The dossiers that agitate the government and the role of Tajani
Weight and words by Antonio Tajani. Paola Sacchi's note
Faced with an opposition ready to emphasize the real problems of the majority at the moment, an opposition that is moreover divided, as on the Mes between Pd and Cinque Stelle or with the Third Pole (ex?) split between Matteo Renzi and Carlo Calenda as well on the attitude towards the so-called Santanchè case, it is Antonio Tajani, future president of FI, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, who strikes the blow.
The current blue coordinator, in his first great performance without Silvio Berlusconi puts his foot down and locks down the majority. “Government in trouble? Absolutely not, this government will remain in office for 5 years, don't worry". So Tajani yesterday on the sidelines of an event to reporters who asked him if the Government is in trouble on the Mes.
Also on the case of the Minister of Tourism, Daniela Santanché, whose resignation the oppositions have asked for after the broadcast of an investigation by the Rai ' Report ' programme, Tajani has decided: "Everything is in place," he said.
But the thing that most favorably struck Matteo Salvini's League in particular, who reiterated his convinced no to the Mes ("Italy is the country that is growing the most in Europe, there is no need to put yourself in the hands of foreign funds") was the position on the matter of the future president of the blue. A prestigious career all over Europe from vice president of the EU Commission, to commissioner, up to the role of president of the European Parliament, vice president of the EPP, as a pro-European in his DNA, but not new to criticism of rigor and bureaucratic policies, Tajani said a little surprisingly: on the use of the European Stability Mechanism “I was in favor before the Recovery plan arrived, but if we want to be truly pro-European, the current regulation of the Mes does not impose any controls, the European Parliament and the European Commission do not control it. The Mes has in fact the same powers that the Commission has and this is not good ”. He said this at the presentation of the "Europe in Common" project. Thing for which the Northern League economist-senator Claudio Borghi praised him with a tweet, the toughest against the Mes and not from now: "Reviewing the positions if necessary is for a statesman", he complimented Tajani. Who pronounced this sentence yesterday, the day in which Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament (in EPP share), was visiting Rome, for whose election Tajani himself was a great propitiator.
Metsola renewed the invitation to everyone in Europe to ratify the reform of the Mes on the Roman day. But between her, who met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Tajani a strong and ancient union was confirmed. Tajani, who is a pro-European in his DNA for his long and prestigious political career in Brussels, is not however the first time that he has expressed non-critical positions. “Precisely because we are Italian, we are European. And Europe after the crisis has gone from a rigorous vision – let's hope it never returns – to a vision of solidarity. The Recovery Plan is the demonstration that there is a Europe of solidarity, not a Europe of rigor alone. This is why we ask that the efforts we have to make with the Pnrr be excluded from the new stability and growth pact”, he underlined. And he added: “In the negotiations we must ensure that the Stability and Growth Pact is intelligent and allows all countries to have real stability and growth. That's why we posed problems."
With Metsola, Tajani reiterated that "we will continue to face the great challenges of our time together: from the war against Ukraine to migration policies". The president of the EP in a tweet: “It's always a pleasure to meet my friend Tajani. We will continue to work together, Italy and the European Union” Accompanied by the future Italian president to receive the Agnes award, Metsola recalled her predecessor, David Sassoli.
Paolo Barelli, group leader of FI in the Chamber: "Forza Italia is central to the balance of the center-right in Italy and in Europe". The leader of the Northern League group in the Senate Massimiliano Romeo comments: "No government falls here". With all due respect to the "widowers" who still cultivate the dream of technical governments. Removed from Meloni who has always said: "Rather, we go to the vote". Now it's a question of finding the square on the Mes. Also with the particular mediation in the field of Tajani.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/tajani-governo-meloni-mes/ on Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:15:23 +0000.