Giorgia Meloni, 45, the first woman to reach the head of government in Italy, will have to rely above all on the far-right party League of the xenophobe Matteo Salvini and the conservatives force Italy of Silvio Berlusconiwith more experience in the management of ministries and public offices.
The election of key ministries, such as the Ministry of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Defense and the Interior, is among the first stumbling blocks.
His allies demand important positions. Salvini wants to recover his controversial role as Minister of the Interior and Berlusconi is aiming for the presidency of the Senate, despite the fact that he was expelled from Parliament in 2013 for fraud fiscal.
“Very specialized people are needed,” acknowledges the industrial newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday.
Frictions with Salvini and Berlusconi will not be lacking, especially due to their focus on the war in Ukraine and the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Anthony Tajaniformer president of Parliament Europeanamong the personalities closest to Berlusconi, is among the candidates for foreign minister, an appointment that could allay international fears about the new government’s euroscepticism.
Respect for the coalition’s political program, drawn up in August, will be key to coexistence between these parties, which must guarantee Meloni’s permanence in government.
The budget, the first challenge
As the result of the elections was net, since the coalition of the extreme right and right has a comfortable majority in the two chambers of the ParliamentGiorgia Meloni should be commissioned to form a government in Italy in mid-October.
The post-fascist leader has relatively little time for negotiations, since she will have to present and approve the law of Budgets by 2023 before the end of the year. It will be “like climbing Everest without oxygen tanks,” warns the daily Corriere della Sera.
Meloni tried to reassure the investors during the election campaign and his speeches were less radical than those he had made in the past in which he virulently defended his ultra-conservative creed and anti-European.
Markets are reacting cautiously for now, although the rate on Italian 10-year bonds rose Tuesday to its highest level since October 2013 and the gap between German and Italian interest rates, the spread, exceeded 250 points for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
The European Union shows caution
The future head of government has so far kept a low profile and wants a transition with the outgoing government of Mario Draghi peaceful and responsible.
“The conditions in which Italy and the European Union find themselves are particularly complex, we need everyone’s contribution and a serene climate, as well as mutual respect,” he said in his brief speech delivered early Monday morning after the victory. “This is the hour of responsibility,” he added.
This Tuesday, the Commission European (executive body of the EU) approved the second installment of money from the post pandemic recovery fundsworth 21,000 million euros (almost the same figure in dollars).
A delicate contribution since Meloni wants to renegotiate the conditions of the agreement with the European Union, which could jeopardize access to the entire amount of nearly 200,000 million euros.
Source: Ambito
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