All the hands of Draghi in the encore of Mattarella and Napolitano
Maneuvers and Mario Draghi's role in the re-election of both Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Mattarella. The chronicle of recent days and the reconstruction of the book by Chiara Geloni
Is there the decisive hand of Mario Draghi in the re-election of Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale?
It is one of the key questions that hovers in Parliament after the outcome of the election of the President of the Republic.
Traces of the role played by the Prime Minister can be found in today's news reports.
Not a secondary role but as a protagonist, as well as a candidate for the Quirinale: even if it was in fact a covered card, that is, not too explicit in the flood of names and statements in recent days by political leaders.
Also because no one had doubts about the aspirations of the former ECB president after the Economist wrote in recent weeks (not denied by Palazzo Chigi): “ Mr Draghi wants to be President” . Clearer than that.
And even in the negotiations and talks between party leaders in recent days the name of Draghi hovered as Mattarella's successor.
So much so that – according to some reconstructions – Draghi's name was on the list of the secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, but then disappeared when that list was discussed by the leaders of the Democratic Party with the number one of the 5 Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, who certainly he would not have approved it, like the overwhelming majority of the five-star parliamentary group.
But the Draghi hypothesis falls to a certain point.
the secretary of the League, Matteo Salvini, meets the premier on Friday afternoon in a private apartment in the Roman area of Piazza Fiume, today unveils Repubblica : the leader of the League reiterates to Draghi that there are no conditions for his "transfer" to the Colle.
"I already understood it", is Draghi's answer in summary, according to the version of the journalist Claudio Tito of the daily newspaper directed by Maurizio Molinari.
In the meantime, the parties are wrapping up and basking on the names, between raids and rejections. And they turn to the premier, but not to tell him that they are running him for the Quirinale.
At that point the Prime Minister assumes the burden on Saturday of asking Mattarella to stay, according to Repubblica : “Just before lunchtime he goes up to the Hill and stops to talk with the head of state. He updates him on the situation and intentions of the parliamentary forces and formally asks him to stay. He returns to Palazzo Chigi and meets the League's minister Giorgetti. Then he calls all the leaders of the center left. And he confirms that he has received Mattarella's yes ".
"For the stability of the country and to reassure public opinion it is necessary to stay". With these words Draghi – according to Corriere della Sera – "snatched Mattarella's painful yes to the" great sacrifice "of reconfirmation and took it upon himself to communicate it to party leaders".
"The premier is satisfied because his mediation, judged belated by the leaders, was successful and brought together a majority in disarray", summarizes the newspaper RCS.
Yesterday Ansa remarked that the former president of the ECB was also the protagonist in Giorgio Napolitano's encore at the Quirinale.
“The difference between then and now is in one word: dignity. I, defeated not by numbers but by treachery, instead of surviving I resigned, went to Napolitano and told him 'I'm leaving but you stay' ", Pierluigi Bersani told the news agency, recalling the defeat of the 101 that he brought. al bis of Napolitano.
And since the story is sometimes circular, there are 2 names that, under the track, in the 2013 election, today are the protagonists, Ansa points out: "Sergio Mattarella was the first name that Bersani tried with Silvio Berlusconi to seek an understanding and Mario Draghi, then president of the ECB, it seems that even then he played a role in the encore. Chiara Geloni tells it in the book, written together with Stefano Di Traglia, "Liar days" , which traces those days: "A source in the Palazzo tells us that there were three facts that convinced Napolitano al bis: the pressures of the economic world, perhaps one phone call from Mario Draghi himself, phone calls from the Chancelleries, perhaps from the White House … "".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/tutti-gli-zampini-di-draghifran-nei-bis-di-mattarella-e-napolitano/ on Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:12:01 +0000.