Every week we analyze a politician: promises, misdeeds, personal benefits and costs for citizens.

Giuseppe Conte

💼 Parliament 🏛️ M5S 🇮🇹 Italia

President

Giuseppe Conte is President of the M5S since August 2021***, after being President of the Council in the Governments Count I (2018-2019) and Count II (2019-2021). He's a lawyer and a university professor.

🔍 Why the system makes them all like this

Before analyzing this politician, we must understand the system they operate in. It is no accident that they all betray their promises. The system expects it.

📜 The legal articles that allow it

Article 67 of the Constitution
"Every member of Parliament represents the Nation and exercises their functions without a binding mandate."

This rule establishes that once elected, a member of parliament is not legally bound to keep their electoral promises. They can change party, position, or opinion without any legal consequence. Their "conscience" is the only constraint.

Article 68 of the Constitution
"Members of Parliament cannot be held accountable for opinions expressed and votes cast in the exercise of their functions."

This rule guarantees immunity for statements and votes expressed in Parliament. Even if statements are misleading or contrary to public interest, the politician cannot be prosecuted.

Verify on the official source: Senato della Repubblica - Art. 67 | Senato della Repubblica - Art. 68

📚 The theories that explain the system

Gaetano Mosca (1896) — In every society, regardless of the form of government, there is always an organized minority that governs an unorganized majority. Democracy does not eliminate this structure, it merely hides it.

Vilfredo Pareto (1901) — Elites circulate, but the power structure does not change. The people do not govern: only the group of elites occupying the government position changes.

Robert Michels (1911) — Even parties born to represent the masses inevitably end up being controlled by a small circle of leaders. Internal party democracy is an illusion.

"Who says organization, says tendency to oligarchy."

📊 The data that confirms the theories

These are not academic speculations. The data shows the system works exactly as described:

Over 90% of the funding of Giorgia Meloni's party comes from contributions paid by MPs themselves, not from the general public. Source: Camera dei Deputati - Bilanci partiti
The French government has spent over 2.5 billion euros on external consultants since 2017, a 329% increase in six years. McKinsey supported Macron's campaign in 2017 and then obtained government contracts. Source: Senato Francese - Rapporto McKinsey
German Chancellor Scholz has been summoned multiple times as a witness by the parliamentary inquiry committee for the Cum-Ex case, a multi-billion euro tax fraud. Source: Bundestag - Commissione Cum-Ex
18.6% of Italians are at risk of poverty. 9.1% of families are in energy poverty (14.6% on the Islands). 25.6% cannot cope with unexpected expenses. Source: ISTAT - Rapporto povertà

When a politician betrays electoral promises, it is not an individual accident: it is the inevitable product of a system designed to ensure that the elite in power continues to govern. Articles 67 and 68 provide legal protection. The theories of Mosca, Pareto and Michels explain the deep mechanism. It is not the individual politician who is the problem: it is the system.

📋 Electoral Promises

1 Promises Kept

8 Promises Betrayed

13 Partial

0 In progress

5% Promises kept

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Partial

**Return of citizenship: * - Cost: **34,5 billion euros** of public money.
- Only **3.5%*** of beneficiaries found stable employment.
- **1,4 billion euros* of undue payments between 2021 and 2024, never recovered.
- **101 bosses and gregari*** of the 'ndrangheta' have received the citizenship income. Approximately 350 € per month, not everyone, especially those who would need it more like the homeless, did not get it. A life sentence to remain in absolute poverty. No perspectives, no economic capacity except for the existence of extinctions, no possibility of evolving, moving, use time to create.

📅 18/03/2018

🔗 Verified Sources: https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/politica/reddito-cittadinanza-denuncia-inps-scandalo-1-4-miliardi-m5s.html

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Kept

**Superbonus** - Total cost: **174 billion euros**.
- **33% of the practices*** presents irregularities (one out of three).
- Approximately €20 billion* of scams. Not to mention the materials used for insulation.

