(see related story on Draghi govt)
League leader Mattero Salvini has
opened a new fountain of friction within Premier Mario Draghi's
ruling coalition by calling on alliance partners the 5-Star
Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD) to drop bills on
easing laws against the use of cannabis and making it easier for
migrants' children to obtain Italian citizenship.
Although the bills have not been presented by the government,
Salvini says parliament should be focusing on other issues, such
as the cost-of-living crisis.
Salvini told Affaritaliani.it that, while the League does not
want to pull its support for Draghi's government, it was worried
about the "continual provocations of the PD and the M5S.
"While Italian people have problems with salaries that are too
low and bills that are too high, the left is blocking parliament
in order to legalize drugs and give citizenship to immigrants.
"It's madness, an insult not just to the League, but also to
millions of citizens who are in difficulty".
The cannabis bill would make it possible for people to cultivate
up to four cannabis plants for personal use
The 'ius scholae' bill would enable the children of migrants
who are born in Italy or who entered the country before they are
12 and have lived and attended school here for at lest five
years to obtain citizenship.
At the moment children of migrants have to wait until they are
18 to apply for Italian citizenship, even if they were born
here.
PD bigwig Graziano Delrio told Thursday's edition of La Stampa
that he did not see what the fuss was about, as the bills were
noting to for with the government.
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