The European match is already getting underway. The polls closed and the counting completed, the negotiations seem to have started along the lines of a possible reconfirmation of Ursula von der Leyen driving the EU Commissionbut this time the majority could expand to greens And Ecr, at least to nuclei of the European Conservative family. So, the composition of the continental government team could also be ‘larger’ than expecteddespite the initial reluctance of the Socialists. First, however, the so-called ‘Top Jobs‘, i.e. the top roles: Presidency of the Commission and Council, high representative for foreign policy, so to speak. Italy can have its saystrengthened by the fact that the executive – one of the few in the Old Continent – did not suffer any repercussions from the vote, on the contrary it emerged strengthened, especially the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
It won’t be an easy phase, nor a quick one though the rumors are directed towards the resolution of the negotiations by July 18th. During this period of time, the figures of the commissioners will also have to be chosen with the relative assignment of the various delegations. And this is where the situation in our country gets hottest. Italy would like a powerful ‘ministry’: the rumors in the political palaces suggest keeping an eye on the delegations to Competition (that would be Meloni’s real objective)but also theAgricultureThe Internal market or even thePowerwhich could bring that full circle Mattei Plan on which Palazzo Chigi he is placing many of his foreign policy chips. It is difficult, but not science fiction, for our country to be assigned Defensewhile it could reveal itself a boomerang to possibly accept the delegation to Internal Affairswhich carries the delicate issue of migratory flows, historically divisive in Europe.
Once you have decided who will do what, then you can move on to the naming phase. While the abacus is already going full speed near Rome. So far there are three ministers of the Meloni government who have publicly made it known that they are not available: first and foremost Giancarlo Giorgetti, who often (and willingly) repeated that he prefers the Italian field to the European one. It’s called out of the picture too Adolfo Ursowho wants to complete the work at Mimit: “The country has other personalities who will certainly be more adequate than myself, I certainly cannot give up what I do“. Out as well Antonio Tajaniwhich couldn’t be clearer: “I believe we shouldn’t go back to where we worked for 30 years“, adding that he prefers to remain at the Farnesina.
Therefore, it remains in the notebook Raffaele Fittowho he has had close contact with over the past two years Brussels in his role as Minister of EU Affairs, Cohesion and the Pnrr. But in the last few hours other hypotheses have circulatedequally valid, like that of Roberto Cingolanicurrent CEO of Leonardo with a past as minister of Ecological transition in the government of Mario Draghi. It would be a ‘technician‘, of course, but with institutional experience, which in European latitudes certainly counts as a criterion for being chosen. Again, from the ex’s team ECB could have the physique du role Vittorio Colaowho led a multinational like Vodafone and was the Minister of Innovation and Digital transition.
Those in the know, however, do not rule out twists and turns. As Maurizio Leo which, however, hasAlone‘ the last two years as Deputy Minister of Economy in his political curriculum to be able to spend in Brussels, where it is preferable to have personalities who have held positions of greater responsibilityalthough the Mef be considered an absolutely ‘dicastery’heavy‘. In the wheel of ‘eligible‘ they remain anyway Gilberto Pichetto (Mase) e Guido Crosetto (Defense), just as the name of has been circulating half-heartedly Francesco Lollobrigida, current Minister of Agriculture, perhaps the person closest to the prime minister. Very difficult for her to move from Masafbut In politics there is only one rule: ‘nothing is impossible‘.
