The Italian concert against the French smargiassate
The reactions of Mattarella and Draghi to the threats of interference flashed by a French minister. Paola Sacchi's note
The speech of the head of state firm and concise: "Italy knows how to take care of itself". Mario Draghi's in the same groove. The correction from beyond the Alps by President Emmanuel Macron himself: ready to collaborate with Italy. These are all powerful signs of a halt to what Giorgia Meloni had defined as "threats of interference", after the words to the Republic of the French Minister for European Affairs Laurence Boone on the need to "watch over Italy".
Giorgia Meloni, leaving Montecitorio last night after another day of work on the dossiers and the puzzle of the government team, can only be satisfied and makes her own the words of Sergio Mattarella and Draghi: "I think that any Italian can feel represented by reporting that Italy is perfectly capable of looking after itself without interference ". He glosses: “The era of foreign interference is over”.
The center-right remains cautious. Antonio Tajani, vice president and coordinator of Forza Italia, applauds Mattarella's words, and immediately recalls the precedent of 2011: "There were heavy interference by other European governments against Italy that led to the fall of the Berlusconi government, the latest expression of a popular will. Even with the complacent silence of the left. We will make sure that never happens again ”.
The number two of the Cav, former president of the European Parliament and former EU commissioner, given on pole for the foreign ministry, but according to some rumors also for that of defense, launches a sharp halt even to the Italian left. Especially since while all the spotlights are on the full names of the future center-right government, the words of Enrico Letta to the leadership of the Democratic Party have not gone unnoticed after the defeat defined as "not catastrophic", even if the Democratic Party after almost 11 years back to the opposition.
The dem secretary has predicted that the government will not last that long and that in that case elections will be called, "no more governments of national unity". It sounded like the announcement of an ancient strategy that seemed to prevail over the true analysis of the causes of defeat and that created discontent even among the dems themselves.
The point, beyond the congress and the possible change of leadership, always seems to remain that of a lack of real analysis on problem number one: the identity of the Democratic Party. And, therefore, if the debate proceeds on this track, it risks following a strategy from the opposition rather than aimed at returning to winning with its own specific projects and visions, instead concentrated almost only on the attack of the opponents to the government. Even asking for those early elections that were always opposed when the center-right demanded them in recent years. In short, the scheme of the electoral campaign which turned out to be a loser, played on the alarm raised above all on an international level.
The center-right certainly has its problems, starting now with the puzzle of the government team, but they are problems in the context of a victory with a clear majority. And the center-right has already ruled four times with Prime Minister Berlusconi as well as being well run by the leadership of 14 out of 20 Regions. A coalition summit, announced for the next few days by the de facto Prime Minister in pectore Meloni, should score a point a turning point in the complex risk on the new executive led by FdI.
Tajani, and with him Maurizio Gasparri, asks for "equal dignity with the League". The two forces are in fact paired, even if the League is a glue above. But Matteo Salvini has 16 percent of parliamentarians as a result of the victory in the single-member constituencies assigned to the League in a higher proportion than FI. There remains the hub of the Interior Ministry where the League does not give up, if only for the simple reason that in case of refusal at that point another "important ministry" will be requested for the leader. Yesterday confirming that, despite Salvini assigns different ministries to Salvini every day – the last ones would be Infrastructure, Labor, Agriculture, Economic Development – the Interior Ministry remains the central request of the party for its leader, sources of the League underlined: " There are no vetoes of any kind on Matteo Salvini, whose excellent work at the time of the Interior Ministry is not in question ”.
The fact that Salvini in Saronno, behind closed doors with the militants, has claimed responsibility for the ministry of the Family obviously does not mean, according to a simplistic interpretation, that he is asking for it for himself. Obviously, this is a way to reiterate the centrality of the party as well as of the department, especially that of the League which has also optioned other ministries such as the one, central to Autonomy, of Regional Affairs. FI also calls for key ministries.
In addition to Tajani, in the squad of Cav the blue Licia Ronzulli and Annamaria Bernini, the first close collaborator and deputy leader in the Senate, the second group leader always at Palazzo Madama. In the blue names that are also made Alessandro Cattaneo, head of the FI departments. The knot of the technicians remains. But even for FI they can only be represented by some personalities ”, as the Italian number two said.
Center-right also cautious on the energy crisis and EU solutions. FI senator Stefania Craxi, outgoing president of the Foreign Affairs commission, warns: "Dullness and cunning put Europe at risk".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/meloni-centrodestra-ingerenze-estere/ on Sat, 08 Oct 2022 06:06:05 +0000.