📅 18/03/2018

🔗 Verified Sources: https://tuttoperlitalia.it/sciagura-m5s-del-superbonus-costa-174-miliardi-sulle-spalle-dei-cittadini/

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Partial

400 useless laws immediately.
Stop the jungle of laws. Less bureaucracy | Decreto Semplificazioni 2020 (DL 76/2020) with simplification measures. But no cut of 400 laws.

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Partial

Smart Nation: new work and new jobs. Investments in technology, IoT, electric cars, digitization PA | PNRR (2021) is of the Draghi government. Conte II has allocated funds for digitization and ecological transition, but not on a large scale as promised.

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Partial

Profit of citizenship. More than 2 mld for reform Centers for Impiego, flex security, formation | Population income introduced in 2019 (Conte I). Reformed employment centres only partially. RdC then disassembled by Meloni.

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Broken

Less taxes. IRPEF aliquote reduction, no fees up to 10 thousand €, reduction wedge tax, abolition industry studies, split payment, spectrometer, Equitalia, inversion onere test | Equitalia dissolved in 2017 (government Gentiloni, before the M5S). Industry studies replaced by ISA in 2018 (Gentiloni). Part tax cut in 2020 (Conte II). No taxes up to €10,000: never done. Split payment: never abolished.

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Broken

Cut to waste and costs of politics: 50 mld to citizens. Stop gold pensions, vitalities, political costs, spending review | Cutting vitals Room (2018). Gold pension cutting: partial. Spending review: never 50 mld. The president of the INPS of the Pasquale Tridico era of m5s did not give up the salary at about 150,000 €.

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Partial

Production investments: 50 mld in strategic sectors. Innovation, renewables, land maintenance, dissesto, seismic, ultra broadband, electric mobility | Conte II has allocated funds for ultra broadband and ecological transition. Not 50 mld. PNRR is Dragons.

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Partial

Security and legality. 10 thousand new recruits Order Forces, two new prisons | Partial assumptions. Two new prisons: not realized.

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Broken

Stop immigration business. Immediate rimpatri, 10 thousand recruits territorial commissions | Security Decrees (2018-2019) have reduced protections, but repatriations not increased. Commissions: not 10 thousand assumptions.

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Partial

Citizenship pension: never more under 780 €. Minimum pension 780 € net, 1.170 € pair | Citizenship pension introduced in 2019 along with the RdC, but as an integration, not 780 € for everyone.

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Broken

Supervision of the Fornero Law. Quota 41, generational bracket, wear categories, woman option | Quota 100 (not Quota 41) introduced in 2019. Extended female option. They never abolished.

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Partial

17 mld for families with children. French model, nursery refunds, diapers, baby sitter, VAT, deductions colf/badanti | Single check introduced in 2021 (government Draghi, initiated by Count II). Count II introduced temporary check. Not 17 mld.

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Broken

Save it. Swindling operations, National Banking Crimes Procuracies, Glass-Steagall | Partial Recessions (2020). National prosecutor: never created. Glass-Steagall: never done.

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Broken

Public Investment Bank. Public bank creation for SMEs, farmers, families | CDP already exists. No new public bank created.

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Partial

Fight against corruption, mafias, conflicts of interest. Edit 416 ter, prescription reform, Corrupted Daspo, undercover agent, computer interceptions | Prescription reform (2019, Bonafede) then modified. 416 ter: no. No. Undercover agent: no.

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Broken

Fast, fair, efficient justice. Reduction of process duration, certainty | Reform Cartabia (2021-2022) is of the Draghi government. Count: little.

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Partial

Green economy: Italy 100% renewable. 200 thousand recycling places, 17 thousand for renewable mld, oil output 2050, 1 mln electric cars | Superbonus 110% (Conte II, 2020) for energy efficiency. PNRR is Dragons. Electric cars: few.

