The date for the meeting with the government has not been set yet. But with Giorgia Meloni still in Japan, the countdown remains on hold at least until Thursday. The issue seems to be no longer under discussion. The problem lies in the “betrayed farmers” and Calvani himself, who was already the leader of the Forconi movement in 2013.
He has vehemently attacked Coldiretti and the government during these weeks of protest. In any case, Rai clarified yesterday that “there is no contact between the Festival organization and any of the farmers’ associations.” The idea that inspired the maneuver is to support lower incomes. However, the only certainty from the ministry is that the situation “will not return to the way it was before 2024.”
This is also what an amendment signed by the League’s group leader in the Chamber, Riccardo Molinari, is requesting. It is true that the proposal was made before the tractors started. Among the “villains,” the premier’s party certainly points to Gianmarco Centinaio, the former Minister of Agriculture, who, after participating in a farmers’ protest in Melegnano, announced on Un giorno da Pecora: “If they want, I will welcome them in the Senate. I have even proposed it to them and I am awaiting their response.”
Fabio Rampelli, the vice president of the Chamber for FdI, is calm: “The protests do not scare us because the government has the credibility to address all the thorny issues on the table, and it is amusing to see the opposition interpreting the tractor protests as anti-governmental.”