Def, the majority rejects the budget deviation in the Chamber: there are no votes. Pd and M5S abstained, Avs and Third Pole against. The opposition applauds

ROME. The Chamber of Deputies rejects the majority resolution on the budget variance. An absolute majority of the members of the Assembly was needed, which was not achieved: the text was rejected with 195 yes, 105 abstentions and 19 no.

The outcome of the vote was proclaimed by the vice president Fabio Rampelli but initially no one had understood that the rejection of that resolution, for which a qualified majority is required, would make it impossible to vote on the resolutions on the Def. After almost a minute of uncertainty, the applause of the opposition started. To be approved, the resolution on the budget slippage in the House had to pass with at least 201 votes in favor, a goal that the majority missed by six votes. The deputies of the majority voted in favour, those of the Pd and M5S abstained, while those of Avs and the Third Pole voted against. After a few seconds of uncertainty, the opposition burst into applause. The session is now suspended: the non-approval of the resolution on the budget variance does not in fact allow the resolutions on the Def.

“It never happened, never. The offices are checking but, from a political and procedural point of view, it is plausible that they will have to rewrite the Def», says Verdi-Si deputy Nicola Fratoianni, speaking to journalists in the Chamber.

After the rejection, the president Lorenzo Fontana convened the Conference of group leaders of the Chamber to evaluate how to proceed with the work of the Chamber. “No political problem – cuts short the Economy Minister, Giancarlo Giorgetti, leaving the Chamber visibly irritated -, is that the deputies either do not know or do not realize”.