalism”. No one says it on the record – in fact everyone says the opposite – but it is evident to Tremonti, to Silvio Berlusconi and even to Umberto Bossi. “And if it's not, it's Tremonti's business. He has to explain it to Lega Nord”, says a minister that belongs to the former Forza Italia.