In the largest Italian party "Movement of 5 Stars"-a conflict due to the issue of military assistance to Ukraine. The faction has already left the Italian Foreign Minister

In one of the largest factions of the Italian parliament-the “movement of 5 stars”-there was a split due to the question of weapons supply to Ukraine. Italian Foreign Minister, 35-year-old Luigi di Mayo, after several days of the debate with a scandal, left the party, accusing its head, 57-year-old ex-Prime Minister Giuseppe Comte, to undermine the government’s efforts to support Ukraine. The reason is the draft resolution prepared by the “movement”, in which it was required to stop supplying weapons from the government to Kyiv.

Di Mayo, one of the most convinced supporters of Vladimir Zelensky, spoke sharply against and announced the creation of his own parliamentary group. However, her prospects are still unclear. According to some estimates, more than 60 people can go to the Di Mayo group. About how the war in Ukraine led to a split in the Italian parliament is in the material of Novaya Gazeta. Europe".

“Faced with the atrocities that Putin committed, we could not show uncertainty. We needed to choose which side we were on: on the side of Ukraine, which is attacked, or on the side of Russia-aggressor. With those who protect democracy, or with those who blackmail us at the cost of gas, ”Dee Majo began his speech on the evening of June 21.

The positions of some party leaders risked weakening Italy, said Di Mayo. “Today there is a painful choice, I never thought that I would have to make it. Today I and many members of the “Movement” are leaving the party, which from tomorrow will no longer be leading political force in the country, ”he said.

“The movement of 5 stars” (D5Z) - the second largest party in the Chamber of Deputies (105 out of 630, is second only to the “League”, which has 132 places) and the largest group in the Senate (72 out of 315). According to Di Mayo, he, having left the faction, will form a new parliamentary group supporting the government of Prime Minister Mario Draga. However, who exactly will enter the new group and how real the prospects for its creation are - remains incomprehensible.

Di Mayo did not bring specific names of parliamentarians who expressed a desire to go to a new coalition, and did not even call them numbers. However,

As Italian media write , 51 deputy and 11 senators are ready to follow the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.

According to Corriere Della Sera, in the coming days this figure will grow. Thus, the largest parliamentary group can lose more than a quarter of its supporters.

Previously, the Mayo party will be called "Together for the Future."

According to La Repubblica, the new group will probably be as loyal to the executive branch, "a kind of buffer to protect the government." When the group is finally formed, D5z will cease to be the largest force in parliament and will give this place to the right -wing party of the League of the North Matteo Salvini. The collapse of the “movement”, which was halved in comparison with 333 places in the parliament received during the 2018 elections, will lead to the balance of power in the legislative branch, Corriere Della Sera believes .

" Merged " resolution

Intra-party disputes arose due to the draft resolution of the Senate of the Republic in the war in Ukraine. The document prepared by D5Z, from the government demanded that they take the obligation not to send weapons to Kyiv anymore. Supply of weapons, the text says, "would put a serious threat to the de -escalation of the conflict."

“The conflict in Ukraine has been going on for more than 100 days and has more and more acquires the line of war for exhaustion, noted by the non -compliance of international humanitarian law,” the document said.

The “draft” of the resolution was in the open spaces of the Italian media last weekend, and immediately after that an open confrontation began between the party members. Di Mao, one of the most convinced supporters of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky among European politicians, the former political leader D5Z and the opponent of Comte, spoke out the tougher. According to him, the draft resolution, if adopted, will lead Italy from NATO and the EU, which can jeopardize the country's security.

Contain himself did not answer the charges of the Foreign Minister. However, the vice president of D5z Michele Michele called the words of Di Mao “unacceptable mud” and “point of no return”. “The minister comes up with a lie regarding the line of his party, and then criticizes the line that he himself invented,” he said.

In March, in fact, all members of the "movement" approved a law allowing the supply of weapons to Ukraine until December. Since then, however, some of the D5Z insist on the need to “de -escalation” of the conflict, claiming that this can be done by stopping the sending of weapons. Around this issue there were deep disagreements inside the “movement” and, accordingly, among the majority in parliament. In particular, Conte has always been against the supply of weapons, repeatedly repeating that the D5Z will no longer support such initiatives and will call for the diplomatic settlement of the conflict.

The tension between Di Mao, party leadership and Giuseppe Conte is not the first to arise. In particular, Di Mao sharply criticized Conte for the results of recent municipal elections, which turned out to be very negative for the party. Also, as Italian media write , the conflict often had a personal component. La Repubblica notes that recently, “mutual intolerance” has been noticeable between Di Majo and Conte.

"We intend to support Ukraine"

As a result, on June 21, after a 11-hour meeting and violent disputes, the Italian Senate adopted the final resolution in Ukraine, in the text of which there was no call to Comte not to supply weapons. 219 “For”, 20 “Against”, 22 abstained.

The document agreed by parliamentarians notes that Italy will guarantee “support and solidarity to the Ukrainian people and institutions” as part of the EU and NATO actions, “aimed at achieving the main goal of the ceasefire and the world”.

Italy undertakes to ensure the “wide part of the parliament in matters regarding the war in Ukraine and the support measures of the Ukrainian people, and will continue to demand the“ immediate termination of military operations and the withdrawal of all the armed forces that illegally occupy the territory of Ukraine. ” Italy will also support an application for Ukraine’s membership in the EU, the resolution notes.

“Italian strategy is moving in two directions: we support Ukraine and sanctions against Russia so that Moscow agrees to sit down at the Mira table.

I saw the determination of Ukrainians. We intend to support Ukraine, ”said Prime Minister Mario Draga in the Senate.

The resolution of the Italian parliament, as RAI notes , strengthens the prime minister’s position on the eve of the EU Council on June 23 and 24, at which the heads of European states and governments will decide on the status of Ukraine as a candidate country in the EU. Previously, Dragon, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Sholz and Romania President Klaus Johannis arrived in Ukraine, met with Vladimir Zelensky, and visited the city of Irpen in the Kyiv region. At the meeting, the leaders supported Ukraine in her desire in the EU.

The European Commission this week has already recommended that Ukraine have the status of a candidate for the European Union. The recognition of Ukraine to the Candidate in the EU requires unanimous approval of 27 heads of states and governments in the European Council. Officials and diplomats declared Politico that at least three countries opposed. According to Bloomberg, among them - Denmark and the Netherlands.