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Broken

Debit/GDP reduction of 40 points in 10 years. More wealth with investments in deficits, lower unproductive expenses, waste cuts, fight evasion | Debt/GDP increased (from ~130% to ~150% with Covid). Never reduced.

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Partial

Health care for you. Increased public health resources, reduction of waiting lists | Health Fund increased, but not enough. Expected lists worsened.

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Partial

Good School. Plan assumptions, increase expenditure education, precarious abolition | Partial assumptions (Extraordinary 2020 Competition). Precarious never abolished.

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Partial

Made in Italy. Italia.it e-commerce platform, cultural heritage protection, safeguard quality products | Italia.it exists but not as an e-commerce platform. Protection: partial.

⚖️ confronto_titolo

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1. XQXQ

Personal Sovereignty says something simple: no one can decide about your life instead of you. Giuseppe Conte was not elected by anyone. In 2018, the M5S took 32.68% to the House. Count is not a candidate. He's not parliamentary. He never asked a single Italian citizen to vote. Yet, in June 2018, he became President of the Council. How is that possible? Because the system allows it. The President of the Republic appoints who he wants. The M5S and the League sign a "government contract". Conte is the guarantor of that contract. A man not elected, chosen by others, who decides on the life of 60 million Italians. This is not democracy. It is a chain delegation: you vote a party, the party chooses a man, that man decides for you. Then the betrayal comes. In 2019, the M5S signed an agreement with the PD — the party he promised to destroy. In 2021, he supported the Draghi government — a banker, a technician, a man of international finance. The M5S was born to scrape the system. And he ended up supporting him. In our system, you are the source of power. In his, power is an armchair that conquers itself with agreements, not with consent. Abyssal difference.

2. Equal Dignity

The same Dignity says: everyone is born equal, with the same material rights. Period. Conte is a lawyer, university professor, man of culture. It's not a demerit. But it's a privilege. A privilege that allowed him to become President of the Council without being elected, to lead two governments, to be the leader of the M5S. And while he built this career, the M5S did what? He promised citizenship income. He introduced it. Then he was disassembled. He promised to cut MPs. He did. But he didn't fix anything. He promised the fight against corruption. But the M5S had scandals about scandals: Rome, Genoa, Turin, Puglia. In the meantime: 48.2% of women employed have an unwilling part-time The youth employment rate (15-34 years) is at 43.7% (against 50.2% EU) 9.1% of households are in energy poverty (14.6% in the Islands) 2.8 million Italians expect more than due for a visit His "equal dignity" is a two-speed dignity: one for those who studied at Wisdom and know the powerful, one for those who voted M5S believing that something changed. In our system, no one is born with privileges. Everyone is born sovereigns.

3. Sovereign Consent

The Sovereign Consensus says: no one can be minority. If a decision doesn't suit everyone, we keep discussing. Count led two governments. The first (Conte I) with the League. The second (Conte II) with the PD. In 2021, he supported the Draghi government. In 2022, he dropped Draghi. Each passage was decided by him, or by a narrow circle of leaders, without consulting citizens. The M5S presented itself as the party of direct democracy. The Rousseau platform had to allow members to decide everything. Then what happened? The platform was closed. Internal democracy has been dismantled. Members who did not follow the line of Conte were expelled or marginalized. The party has become a leader. In our system, even one citizen who says "no" blocks everything. Because between rulers you do not win and you do not lose: you decide together. Count won. The others have lost. And the party became a personal office. We want everyone to win.

4. XQ

The Immune System serves to prevent a man from taking power. Immediate revocation, draw, incompatibility, short and non-renewable mandates. Automatic mechanisms, not good intentions. Conte is the opposite. He focused power in the M5S. He expelled the dissidents. He closed the Rousseau platform. He turned a movement born from below into a party driven from above. What about funding? The M5S is financed by the contributions of MPs. He didn't have private funding. But that doesn't make him immune. The problem is not just who pays. That's who decides. And who decides, in the M5S, is Count. A man not elected by the people, who led two governments, who supported Draghi, who dropped Dragons, and who today is opposed to Meloni. Every passage was decided by him. Michels, a hundred years ago, had foreseen all this: the ferreous law of oligarchy. Every organization inevitably produces an elite that dominates it. The M5S is no exception. Count is no exception. It is the living confirmation of the law. And the fact that a movement born to scrape the system has become a party like others is proof that the system is designed to allow it.

