Recent agreement btw EU finance ministers explained very well below

Short of the meeting countersigning Coronabonds right on the spot, any agreement would have fallen foul of League's ability to assign totemic value to institutions/decisions few understand. https://twitter.com/Erik_Jones_SAIS/status/1249025434974552072

The truce with govt had to end, more or less regardless of content of agreement.

Same can be said of their opponents. The PD has little choice right now but to remain "more Contian than Conte" & talk up whatever aspects of the agreement they can frame as a step forward.

I have summarised how parties are positioning themselves in this thread: https://twitter.com/DrAlbertazziUK/status/1248575900142252032?s=19