Renzi: The Spanish vote confirmed that austerity gets nowhere

Rome – The Spanish vote confirmed, after the Portuguese and the Greek ones, that austerity “gets nowhere”, and that a battle for a new Europe is needed. That’s what Matteo Renzi reiterated in his latest Enews (periodical newsletter). We need to “understand whether Europe will understand that a short-sighted, strict austerity policy get us all nowhere,” commented Renzi, anticipating that “this is what I’ll be saying in the next months. I hope I’ll get some company in this,” not for “a battle against Europe, but for Europe,” defending “Italian interests too”.

The Spanish elections, held yesterday, represent “Spain today, but it seems to me Italy as it used to be. Italy is no longer like that: we’ve cancelled any possibility of post-electoral drama. Bless the new electoral system (the so-called ‘Italicum’), really: we’re going to have clear winners. A majority able to govern the country. Stability, common sense, facts. Period.” The Spanish vote offer citizens an uncertain political situation, while “with the Italicum, let me remind you, things won’t be like that. With the new electoral law, approved thanks to our government on May 2015, there will be a clear winner.”