On the paternity of the "citizen's income", a flagship measure of the M5S, the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, does not want to listen to reason.
"I did it, I defend it, and I'm improving it": he repeated this several times today during a visit to the "Vergini" area, near the popular Sanita' district of Naples.
To housewives busy doing the shopping, to pensioners on minimum wage, to shopkeepers who have so far not seen their business decline precisely thanks to the "yellow card"—the subject of controversy during the election campaign—he says that there is only one way to protect their income: vote for his party and the center-left coalition.
"We are the only coalition capable of defeating Giorgia Meloni, who wants to abolish basic income.", he explains before wandering among the bars and delicatessens along the street where Totò's house overlooks. A middle-aged woman pushes through the crowd, reaches the minister, bends down as if to kiss his hand, and then shouts: "Thanks to you we do the shopping."
But then there are the bills: several tell him that the costs have tripled, that they will have to close.
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The outgoing Foreign Minister also stopped at the famous Poppella pastry shop, where he ate the inevitable snowflake together with the owner and photographers and camera operators present.
"Salvini said that in the first cabinet meeting he wants to introduce differentiated autonomy to bring funding to the North. In the first cabinet meeting I want to introduce the bill-cutting decree.", explains the head of Civic Engagement speaking to journalists in an impromptu press conference before the walk through the streets of the neighborhood.
Di Maio does not spare attacks on the League leader and appeals for the need for a "useful vote," that is, not to vote for either Conte or Calenda because this would benefit the center-right. "who wants to eliminate the income." "We can't distribute the development and cohesion fund for the South, and we're talking about €5 billion for Campania alone, because the League is blocking the meeting needed for the distribution. This is money belonging to the citizens of the South, and it's shameful that the League, Berlusconi, and Meloni are blocking this process."
Di Maio also spoke about the NRRP funds this afternoon before Neapolitan industrialists. "Anyone talking about renegotiating the NRRP right now will give the impression of the usual Italy" that fails to meet deadlines, he said. He warned: "We will lose the funds." Many of them are earmarked for the South, which, however, "It's not a central issue in this election campaign. Salvini and Meloni are talking about renegotiating the Pact for Naples, establishing a ministerial headquarters in Milan, reopening the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), and differentiated regional autonomy.All things together that worry me about the South."
But on September 25th, there's more to it than that: "The future of Italy, its international alliances, and what it needs to overcome the crisis, from Europe and the international community, are at stake.". For this reason, the minister concludes, addressing the many who are thinking of abstaining ("today we are at 42%"), "it is better to vote".
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