Meloni’s move: after the ‘clean-up’ he aims to relaunch the government agenda

The organizational manager ofBrothers of ItalyGiovanni Donzelli, says it clearly. “Meloni doesn’t intend to get bycertainly doesn’t want to be worn out.” At the moment there is no plan B on the table to aim forearly elections. “Not today, but there is no certainty about tomorrow…”, says a ‘big’ of FdI.

“Giorgia Meloni doesn’t intend to get by”

In short, the temptation to “overturn the table and try to force the hand” – should the executive end up in the ‘quagmire’ and therefore it becomes impossible to achieve thegovernment program– remains only in the background, as even a member of the executive admits.

The clean-up, Meloni’s post-referendum move

The first movepost-report– the ‘clean-up’ began with the head of the cabinet of the Ministry of Justice, Giusi Bartolozzi, the undersecretary of the via Arenula department Andrea Delmastro and today the ministerDaniela Santanché– is completed, “now we will have to – explains another source –reconnect with the countryand carry on theend-of-legislature agenda“.

The resistance of the ‘Pitoness’

The most difficult knot to untie was thestep back from Santanché. Throughout the day Fratelli d’Italia waited for theresignation of the head of Tourism. Among uncontrolled rumors about the reason for the resistance of the ‘Pitoness’.

“He is negotiating a role in the party in Milan and Lombardy and his re-nomination for the next legislature”, the ‘rumors‘ of Montecitorio. But it was the interested party who motivated the delay in her decision, which the prime minister had already hoped for yesterday.

The anger of the Brothers of Italy

“Yesterday perhaps abruptly (you will understand my state of mind) I represented to you my non-availability for my immediate resignation because I wanted it to be separated from the comments on the referendum because I would not like to be the scapegoat for a defeat that was certainly not determined by me, also awaited the result in Lombardy and even in my municipality – he wrote in a note in which he addressed the Prime Minister directly -. I also wanted my resignation to be separated from the contingent and very different affair that concerned Delmastro who also pays a high price.” But theanger in the partyon via della Scrofa is a lot.

The reactions to Santanché’s resignation

“He went too far. He should have done aI’ll step back nownot only for political expediency but also for gratitude”, the refrain among FdI parliamentarians. “Minecriminal record is immaculate“, Santanché recalled, “but I have no difficulty in saying I obey” even “if I also pay the bill of others”.

“Now he will aim to play the victim,” explains a leading exponent ofBrothers of Italy. But in the meantime the game ofmotion of no confidencepresented by the opposition (and which FdI was thinking of possibly voting on), scheduled for next week, will not be played.

The dossier on the electoral law

There are other games at stake, primarily the one onelectoral law. “We move forward. We are not afraid of losing the elections, butMeloni is coherent, he wants stability“, observes a leading FdI manager. Of course, there are fears that the ‘Stabilicum’ will not go through, also due to the coldness of the allies.FI will try to open the discussionto lower the majority premium and eliminate the run-off. In theLegathere are those who argue that a further test of strength should be avoided, “it is not a reform that brings consensus”, remarks a source from the party on Via Bellerio. However, the Northern League leaders would have given reassurances to FdI that they will move forward but withchanges to the text presented.

Meloni isn’t thinking about the reshuffle

“We will listen to the proposals of the Democratic Party and the other opposition forces, but we will not back down”, repeats another leading exponent ofBrothers of Italy. Meanwhile, after the “first signal” ofpost-reportwe will understand in the next few hours how they intend to movegovernment and majority.

Un reshuffle is not on the agenda(a technician could arrive in Santanché’s place (there are those who speak of Giovanni Malagò and the president of Federalberghi, Bernabò Bocca) or the prime minister could keep the interim (also to avoid the possibility of a passage to Parliament to request confidence, after the change of three ministers).

I nomi in campo

As head of cabinet of the via Arenula department, the name of Vittorio Corasiniti is in circulation. “The real stakes will be theeconomythe problem is that there is no money but I want to see what the center-left’s alternative is, it’s one thing to be in opposition, another to build a government platform”, says a minister who in some way launches the ‘challenge’: “From here to the politics there’s still a long way to go…”.