What will change with Minister Carfagna for the South?
The Minister for the South, Mara Carfagna, will scrape the policies whispered by Svimez. The opinion of the columnist Giuliano Cazzola
“We have reached the end of our two days. It's time for thanks. Never as on this occasion, sincere and informal. I want to express my gratitude to everyone and everyone for their active participation and for the quality of the analyzes and proposals ''. With these words, which manifest a legitimate and deserved satisfaction, Mara Carfagna closed the seminar on the South.
“I thank President Draghi for yesterday's speech, which confirms the attention that the entire government has towards the South. These two days – continued the minister – have offered us infinite food for thought. We are on the eve of a very important season that can change the destiny not only of the South but of the entire country. I thank Minister Franco and re-launch his call for a joint commitment. We must row – he concluded – all in the same direction, overcoming the differences. Now that the resources are there, it will only be our will and our ability to determine the success of this enterprise ”.
With the two days organized aiming more to achieve a result than to advertise an event, Mara Carfagna, together with Renato Brunetta, is among the prime ministers to put the cards on the table, within the Draghi government, the premier who wanted in his team .
As the agencies wrote at the time of her appointment "a southern woman for the ministry of the South and Social Cohesion". The Salerno-born Mara Carfagna, 45, now a historical exponent of Forza Italia, returns to the government after 10 years: she had been Minister of Equal Opportunities in the fourth Berlusconi government from 2008 to 2011. Since 2018 she has been vice-president of the Chamber, in which she has been a member of parliament continuously since 2006, between Forza Italia and the People of Freedom. Graduated in law, Carfagna has youth experiences on TV and in the entertainment world, as a valet, presenter and model. She also participated in Miss Italy in 1997, winning the title of Miss Cinema.
I met Mara a few years before we were both elected to the House for the PDL in 2008 in the 16th Legislature. My wife Alessandra was a collaborator of his when he started his activity in the party; then he worked with her when she was the holder of the Minister of Equal Opportunities and Alessandra carried out the functions of National Equality Councilor. I remember that when the Berlusconi government showed up for the confidence vote in Montecitorio I went to greet her and compliment her and – one of my generation cannot but appreciate a charming woman – I incurred an injury: "You are the most beautiful minister". She looked at me courteously but with a veil of disapproval and replied: "I'll also be the best". And in truth he left his mark in that position, because he worked on the Code of Equal Opportunities and the transposition of the European Directive. Ten years later he has come a long way.
Before being appointed minister she was vice president of the Chamber, capable of an impartial and inflexible management, as demonstrated by having Vittorio Sgarbi expelled from the Hall when he failed to follow that style that a deputy must always keep. Certainly his debut in politics was marked by the attitudes that welcome beautiful women who approach politics, especially in a party led by a well-known tombeur de femmes like Silvio Berlusconi.
Then in his curriculum there was a lucky participation in the Miss Italy contest followed by television experiences. Those who want to make a crude controversy do not look if a dancer has graduated (like Mara) from an authoritative school or if she has learned to dance at the Filuzzi and does not even care about a degree cum laude in Law in an ancient and prestigious University. Vultures are always on the alert when they target a prey, with no respect even for his private life. Mara, however, has learned to get by.
She managed to send a petulant Marco Travaglio to that country (she silenced him from Lilli Gruber with a joke: “You miss Berlusconi, right?” And when asked about her personal relationships, she replied that those were, if anything, problems concerning her husband. However, even for Mara, time was a gentleman. She qualified as a point of reference for an autonomous political position within the center-right and Forza Italia: the position that ended up prevailing and bringing the party back to the government on a historic occasion and in a ministry that will be able to play a turning role for his land, in the context of the NgEu.
In his speech on trust, Mario Draghi gave the line for overcoming a centuries-old dualism: "Developing the ability to attract national and international private investments is essential to generate income, create jobs, reverse the demographic decline and depopulation of inland areas" .
It is no coincidence that Mara Carfagna took over from Giuseppe Provenzano. The policies suggested by Svimez have had their day. Now a southern and southern leader has arrived.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cosa-cambiera-con-carfagna-per-il-sud/ on Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:15:52 +0000.