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Tensions within the Majority never faded: D&L and PRL against UOD

Two liberal parties accuse the Hosian Democratics of being a "Trojan horse" in the coalition. The government's stability appears increasingly dependent on the personal mediation of the Minister Secretary of State Giunio

From left to right: Angelino Parenti (PRL Secretary), Pierfrancesco Todi (D&L President of the National Direction), Valeriano Giunio (Minister Secretary of State and PNL National Secretary) and Daniela Giannelli (UOD Political Secretary)

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March 5661

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ROMULA - The third Giunio government is once again showing signs of internal tension, following an apparent easing of tension among the coalition parties. The difficult negotiations that accompanied the approval of the collective bargaining law, while revealing profound differences, were followed by a series of adjustments to the Defense Program and, above all, the approval of the new Privatization Program, which had raised hopes of a return to cohesion and more stable collaboration between the governing partners.

Now, however, tensions have reignited for a new reason. Buoyed by its recent political success, the UOD has reportedly begun pressuring Giunio to submit to the State Council the proposal for a "solidarity capital tax" aimed to redistribution, to finance social interventions and cover the costs of collective bargaining reform. At the same time, UOD leaders have publicly declared their intention to work toward the establishment of a National Labor Council, a permanent consultative body between the government, unions, and the workforce, with a proactive and, according to some, potentially binding role.

D&L and PRL are now reacting vehemently, accusing the UOD of "reneging on commitments and promises" and of attempting to undermine the majority's political and economic balance, attempting to impose a “state-centric and trade unionist” vision on the entire economic-institutional system, “taking advantage of the government’s numerical weakness to rewrite the balance between public and private”. High-level PRL source declared that "The UOD is acting like a Trojan horse within the coalition" while similar tones are being heard within the D&L ranks, where there is open talk of a majority now divided along two irreconcilable ideological lines.

The widespread impression now is that the UOD has found a way to pay the price for past tensions, especially the pressure it endured in the previous legislatures. Yet, in this seemingly unstable scenario, Valeriano Giunio has once again managed, with his usual political acumen, to transform the conflict dynamic into a tactical weapon: by maintaining an equidistant position and without ever openly disavowing either the UOD or the liberal parties, he has prevented the growing polarization from spilling directly over onto the National Liberal Party, which thus continues to represent the linchpin of parliamentary equilibrium.

According to many observers, the only figure still holding the executive's political structure together is Valeriano Giunio himself. It is to him, to his mediation and leadership skills, that the country is looking to determine whether the third government will truly survive the end of the legislature or whether, instead, the ground is already being prepared for a new and unpredictable political reshuffle.