There is an opposition. Its name is Matteo Renzi.
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Facts, not rhetoric. Why the former prime minister is the only one putting the government in difficulty.
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Matteo Renzi doesn't have parties with 20 percent support, he doesn't have massive crowds in the streets, he doesn't have guaranteed talk shows every night. But he does have one thing that almost all the opposition lacks: he's involved in politics. He's the only one who, with systematicity and determination, builds an opposition not on emotions, moralism, or slogans, but on an agenda. And he knows how to choose the issues that really matter. For weeks, he's been hammering away at the economy: growth, attracting investment, corporate income tax incentives, civil justice, public administration. Boring issues? No. Real issues. The same ones that, when addressed with surgical precision, can send even the most capable ministers into crisis in the Meloni government, including its most capable ministers. When Renzi talks about businesses, numbers, and reforms, the government struggles to respond. And when they try, they miss the mark.
There's a symbolic scene that explains it all: while Meloni basks in her polls and Schlein clings to his symbolic battles, Renzi manages to earn a page in the newspaper by putting his finger on one of the government's few truly important reforms, the fiscal one, denouncing its delay and fragility . A fearless minority putting its finger where it hurts. An exercise in being a true minority, not a testimonial. Renzi isn't trying to pander to the moods of the radical left, he doesn't chase populism, he doesn't wink too much at social media. He wants to return to speaking to a serious, productive, ambitious Italy, so to speak. And while others are content to survive or earn forgiveness, he tries to push forward. With malice, of course, but also with something the rest of the opposition lacks: the quality of his message. In an Italy anesthetized by a muted opposition and a government that falters when criticism weighs heavily, Renzi remains the only one who can get on the nerves of those in power. Not by shouting, but by arguing. Not by preaching morals, but by knowing his stuff. And perhaps that's why, even when he doesn't get votes, he gains traction. He's engaging in politics, in the fullest sense of the word. We wish we had that.
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