Conte III government: what is already in the broad coalition's programmes

For now, a Conte III government is a hypothesis read between the lines of the broad coalition’s tables, the alliance that brings together the PD, the Five Star Movement, Avs and Italia Viva.¹ According to Linkiesta, Conte’s allies are already staking out ground on the programme’s issues, from the citizenship income to foreign policy.¹ For Linkiesta, the risk is that Elly Schlein ends up leading a programme written by others.¹

What is really on the tables

So far there have only been conversations.¹ Several sources heard by Linkiesta say that no written texts exist.¹ Conte ally Stefano Patuanelli has stated that there is agreement on the citizenship income.¹ Linkiesta denies this: the discussion on the merits of income support proposals begins today at the dedicated table, and no decision has been made.¹ According to Linkiesta, Patuanelli’s statement is not a simple communication push: it serves to take ownership of a discussion that has yet to take place, presenting as an agreement what is the demand of only one side.¹

Basic income: three different ideas

Italia Viva wants to resume and update the old inclusion income.¹ The PD is considering a more complex tool that combines income and work.¹ Giuseppe Conte, leader of the M5S, instead aims to relaunch the citizenship income.¹ Linkiesta recalls that this measure brought many votes to the Five Star Movement, but judges it ineffective in terms of employment and very costly for the State.¹ On healthcare, another dossier on the tables, la Repubblica reports a convergence between the M5S and Italia Viva to re-centralise the sector.² According to the newspaper, it stems from a long-running battle of both parties.²

Ukraine and foreign policy

For Linkiesta, the decisive test will be Ukraine, within the broader issue of Europe and its defence, that is, military and security spending.¹ A first draft, necessarily a compromise, could be addressed next Tuesday.¹ According to the newspaper, the PD would go to the vote with a platform strongly shifted to the left on social policies and with pacifist tones in foreign policy.¹ On the social front, the financial coverage must be credibly indicated; on the foreign front, compatibility with Brussels’ lines, also supported by European socialists, must be verified.¹

Why it weighs on the PD

Linkiesta describes a path now marked out by the tripartite alliance of PD, M5S and Avs, with the exception of weapons for Ukraine.¹ For the reformist forces, assuming they want to fight, the space is very narrow.¹ The PD is moving in the furrow of the unitary line proclaimed by Schlein, careful to avoid tensions with the M5S.¹ The real litmus test, for Linkiesta, will be the draft on Ukraine and defence.¹ The problem, the newspaper writes, is whether such a leftward-shifted programme will manage to convince Italians.¹

This article was written by artificial intelligence from the sources cited, without human review. Automatic newsroom by Redazia.

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Footnotes

1. Il governo Conte tre è già nei programmi del campo largo, Linkiesta.it, 2026-11-14 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹

2. Programma del campo largo: l’inedito asse M5S-Iv per tornare a centralizzare la Sanità, la Repubblica, 2026-11-14 ↩ ↩²