European elections, Fontana cautious about alliances: “Let's see after the vote”
The President of the ChamberLorenzo Fontana, disavows the line of Minister Salvini and opposes the alliance in Europe with Marine Le Pen and AfD: “After the vote, alliances can be reviewed. The League must be part of the process of change in Brussels and enter into decisions on the next presidency of the European Commission. Keeping votes in the freezer doesn't work very well.” He writes it The print which reconstructs tensions, ambitions and hopes of the Northern League in view of the European.
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“The League cannot play the part of the marginalized: this is the message sent to the party leaders, in the form of a “hope”, by the President of the Chamber Lorenzo Fontana on the occasion of the traditional end-of-year greetings with the parliamentary press. The League must “be part of the process of change in Brussels” and enter “fully into the decisions on the next presidency of the European Commission and the future president of the European Parliament”, says Fontana. In short, the invitation to Matteo Salvini is to «get involved. Keeping votes in the freezer doesn't work very well.”
“However, there remains an obstacle to overcome: the veto placed by the European People's Party on Matteo Salvini's allies, starting with the French Marine Le Pen and come on Germans of the Afd. The Popolari do not want to know about an agreement with the entire group of sovereignists of “Identity and democracy”, but they leave the door open to the League, if it ever wants to break away from its cumbersome allies. And it is in this direction that the President of the Chamber also seems to be pushing, when he reminds everyone that «there are no vetoes against the League»”.
“What if the centre-right European is terrified of Salvini's allies, it is also true that “in Brussels no one is afraid of us”. After all, Fontana points out, “true alliances are made the day after the elections.” And that “true” is deliberately underlined with the tone of voice, to make it clear that, all things considered, these are not indissoluble bonds. Today we are allies, tomorrow who knows. To avoid any misunderstanding, Fontana further clarifies: «After the vote we will really see which national parties will join which European groups»”.
“The geometries built in recent years could therefore crumble one minute after the elections. This is the scenario that hypothesizes Fountain, while Salvini is forced to take a different line and insist on the possibility of bringing his “uncomfortable” allies, all together, into the control room of Brussels, sitting at the same table with European Populists, Conservatives and Liberals. An alternative position, that of Fontana, which also extends to the judgment on General Vannacci”. “Among Salvini's loyalists there are those who, like deputy secretary Andrea Crippa, maintain that Vannacci speaks «like a Northern League member» […] the President of the Chamber responds that «no, I don't agree with those sentences dthe Vannaccis and I haven't read his book”, even if “the one about the candidatures – he points out – is a speech that the leaders of the League will make”. This is a period in which some distinctions emerge within the party. Today Fontana on the strategy in view of the European Championships, yesterday the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti was in favor of the ESM”.
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