I would not want to dampen the enthusiasm of the opposition for the possible collapse of the majority and therefore for the early end of the government. In the unfortunate slip-up on the vote of an amendment to the electoral reform being voted on in the Chamber, there was really little political about it; the thirty hawk shooters who, protected by the secret ballot, sank the amendment, proposed by the majority and supported by the government, which partially reintroduced preferences, were driven by personal reasons related to safeguarding their jobs.
It is complicated to explain but simple to summarize: those who thought the new rules could jeopardize their re-election stood in the way, ignoring party orders. They made a big mess, certainly, but to secure another five years at twelve thousand euros a month plus benefits, one does this and more.
More than the “freedom of voters to choose candidates,” it was the fear of not being able to pay the mortgage, the terrible fear of having to actually go to work if one can find a job. I bet that once the most immediate danger has passed, everything will go smoothly again, especially because these gentlemen and ladies have another noble goal to achieve: to carry on the legislature at least until next March, when according to the regulations they will all gain the right to a pension, which is no longer as lavish as in the old days but is still a tasty lifetime benefit (in this, they will be secretly supported by opposition colleagues who have the same problem).
If the government made one mistake, it was not taking into account that parliamentary dynamics, especially at the end of a legislature, follow logics that are not always noble and are almost exclusively about personal interests, calculations that escape purely political accounting. Imagine the locker room of a football team at the end of the season: some are sure of reconfirmation, some know they will have to pack their bags, some feel uncertain. You can try to claim that wearing the same jersey means everyone rows in the same direction with the same conviction. The wise man said: “No matter how wrong it is, when it suits you, you consider it right.”
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