A manoeuvre for men only

The Budget Bill seems like a rugby match. The rapporteurs? All men, and for the League, only die-hard Salvini loyalists. The case concerns Silvana Comaroli, a Giorgetti supporter, close to Massimo Garavaglia – the most noble of men – so much so that she signed in support of his candidacy at the Congress. Her name was the one everyone was expecting, but Salvini needs a watchdog, just as Durigon needs money for his ‘Quota 64’ scheme (the decree is still missing. FdI and Giorgetti have no intention of issuing it, and there’s quite a row brewing within the League. Last year’s controversy is repeating itself: Durigon & Salvini versus Giorgetti).

Alberto Gusmeroli will take Comaroli’s place, except that ‘Gusme’ is chair of the Productive Activities Committee. What to do? In journalistic jargon, a temporary substitution is made: Gusmeroli becomes the rapporteur for the matter at hand. He steps in on the Budget Committee, and then returns to the Productive Activities Committee. A suggestion for women? Playfully tease your male colleagues by using the masculine article: from today, refer to it as the "budget manoeuvre" and present the rapporteurs with a crochet hook.