how will it work? Bruno Vespa sole referee, focus on programs and ideas

The confrontation between the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein will take place on Thursday 23 May. The venue for the debate will be the program “Porta a Porta” by Bruno Vespa. The respective staff made this known in a joint note.

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How the Meloni-Schlein comparison works

A single referee: Bruno Vespa. No debate extended to other directors, he and he alone will referee the Meloni-Schlein match, Thursday 23 May at ‘Porta a Porta’. According to what Adnkronos has learned, therefore, there will be three of them in the studio in via Teulada: the journalist and the two leaders. For a comparison which, it is explained, will be “very institutional”: “The objective will be to talk about programmes, ideas and proposals” in view of the European elections on 8 and 9 June, both of which will see candidates. As for the choice of Rai – in recent weeks there had also been speculation that La7 and Skytg24 were involved – Meloni’s staff explained that «going to a private broadcaster was not possible: the natural place to host the discussion of the President of the Council of ministers is the public service.”

The other news

From here, Vespa’s study, always nicknamed ‘third chamber of the state’ by insiders. For a confrontation that sees two women ‘crossing swords’ for the first time, one prime minister, the other leader of the opposition. But this would not be the only new element. In fact, Meloni’s staff underline how, with this face-to-face meeting, the prime minister lends herself to «something that has never been seen before in Italian politics: it has never happened, in fact, that a prime minister in office, in the middle of his mandate and his functions, has agreed to discuss in a public meeting with another opposition leader. The comparisons we have seen over the years, in fact – it is noted – took place a few days before the vote for the political elections”, therefore at the halfway point, or “with the mandate practically over. The other comparisons, however, were made by former prime ministers but never by incumbent prime ministers.” Which would make Meloni’s choice “an unprecedented choice”.

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