© Getty Images/Alessandra BenedettiItalian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio
Political turmoil in Italy could soon see Rome unable to continue supporting Ukraine with weapons deliveries, the country's foreign minister has warned. According to Luigi Di Maio,
this would be the case should the incumbent government not survive a no-confidence vote next week.In a phone interview with US media outlet Politico on Friday,
Di Maio said that those in Italy who want the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government are playing into the hands of the Kremlin."The Russians are right now celebrating having made another Western government fall," the minister argued.
Di Maio went on to express doubt as to whether Italy will be able to keep supplying arms to Ukraine under these circumstances, adding that "it is one of the many serious problems."
The official explained that, should the government collapse, it would still remain in power for some time in a caretaker capacity. However, in this case,
its powers would be reduced, meaning, among other things, that the government wouldn't be able to continue weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
"If the government falls on Wednesday, we won't have the power to sign any new energy contracts and this is serious because we are headed into winter," the minister added.
According to Di Maio, Italy could also end up without a 2023 budget as the document is normally passed by parliament between July and December. Should there be elections in September or October, however, it could take months before a new coalition government is formed, meaning that the budget would be postponed, the minister explained. He added that it took 100 days to form a government the last time.
On Thursday, the Five Star Movement, which is part of Prime Minister Draghi's coalition government, boycotted a no-confidence vote, with
the premier offering to resign in response. However,
Italy's President Sergio Mattarella refused to accept his resignation, with Draghi's government facing another no-confidence vote on Wednesday.
Di Maio, who had been one of the Five Star Movement's leaders but left the party last month over a row concerning arms deliveries to Ukraine, laid into his former allies, accusing them of "helping Putin's propaganda and autocracy over democracy."
The foreign minister hailed Prime Minister Draghi as one of the staunchest opponents of the Kremlin in the West, who advocated strong sanctions and the freezing of Russia's foreign reserves following the start of Russia's offensive against Ukraine in late February.
The Five Star Movement has attempted to weaken the incumbent Italian government on several occasions over the past few months already, the official claimed. He specifically mentioned the party's
opposition to an increase in Italy's defense spending to meet the NATO target, as well as a resolution in parliament against NATO and Italy's support for Ukraine.Di Maio, however, said at the same time that a lot of other political forces and labor unions in Italy understood the importance of having a fully functioning government, meaning that Draghi hopefully could stay in power after all.
Funny how they can't adapt to the new playbook
We'll see some more controlled opposition rising, as hopefully the neocons have become dispensable and deplorable themselves, their greed and bloodlust appaling even among the elites..
When the useful idiots have served their purpose, they'll be free to go as well.. straight down to Hell
And NWO AI-driven systems piloted in China and India (and lesser extent Russia, where they got cameras installed in pretty much every school and public places) can be sold and used throughout the world, since they're one of the largest chip and electronics manufacturer (they only need to sort out that little Taiwan TSMC producer problem a bit, as it is presumably in the Western hands as of yet)
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Also, maximum conflict shall ensue, so their "Messiah" selling the "No-War World-Peace" in exchange for total control & surveillance accompanied by complete loss of privacy can be accepted by virtually almost everyone (as people get sick and tired of war pretty quickly, unlike psychopaths)..
But hey, who knows, I certainly do hope that I'm wrong and that it doesn't have to go that way.. But you cannot fix stupid, can you? So what other solutions are viable besides the Vaxx IQ test and destruction of the Welfare State?! The elites seemingly haven't found any OR couldn't be bothered to look for better solutions.. Doesn't mean I support it though