For Berlusconi, the Quirinale is a vanished dream
The squirrel got trapped. The anticipation of Affari Italiani on the acknowledgment of the cul de sac in which the candidacy for the Colle di Berlusconi found authoritative confirmation in Sgarbi. The squire of this impossible mission was given the task of announcing the head-on collision with reality. A reality that, moreover, had already timidly tried to knock on the door of the stubborn Berlusconi, through waves of indignation that seemed a little faded photocopies of the protests that had accompanied the first descent into the field in 1994, of the roundabouts led by Nanni Moretti in 2002 and the parades of “If not now, when?” who in 2011 had invoked and then celebrated the (provisional) exit from the scene of what for some is still the number one public enemy.
Finding him on the pitch today – perhaps not perfectly fit, but still fighting – did not seem real to his historical opponents, who were thrilled by the sudden feeling of being young again. If today Berlusconi is “sad” – as reported by Sgarbi – know that, after all, he is not the only one.
Political opponents, some fellow journalists, but also comedians and even the authors of memes, because with this hole in the water not only their favorite target disappears, but also a real target raison d’etre. “Having an enemy is important not only to define our identity, but also to provide us with an obstacle against which to measure our system of values and show our value in facing it”, he explained Umberto Eco, according to which “when the enemy is not there, it must be built”. A perfect explanation of why, in early 2022, we went back to talking about antiberlusconismo and “Bunga bunga”.
Let’s face it: in the chorus of “No, Berlusconi, no” the voices were all there. Obviously those of the Democratic Party and the M5S, a little less obviously those of Italia Viva and, beyond the official positions, also some of the center-right: with next year’s elections that allow a glimpse of Salvini And Melons the concrete possibility of arriving at Palazzo Chigi, it is essential that at the Quirinale there is a figure capable of accrediting them in Europe, reassuring those who will try to rekindle the protests of the past, simply by changing their target.
Finished to perform the score of the denial, now it is really desirable that the aforementioned voices say something new and, possibly, guide us out of thatself-referentiality that the race to the Quirinale photographs perfectly: it excites the insiders, but leaves the ordinary citizens decidedly cold, that the President of the Republic not only does not vote for him, but often looks at him with a little diffidence, at least until they learn to know him and even to become attached to him. When it happens.
We have already pointed out the impressive hiatus between the feverish excitement that the Quirinal novel it ignites in all the protagonists of politics, from the finest gray eminences to the most unlikely peons, and a popular sentiment that has very different priorities. Just the candidacy of Berlusconi has reserved some epochal passages for us, from the telephone calls of Sgarbi to the letter of Verdini, who writes to Dell’Utri to tell Berlusconi that you have to listen to the almost son-in-law Salvini. And to say that once these maneuvers were secret.
All these Italian-style oddities, however, are amply justified with the terror that Mister B. in the end he could somehow make it … and on the other hand in his history of objectives considered impossible he hit many, have you ever seen? Not even now it should be considered politically dead, as has been hastily announced several times. He left the scene as an aspiring Head of State, but he will still have his say both on the Quirinale and in view of the policies.
However, it is a fact that once the crazy variable of the equation, you now begin the arduous task of building an alternative that makes a minimum of sense for the country, rather than just responding to the need to self-preservation of the party power, who can’t wait to place one of his own on the most prestigious seat of the institutions. An increasingly evident instance and from which it would do well to beware too Dragons, who also remains the favorite of this match: he too is a foreign element to the system, albeit for quite other reasons.
On the subject, read also:
Quirinale, Bechis: “Salvini king-maker challenges Berlusconi”
Quirinale, Berlusconi throws in the towel and retires. Resounding voice
Renzi: “Berlusconi has no chance of becoming President of the Republic”
The election to the Quirinale is already the film of the year. But then there is also reality …
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