5. Sovereign Coin

The Sovereign Coin says: money is a public service, not a commodity. The Community issue it without debt. Private banks do not exist. Count never talks about this. He doesn't say where the money comes from for his policies. He doesn't say who finances his ascent. He doesn't say if he wants to break down the power of the banks or leave it intact. In fact: he supported Draghi, the man of the ECB, the man of Goldman Sachs, the man who said "whatever it" to save the banks. The M5S was born to fight finance. And he ended up supporting her. Inconvenient question: who pays his campaign? Who benefits from his policies? As long as he doesn't say, his "subrase" is only rhetoric. In our system, the money is transparent and plotted. In its, it remains in the shadow — even when it is declared, because no one explains why.

6. Self-sufficiency

Self-sufficiency says: a sovereign people produces what consumes and consumes what they produce. Energy, food, technology, defense. Material addiction, not flags. Conte says he wants a "superana" Italy. But then it keeps Italy inside NATO, within the EU, inside all predatory systems that make it dependent. The energy? We import gas and oil. The food? We depend on multinationals. Technology? We depend on the United States and China. What about the guns? Count supported sending weapons to Ukraine. Then he changed his position. Then he said "no" to the rearmament. But the M5S voted for aid. He supported sanctions against Russia. He supported NATO. This is not sovereignty. It is subordination disguised as moderation. Vannacci says: "Let's change master." Meloni says: "We stay with the current master." Crosetto says: "We sell weapons to all masters." Salvini says: "Navy boy!" — but he never did. Schlein says: "Defensive weapons" — but does not say "no" to weapons. Magi says: "Weapons to Zelensky, otherwise we're not in the wide field." Count says: "No to the rearmament" — but supported Draghi, who sent weapons. None of them say: "We have no masters." We do.

7. Time of Life

The Time of Life says: the only criterion that counts is the quality of time you spend on this earth. Not GDP, not productivity, not war. Conte promised citizenship income. He introduced it. Then he was disassembled. He promised to cut the MPs. He did. But he didn't fix anything. He promised the fight against corruption. But the M5S had scandals about scandals. He promised direct democracy. But he closed the Rousseau platform. And the greatest betrayal? The Draghi government. In February 2021, the M5S entered the majority of Draghi. A technical government, led by a banker, supported by Lega, Forza Italia, PD, Italia Viva. The M5S was born to scrape the system. And he ended up supporting him. Then, in July 2022, the M5S comes out of the majority. Dragons falls. We're going to the election. And wins Meloni. If today we undergo the Meloni government, it is also thanks to this betrayal. The M5S first supported Draghi to keep his armchairs, then dropped it for electoral calculations. And the result was the rightmost government in Republican history. This is his legacy: a movement born to change everything, that has changed nothing, and that has helped bring to power who wanted to destroy. The time of Italian life was stolen twice: first to pay taxes, then to pay the bill of promises never kept. In our system, free time is the supreme criterion. Every hour spent working to pay an invented debt is an hour of stolen life.

