Time.news – There are at least three schemes on the tables of Italian politics, and beyond, which shape the institutional future of our country. Political leaders are evaluating them, shifting their pieces, speculating future scenarios and weighing pros and cons. The moment of transition will be in January, when the “big game” of the election of the President of the Republic will officially begin, once Sergio Mattarella’s seven-year term is over. But the first test will be the autumn administrative elections in various symbol cities, starting with Rome and Milan.
One scheme could be nicknamed ‘team that wins you don’t change’. In fact, there are those who, even in some foreign chancellery and in Brussels, would like to maintain the status quo, therefore Mattarella at the Quirinale and Draghi at Palazzo Chigi, until the end of the legislature, in the spring of 2023, to ensure the completion of the implementation of the most important part of the NRP projects also on international markets. For this reason, however, the Head of State should accept a new mandate at the Quirinale, while he has already made it known that in his opinion seven years may be enough. Those who work on this scheme then think of a European role for the premier after 2023.
The second scheme provides for the election of Mario Draghi at the Quirinale as early as January 2022. A continuity premier could be appointed at Palazzo Chigi, while others are thinking of early elections. But there would be the guarantee, sought by some parties and some foreign chancelleries, of a solid presidential leadership for seven years regardless of how the next political elections go. A sort of guarantee that Italy will never leave the traditional lines of foreign policy and alignment, even economic, with the EU.
The third scheme has been making its way for a few weeks and is a mix of the previous ones. According to those who are working on it, a third person, super partes, should be elected at the Quirinale, who would guarantee all political forces. And essentially two sides could be presented in the elections: the center-right on the one hand and a coalition led by Draghi on the other.
The ‘buts’ are many, of course. Starting with the availability of those directly involved, Mattarella and Draghi in the first place: the President has so far explained that he does not want to give himself an encore, the premier has not shown that he wants to ‘go into politics’. Then there is the European and international scenario, the convenience of the parties and the economic and social situation of the country to be evaluated. And, to measure the temperature of the political forces, there will be in the autumn a round of administrative elections that could change the cards on the table considerably. For this reason the schemes, which at the moment are three, could increase, change, unify. The “great game” of the Quirinale, as everyone knows, lasts for months and often reserves, in the days of the votes in Parliament, great surprises for everyone.
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