The Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement have reached an agreement on Liguria. On Wednesday, in the early afternoon, shortly after half past four, Giuseppe Conte and Andrea Orlando met at the Chamber of Deputies. They were both coming from the Presidents’ Gallery and were going towards the Transatlantic (they were, to be precise, in the corridor at the height of the twin elevators). Just as the so-called prison decree was being voted on in the Chamber. A brief (overheard) joke, which however opens up a politically very interesting scenario. The Democrat, in a low voice, reassured the leader of the Five Star Movement. “Even if we agree, I advise you to continue telling the press that you, as the Five Star Movement, are still thinking, you haven’t decided anything, because you will evaluate based on the project, the program. Keep it going. Better to be cautious. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s done.” Now, you don’t have to be Nostradamus’ nephew to understand that the subject of the (secret) chat was the agreement around the name of the native of La Spezia as the center-left candidate for governor of Liguria.
It is no mystery that progressives are banking heavily on a reversal in Genoa and its surroundings. And that the Democratic Party wants the former Minister of Labor to be the man with whom to storm Piazza De Ferrari. In Elly Schlein’s dreams, (re)conquering that strip of land kissed by the sun and the sea would be essential to put the Meloni government in difficulty. A hypothesis that, numbers in hand, today seems truly fanciful. But as we know, in modern politics, flows and trends change rapidly. The Ligurian elections will also be the acid test for the very broad field, that mixed fry created ad hoc to defeat the conservatives, but lacking in amalgamation and common programs. The agreement between Conte and Orlando also represents yet another rift between “the People’s Lawyer” and Beppe Grillo. Who, ça va sans dire, is very interested in the Ligurian elections. The Genoese comedian would never ever support the former provincial secretary of the Italian Communist Youth Federation. Indeed, it was precisely over the name of Orlando that the latest, noisy argument between Grillo and Conte, Orlando’s fiancé, took place. “Me, the candidate of the center-left in Liguria?” – the dem stated – Now it’s up to the coalition to decide what it wants to do and who is the best figure to try to build a field.”
According to Palazzo rumors, the Five Star Movement would have said yes to Orlando in exchange for the possibility of choosing the names for the future mayoral candidates of Genoa and La Spezia. But the center-right is also moving these days. Anyone who imagines the moderates resigned to defeat is wrong. And not by a little. In Rome, they are working to find a compromise between the Brothers of Italy, the League and Forza Italia. The idea is that of a centrist capable of continuing the excellent work set in motion in recent years by Giovanni Toti. Many names on the table: from the parliamentarian Ilaria Cavo (of Italia al Centro and, always, very close to the former governor), to the current deputy mayor of Genoa, Pietro Piciocchi. Antonio Tajani has re-proposed the former mayor of Rapallo, Carlo Bagnasco. The League’s Edoardo Rixi, on the contrary, has reiterated his unavailability. The hypothesis of a civic candidate, at the moment, has not found confirmation, but, at the same time, it has not been definitively shelved. As they say, a lot depends on the name of the eventual representative of civil society. Among a thousand doubts, a question arises spontaneously: will Andrea Orlando be big enough to manage a fritto misto on paper indigestible to the most greedy of customers?
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2024-08-11 02:20:52
