Lega, Giorgetti premier and Draghi at the Quirinale. The sensational hypothesis. Inside

Quirinale, government, Covid, energy: Salvini’s plan. Inside

Note the profound difference with respect to Democratic Party and 5 Star Movement, both on the management of the pandemic and on key issues for the country such as energy supply, in addition to not leaving a Giorgia Meloni and to Fratelli d’Italia (easy) prairies from the comfortable chair of the opposition to the government. This is the meaning of the political action of the League in these first days of 2022.

Matteo Salvini, after having cashed in a clear and strong victory over the latest anti-Covid decree, bending Prime Minister Mario Draghi and obtaining that the negative buffer is still valid for personal services and not just vaccination or healing (the offspring in Via Bellerio it is right to vaccinate and secure especially the elderly but stop restrictions, including schools), strongly relaunches the theme ofpower.

After the daily pressing for a new intervention to cut gas and electricity bills, a fundamental issue for the very survival of many companies, especially small and medium-sized ones, the leader of the Carroccio further upped the ante with a clear and direct appeal to the Prime Minister : “Italy needs clean gas and nuclear power to help families and businesses pay cheaper bills, we don’t need ideological No’s. We are sure that Prime Minister Draghi and Minister Cingolani will support the approach of the European Commission and other governments, from the French to the Finnish one: fewer emissions, cheaper bills and more national independence for electricity and gas “.

On this issue, as is well known, Pd and above all M5S are absolutely opposed, while the League is in tune with both Come on Italy (which just presents a similar proposal) both with the Brothers of Italy. Salvini’s goal is therefore to score and emphasize the deep distance with Enrico Letta and Giuseppe Conte, instead opening a dialogue front with Italia Viva given Italia Viva’s open position on clean nuclear power. In essence, the League is preparing for the political elections, which in any case, even if it comes to the end of the legislature, will be held in just over a year. Provided that the situation does not precipitate and do not go to the polls already in the spring.

Obviously, everything is closely linked with the match of theelection of the President of the Republic. In the Carroccio, while confirming loyalty and support for Silvio Berlusconi, consider the election of the former Cavaliere al Quirinale highly unlikely and therefore, despite the many reservations, the only name able to find the unity of the coalition is that of the premier. And here the games begin. If Draghi goes to the Quirinale, the names of technicians for Palazzo Chigi as well as those of the ministers Cartabia, Franco and Colao seem objectively very weak (“They would not last a week”, they even explain from the Democratic Party) and, if this were (unlikely) the solution, at that point the League could really slip away from the majority, opening the way to early elections in May of this year.

But to save the legislature, the hypothesis of a political prime minister is taking shape Draghi al Colle, as Renzi explained a few days ago. And Salvini, also strong in internal divisions especially in the M5S, but also in the Pd, could play the card Giancarlo Giorgetti President of the Council until the beginning of 2023. It is known that relations between the Northern League secretary and his deputy, as well as Minister of Economic Development, have not always been idyllic, but to manage the government directly with his own prime minister in the year leading up to the elections it would be for Salvini a real bang.

Giorgetti, moderate and pro-European, is esteemed by a large part of the Democratic Party, has excellent relations with Luigi Di Maio (the famous Roman pizza once a month), is liked by the centrists (not just the Renzians) and would also be fine with Come on Italy. It would essentially be the best way for Salvini to remain in the majority with Draghi as Head of State, differentiating himself from Pd and M5S and stemming the rise of Melons To the right. The League is playing its cards with cunning and Salvini appears to be the real one at the moment king maker on government dossiers e Quirinale. Also because, as the Quirinale match demonstrates, the Center-right is now a majority in Parliament.