Giorgia Meloni and Silvio Berlusconi yesterday smoked the pipe of peace after, with their comments last week, they were about to blow up the negotiations for the formation of the next Italian government. After a call on Sunday night from the founder of Forza Italia to the leader of Brothers of Italy to apologize for having written that his behavior was "arrogant" and "offensive", among other adjectives, the tycoon appeared yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of Brothers of Italy to speak face to face with the far-right.
Sources from both parties leaked that the climate between the two was one of "maximum cordiality and collaboration" and they worked for a "high-profile government" to deal with Italian emergencies. In this meeting they ratified that the entire right-wing bloc, including the League, will present itself in a unitary way to the consultations of the parties with the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, after which the Head of State will presumably order Meloni to form a government . It is possible that this process begins on Thursday, and that on Friday night Meloni can already receive the official order.
It all started with Il Cavaliere's anger at seeing his influence on the next executive reduced. Above all, he was furious because Meloni absolutely does not want Licia Ronzulli, his protégé, to be a Trojan horse in the next cabinet of ministers. She is an old nurse who helped him organize his scandalous parties in Sardinia. He also wanted the Ministry of Justice to go to Forza Italia, perhaps to feel more protected against the processes that he continues to have open.
In addition, Berlusconi did not appreciate anything that the League and Brothers of Italy distributed the presidencies of the Chambers without counting on him. To the point that he ordered his senators not to vote for Ignazio La Russa, Meloni's right-hand man, as president of the Upper House and allowed himself to be photographed with the famous notes on Meloni's behavior. She replied, visibly angry, that she was not going to be blackmailed.
Berlusconi is having a hard time accepting that a woman younger than him is the one who now has the reins of power. Until now, most of the coalition meetings were held in the tycoon's residences, both in Arcore (Milan) and in his new home in Rome, Villa Grande.
Yesterday, it was the political veteran who, at 86 years old, had to appear at the headquarters of the Brothers of Italy Via della Scrofa, in Rome, where Meloni came out to greet him at the door. There were rumors among Italian journalists that he would show up with flowers to beg his forgiveness, but in the end he didn't. He had to cut himself off in the face of enormous media expectation.
The cameras were justified. There has even been speculation that the centrists of Matteo Renzi and Carlo Calenda would replace Berlusconi in the next executive. It's a long shot, but Matteo Renzi has always been surprised by his unexpected moves on the Italian political board. There have also been rumors that they were willing to return to the polls. At the moment, the tension seems to be archived.