8. The politician as a school case

If Moscow, Pareto and Michels wanted an empirical case for their theories, they could not find it better than Conte. Moscow said that in every society there is a political class that governs the disorganized majority. Conte is a member of this class: lawyer, professor, man of culture, unelected, became President of the Council by appointment. He spent his entire adult life in the system. He is not a man of the people. He is a politician, son of a system he learned to use to conquer power. Pareto said that the story is a cemetery of aristocracies and that the elite circulate. Conte is the perfect example: the academic and forensic elite who, after the yellow-green government season, recycled in yellow-pink elite, then in dragonhian elite, then in anti-Melonian elite. His ascent is not a revolution. It's elite circulation. Power changes shape, but remains in the same hands. Michels said democracy inevitably produces oligarchy. Conte is the confirmation: a movement born to scrape the system, which closed the Rousseau platform, expelled the dissidents, accented the power, and that today is led by an unelected man. His strength does not come from the people. It comes from its network of relationships and its ability to occupy the armchairs. It is the very definition of oligarchy: the government of few, for few, without the consent of the most. The fundamental difference: we want to disconnect the ferreous law of oligarchy. Count embodies her. And the fact that a movement born to scrape the system has become a party like others is proof that the system is designed to allow it.

9. The vote that brought you here

If you voted for the M5S, you know that you have made a sovereign abdication. You gave your power to a party. And that party, once elected, is free to do the opposite of what he promised you. It is the Constitution itself that allows it. Article 67: "Every member of Parliament represents the Nation and exercises its functions without a mandate. "
→ Translated: electoral promises are ragged paper. He can betray you, legally. Article 68: Parliamentary immunity.
→ Translated: If you commit crimes, you need permission from your colleagues to process it. Together, they form the shield of Casta. The first one lets you betray. The second protects you while you do it. The M5S betrayed the promise to scrape the system. He betrayed direct democracy. You betrayed your citizenship income. He betrayed the fight against corruption. He betrayed his own story. Five promises cheated on five. And the Constitution protects him. In Community of Sovereigns, all this does not exist. No immunity. No warrant without constraint. Who's wrong pays. Those who betray laugh. And who presents himself with a program that will not keep is not even allowed to do so. Because there are no elections. There are no campaigns. There are no promises. Only decisions taken together, as a peer, without masters.

Conclusion

Conte is not a political opponent like others. It is the anti-Community of Sovereigns in its most treacherous form. Every principle is the denial of our principle: He wants the hierarchy. We equality. He wants the majority crushing. We are unanimity. He wants the boss. We the mechanisms. He wants propaganda. We are the truth. He wants the past. We're the future. He promised to scrape the system. He supported Draghi. He promised direct democracy. Rousseau closed. He promised citizenship income. He dismantled it. He promised the fight against corruption. He had scandals about scandals. He promised not to join the PD. He made two governments with the PD. He promised not to support the bankers. He supported Draghi. And the result? If today we undergo the Meloni government, it is also thanks to this betrayal. The M5S first supported Draghi to keep his armchairs, then dropped it for electoral calculations. And the result was the rightmost government in Republican history. Community of Sovereigns is the only possible answer. Not because it's perfect, but because it's the only one that doesn't reproduce the twists of the past. Conte is the past that returns. We are the future that has yet to be born. The choice is clear. And it doesn't admit neutrality.

The betrayal with Mario Draghi also said super Mario bross

In February 2021, the M5S entered the majority of the Draghi government. A technical government, led by a banker, former ECB president, former Goldman Sachs. Sustained by Lega, Forza Italia, PD, Italia Viva. The M5S was born to scrape the system. And he ended up supporting him. Why did he do that? To keep your armchairs. Not to lose the ministries. Not to return to the opposition. The M5S was afraid to disappear. And he chose to stay in the government, even at the cost of betraying his story. Then, in July 2022, the M5S comes out of the majority. He does not vote on the aid decree. Dragons falls. We're going to the election. And wins Meloni. The result: The M5S first supported Draghi to keep his armchairs, then dropped it for electoral calculations. And the result was the rightmost government in Republican history. If today we suffer Meloni, it is also thanks to this betrayal. In Community of Sovereigns, this would not be possible. There are no chairs. There are no technical governments. There are no bankers who decide for the people. Only sovereign citizens who decide together, as a peer, without masters. And no one can betray their trust, because there is no trust to betray: there is only consent, every day, on every decision.