All (separate) center-right negotiations for ministers
What is said in the center-right about the formation of the next government. Paola Sacchi's note
Negotiation in the night. For once perhaps it is appropriate to bother with a classic 1980s title on trade union mega-negotiations, but also very political ones, to define the search for the "square" by the center-right until late yesterday for an agreement on the leadership of two branches of the new Parliament taking office today. And consequently for an agreement for the government team.
Rumors show that Ignazio La Russa (FdI) will be elected to the presidency of the Senate until late in the day and Riccardo Molinari (Lega) will lead the Chamber. But it is not entirely obvious that it will end like this. The election of the presidents of the two chambers is closely intertwined with the formation of the government team. And there are important knots to be solved.
The Lega, as the second majority shareholder, does not give up for the Interior Ministry (Matteo Salvini in the first place and if not, the prefect Matteo Piantedosi, former head of the Cabinet of the League leader when he was Minister of the Interior) and on the presidency of the Senate for Roberto Calderoli. The Via Bellerio party, however, underlines that for its part there are no "vetoes and foreclosures" and that "Matteo Salvini is in constant contact with his allies". So "there is growing optimism".
“No veto and no stapling”, therefore, but from Via Bellerio “the determination to find an overall agreement and up to the challenges that await Italy is confirmed”. The fact remains that the summit with the three leaders of the center-right together, scheduled for yesterday, did not take place. But we went through separate summits: on the one hand Giorgia Meloni, premier in pectore, was seen, with Silvio Berlusconi, at Villa Grande, the latter's Roman residence. With her was Ignazio La Russa.
On the other hand, Salvini, who would have seen Meloni in Montecitorio in the afternoon, prefers not to go to the top at Villa Grande. But, after having gathered the federal council of the League, he remains to “study the dossier, keeping in constant contact with the allies”, together with the deputy secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti given by full names to the Economy and Finance. Ministry of which the League says it is "honored", remembering however that it is "ready" to deal not only with Economy but also with Security, Infrastructure and Autonomy. Translated: the League is honored to have the Mef with its leading exponent, indicated by FdI, but this, given the maximum centrality of the ministry, cannot mean limiting the margins of the party and its leader for other key departments.
The Infrastructure hypothesis is also circulating for Salvini. But above all, the League does not seem to appreciate the risk of a new Draghi method on the choice of ministers over the leaders of the party to which they belong. Hence the relaunch on the Interior Ministry and the presidency of the Senate. Even if Salvini tends to emphasize that, in fact, there are no "vetoes and blockages", but maximum responsibility in "such a difficult moment for Italy".
In the meantime, however, also the negotiation between FdI and Forza Italia, after a clearing given for certain until the evening, at night it becomes uphill again. The knot on the ministry with portfolio that Berlusconi asks for the close collaborator Licia Ronzulli, outgoing deputy leader of the Italian senators, remains unresolved. The Cav returned to the Senate, after the lapse of 9 years ago, for the retroactive application of the Severino law, following the Mediaset ruling, yesterday posted on social media the photo of his recording with the sentence: "Here I am, I'm back at Senate ". While Antonio Tajani, vice-president and coordinator of Forza Italia, is always given stable to foreigners, Berlusconi would also have the options of Justice with Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, outgoing president of Palazzo Madama, or Francesco Paolo Sisto. So, negotiation in the night.
This morning the center-right, with FdI traction, is expected to make its first test of unity for the elections for the presidencies of the two branches of parliament. However, both Meloni and Salvini said they were optimistic.
In the late morning of today Calderoli gives way to La Russa for the presidency of the Senate.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/centrodestra-trattative-ministri/ on Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:05:16 +0000.