Who (not) works for Draghi at the Quirinale

6 May 20213 years ago babelfish

The tensions between Letta and Salvini. The future of Draghi. And the parliamentary drafts on moods at Palazzo Chigi. Paola Sacchi's note

If Enrico Letta complains to Mario Draghi of "a Salvini method", the premier would have replied to the secretary of the Democratic Party that there is also a "Letta method". There are only rumors, drafts of the Transatlantic that have started to circulate the other evening on the fact that Draghi would have essentially replied that, however, even Letta himself makes provocations.

Rumors, drafts not recorded by the mainstream newspapers, which have given a somewhat one-way version. A certain impatience of Draghi for the continuous confrontation, also fueled by the Pd leader, however, appeared yesterday in a background on Il Giornale . And, although Palazzo Chigi does not leak anything, it does not take long to understand that it is not at all in the interest of this government, precisely because of its nature of national emergency, that the majority is thinning out due to internal clashes between parties. And that continuous on the part of Letta admonishing Salvini with a "either inside or outside the government, you can't do the government and the opposition, that's not right", which sounds like a diktat, in the end risks being a factor of attrition of the vast majority who instead, according to the version of the Pd leader, Salvini would be putting at risk.

The Northern League leader several times, as he has done in recent days, has denounced the attempt to oust the League from the government. Adding that "we are concrete, we try to get the best out of this government and therefore they forget that we are going out, because there will not be that reaction foul that they are trying to provoke".

The real stake at the center of the conflict goes beyond, in fact, the holding of the government, but concerns the election of the new Head of State in less than a year.

According to rumors and background, Letta would like an " Ursula majority " (as in Europe for the election of the EU president, to which Pd, Cinque Stelle, Forza Italia contributed) for the election of Sergio Mattarella's successor.

If this is the design that more than one attributes to him even in the center-right, it is obvious that the League in the government majority would be too much for the Democratic Party and the 5s. And for Draghi, instead? Of course the opposite is true precisely for the objective of national interest with which the government was born, for which Mattarella appealed to all political forces.

But there is more, something that goes beyond the same internal dynamics of the executive. Attentive and mischievous observers of the things of the Palace ask themselves if in the end even that continuous saying by the leader of the Democratic Party that this government must last until 2023, which in fact sounds like saying that Draghi will not be the candidate for the Hill, cannot even a little annoy the premier himself. Beyond whether or not he is interested in the Quirinale.

A center-right parliamentarian observes: “It seems that they are telling him what to do when he grows up. It is clear that Letta and Conte want a personality on the Hill that can be traced back to the left, all the more so if we win the elections in 2023. Pd and 5s could have a narrow majority in the fourth vote. But there are many variables in the field … And anyway, are we sure that a figure of Draghi's caliber once his task is finished, before 2023, wants to remain at the helm of a government that has already achieved the points for which he was born? And under the leadership of another Head of State? ”.

First of all, the Democratic Party and the Five Stars, seeking to recover consensus in the country, it is clear that they do not intend to run the risk of going to early elections in 2022, after those of the Quirinale. And Mattarella has already clearly said that this is his last mandate. But what if a large majority was formed around a candidacy by Draghi for the Colle where the parliamentarians of Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva were added to the center-right?

This would be the variable that perhaps the Democratic Party and the Five Stars fear most. Perhaps precisely for this reason Dario Franceschini, head of delegation of the Pd in government, considered the true architect of Letta's return from Paris, recently in Il Corriere della sera , ignored by other newspapers, except by Francesco Damato in his Graffi for Startmag , sensing the danger also for the games for the Colle of an escalation of tension between Letta and Salvini, has made an invitation to greater harmony in the government. Invitation for all. For Salvini. But also for Letta himself.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/chi-non-lavora-per-draghi-al-quirinale/ on Thu, 06 May 2021 04:19:44 +0000.